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Cerasa, Cherry

ByAdam Tate

Cerasa, Cherry Aloo Baloo Valo, Aluvalu, Elavaluka (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Dried Sour Cherry as used in Ayurveda and Unani Botanical name: Prunus spp.  1. P. avium (Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry)  2. P. cerasus (Morello, or Sour Cherry)Sour Red and Sweet Black varieties…

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Wax, Cera

ByAdam Tate

Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation:-mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the tendons,…

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Equisetum, Horsetai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater Horsetail, the right showing a spindle of wound Horsetail for selling.Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 4 different varieties of HorsetailNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Equisetum…

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Nummulite, Shadnaj

ByAdam Tate

Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….

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Rhus, Sumac FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts…

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Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris FREE

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitteropens, discusses…

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Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod FREE

ByAdam Tate

Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod Saracens WoundwortConsolida aurea, Consolida rubra, Consolida Saracenia, Colsolida Regalis, CalcatrippaLiu Zhi Huang, Yi Zhi Huang Hua (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Solidago virgaurea var. leiocarpa(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solidago virgaureaS. virgaurea var. leiocapa is…

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Rabbit Heart

ByAdam Tate

Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…

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Acne

ByAdam Tate

Acne Acne is a condition of infection and inflammation of the sebaceous glands of the skin, most commonly the face, shoulders and back. It can be divided into several types: Toxic Heat–excess heat and toxin in the Blood causes red, inflamed pimples with yellow centers; there will be dry stool or constipation, yellow urine, red…

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Geranium, Lao Guan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Geranium, Li ga dur ལི་ག་དུར Cranesbill, Common Heron’s Bill,Lao Guan Cao  老鹳草 (TCM)Li Ga Dur  (Tibetan)Bhanda (Ayurveda, G. nepalense) Geranium carolinianumA.J. Cavanilles, Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem, (1787) Geranium wilfordii(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Geranium spp.A number of species are used: G. wilfordii G. carolinianum  G. sibiricum G. nepalense (syn. G. affine) (TCM, Tibetan) G….

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Echinacea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Echinacea Cone-flower, Purple Cone-flower, Black Sampson Echinacea purpureaWitte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, 1868 Echinacea purpurea(Photo by James St. John) (Wikimedia) Echinacea rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Botanical name: Echinacea spp.  1. E. purpurea (syn. Rudbeckia purpurea)  2. E….

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Fagonia, Dhanvayasa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fagonia, Dhanvayasa Dhanvayasa (Ayurveda)Dhamasa (F. cretica); Badavarda (F. arabica) (Unani) Fagonia creticaG. Dyckman, Icones varianum plantarum [mss. (1501-1600) Fagonia creticaBotanical Magazine (Curtis), vol. 7. (1794) Fagonia cretica(Photo by Patrice78500) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Fagonia cretica (syn. F. erecta, F. deflexa, F. delongata, F. hispanica), F. arabica Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter“Cold…

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