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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry FREE

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry Bramble Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: R. AstringentThe unripe fruit is…

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Punica Flos et Pericarp, Pomegranate Flower & Rind PRO

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Punica Flos et Pericarp, Pomegranate Flower & Rind Wild Pomegranate Flower–Balaustium; Dadima (Ayurveda)–Anar, Bidana (Unani)–Ruman, Ruman Halw, Ruman Murr (Arabic);Cultivated Pomegranate flower: CytinoiPomegranate Rind:–Shi Liu Pi (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Pomegranate fruit (left), Pomegranate flower, double (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum,…

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Aesculus, Horse Chestnut

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Aesculus, Horse Chestnut Mandar (Ayurveda)Baloot (Unani)Suo Luo Zi 索罗子 (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Medical Botany, Stevenson & Churchill, Vol II, 1831 Botanical name: Aesculus hippocastanumTCM uses A. wilsonii, A. chinensis Parts used: Seed (ripe fruit without shell), leaf, bark Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, SweetCool according to some TCM sources (Bensky). However,…

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Ganoderma applanatum, Artists Conk FREE

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Ganoderma applanatum, Artist’s Conk Artist’s BracketShu She Ling Zhi  樹舌靈芝 (TCM)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) 2 local examples of Ganoderma (Adam, Victoria, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of…

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Myrobalan, Black

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Myrobalan, Black Indian MyrobalanHalela Siyah (Unani) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Belleric Myrobalan, Emblic Myrobalan (stoned), Black Myrobalan (Adam, 2017) See…

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Sida, Bala FREE

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Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Sida cordifoliaMartius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa) Parts used: Root (rarely the seed or fresh plant juice) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Thalictrum, Ma Wei Lian PRO

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Thalictrum, Meadow Rue Asian Meadow Rue, Leafy Meadow Rue, Gold ThreadJin Si Ma Wei Lian or Tang Song Cao (TCM)Pitaranga (Ayurveda)Piaranga (Unani)Mamira (along with Coptis, Unani)Babunay Almasakin (Arabic)Sngo Sprin (Tibet)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Che Ba (Tibet, T. cultratum)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Chung Ba (Tibet, T. reniforme) Thalictrum foliolosum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Thalictrum reniforme(Photo by…

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Blepharis, Utangana PRO

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Blepharis, Utangana Utangana, Utingana, Shikhi (Ayurveda)Tukhm Utangan, Uttanjan (Seed, Unani)Anjura, Bazar-al-Qareez (Arabic) Blepharis edulisRaffeneau-Delile, A., Flore d’Egypte, Plates [in: Description d’Egypte] (1826) Blepharis edulisDie Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Engler & Prantl, 1887 Botanical name: Blepharis spp: B. edulis (syn. B. persica, B. obovata, Acanthodium delilii Acanthodium spicatum, Acanthus delilei) B. linariifolia (syn. B. sindica, B. hirta) B….

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Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, Xiang Fu FREE

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Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, Xiang Fu 香附 Nutsedge, NutgrassXiang Fu (TCM)Musta, Mustaka, Motha (Skt)Nagarmotha, Saad-e-Kufi (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Sibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1806 Cyperus rotundus (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter…

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Catechu Wood, Seng ldeng

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Catechu Wood, Seng ldeng སེང་ལྡེང༌ Seng ldeng  (Tibetan) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Botanical name: A large number of plants supply Seng ldengWhite: Acacia catechu Cephalotaxus sinensis Taxus yunnanensi (Gsom seng ldeng) Red: Xanthoceras sorbifolium (Tsan dan seng ldeng) Caesalpinia sappan Yellow: Rhamnella gilgitica, R. forrestii,…

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Juniperus, Juniper PRO

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Juniperus, Juniper Abhal (Unani) JuniperGart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Juniperus communis Parts used: Fruit; rarely the Wood or Gum Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Some physicians hold it to be Hot and Dry in the Third degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2B…

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Calomel

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Calomel Hydrargyri Chloridum: Subchloride of Mercury, Calomelanos: Mercurius Dulcis: Manna metallorum: Aqila alba: Panchymagogum minerale: Draco mitigatusQing Fen 轻粉 (TCM)Rasakapoor (Unani) Native CalomelPhoto: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Mercurous Chloride: HgCl Parts used: Mineral Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent. Toxic Properties:Crystal system: tetragonalHardness: 1–2Specific Gravity: 6.4-6.5Luminescence: Red or OrangeCalomel is insoluble in Water or…

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