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Gymnema, Gurmar FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gymnema, Gurmar Miracle fruit, Sweet Fruit, Australian Cow plantGurmar, Meshashringi (Ayurveda)Hashishatul Saboon, Gurmar Buti (Unani);Geng Teng (TCM) Gymnema sylvestre(Photo by FarEnd2018) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Gymnema sylvestreAlso used are G. montanum and G. hirsutum Parts used: Leaf; rarely the root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears…

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Ambergris FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ambergris Ambra greceAmber Ash-hab (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1491 Ambergris, Skagway MuseumPhoto by Wmpearl, edited) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: waxy secretion from the Sperm Whale, Physeter spp. Parts used: Waxy secretion of the Sperm Whale Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Aromatic, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Cold, Moves…

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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi, Karpokarici (Siddha)Babchi (Unani)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra ja  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Classification: N. Tonic Uses:…

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Threatened Miscarriage

ByAdam Tate

Threatened Miscarriage Management of Threatened Miscarriage from Charaka:1. Lay the woman with her legs up and her head downwards, and apply a cool cotton pad dipped in Ghee and sprinkled with Licorice powder over her vagina.2. The whole lower body below the navel should be sprinkled with cool milk and decoction of Licorice and Ficus…

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Endivae, Endive FREE

ByAdam Tate

Endivae, Endive Also called Intybus Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Chicorium endiva Parts used: Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. slightly Bitteropens, cleanses Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2N. REPELLENT3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4f. SPLENETIC.    4h….

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Adonis, False Hellebore

ByAdam Tate

Adonis, False Hellebore Bohemian Orchid, Devil’s Eye, Goat Flower, Yellow Pheasant’s Eye Adonis vernalis(Source: Bilder ur Nordens Flora, Stockholm) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis(Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1812) Adonis vernalis(Photo by Marco Schmidt) (Wikimedia) Adonis amurensis(Photo by たね) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis root, leaf, flower and seed.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Adonis vernalisThe Chinese A….

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Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉皮 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Tvak (Ayurveda)–Ilavankap Padtai (Siddha)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Cassia LigneaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 CinnamonOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal…

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Galls, Wu Bei Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gall, Wu Bei Zi 五倍子 Oak or Aleppo Gall–Mazu (Unani)–Majuphalaka, Mayaphala (Ayurveda)–Mo Shi Zi (TCM)Chinese Gall (Rhus): Galla chinensis–Wu Bei Zi (TCM)–Karkatashringe (Ayurveda)–Kakrasingi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Quercus infectoria(New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563) Oak Galls (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: A number of Galls have been used:  1. Oak, ‘True’,…

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)Saunf (Ayurveda)Combu (Siddha)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie 藕节 Ou Jie (TCM)Tamarai Kizanku (Siddha) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Jiu Huang Ben Cao (The Famine Relief Herbal) (1593) Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Rhizome node Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Vomiting or…

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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Sida, Bala PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Martius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa)Various species have supplied Bala in the past:  i. Batyalaka: S. cordifolia  ii. Mahabala: S. rhombidea (variety of S. rhombifolia)  iii. Atibala: S….

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