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Prunus spinosa, Sloe

ByAdam Tate

Prunus spinosa, Sloe BlackthornGerman Acacia (dehydrated unripe fruit juice) Prunus spinosaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Prunus spinosa(Photo by Georg Buzin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Prunus spinosa (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Fruit, collected before fully ripe (strongest astringent)Also the Leaf, Flower, Bark: all have similar properties, except the flowers which are laxative. Temperature…

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Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha Snake rootSarpagandha (Ayurveda.)Asrol, Choti-Chandan (Unani)Bai Hua Lian, Shan Ma Ti (TCM) Rauwolfia serpentinaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1804 Rauwolfia root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Rauwolfia serpentinaother species used in India include R. beddomei, R. densiflora, R. micrantha;R. tetraphylla (syn. R. canescens) is also used but is low enough in alkaloids to be considered…

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Cymbopogon, Lemongrass

ByAdam Tate

Cymbopogon, Lemongrass Bhutika (Ayurveda)Vasanaipillu (Siddha) Rumphius, G.E., Herbarium amboinense (1747) Lemongrass(Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Cymbopogon citratus Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Moves the Qi:-indigestion, colic, gas, cramps-menstrual cramps and pain-used for mild cases of anxiety, nervousness and hypertension 2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:-Cough, Bronchitis with yellow Phlegm-Asthma,…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Left:Three varieties of Licorice root available on the Chinese Market. The bottom…

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Ursi / Bos Fel, Bear / Cow Bile

ByAdam Tate

Bear / Cow Bile Xiong Dan 熊胆 (Bear Bile, TCM)Niu Dan 牛胆 (Cow Bile, TCM)Dom mkhris  དོམ་མཁྲིས  (Bear Bile, Tibetan Medicine) Dried Cow Gall Bladder as used in Tibetan Medicine in place of Bear Bile. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Traditionally, Bear Bile has been used in both East and West:  1. Ursus arctos (European Brown…

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Pogostemon/Agastache, Huo Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pogostemon seu Agastache, Huo Xiang 藿香 Wrinkled Giant-Hyssop, Patchouli (Agastache)Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda) Agastache rugosaPhoto by Dalgial (Wikimedia) Pogostemon cablinPhoto by Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:  1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)  2….

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Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria, Water Pepper

ByAdam Tate

Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria Water Pepper, Arsmart, HydropeperiFilfil al-ma (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Polygonum hydropierSvensk botanik, Palmstruch et al], 1807 Botanical name: Persicaria hydropiper (syn. Polygonum hydropier)Salmon (Seplasium) describes two types:  1. Dead or Spotted, which is Persicaria, or (Mild) Arsmart, has little or no taste, like Sorrel; this is…

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Mangifera, Mango FREE

ByAdam Tate

Mangifera, Mango Mango–Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)–Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)–Mang Guo (TCM)Mango kernel:–Khasta Aam (Unani)–a bras  ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)–Mang Guo He (TCM) MangoFlora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 MangoFlore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846 Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mangifera indica, M. persiciformis Parts used: Kernel…

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Pulegium, Pennyroyal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pulegium, Pennyroyal Futang (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2B ATTENUATER.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC.    4f….

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Portulaca, Purslane PRO

ByAdam Tate

Portulaca, Purslane, Ma Chi Xian 马齿苋 Kulfa (Ayurveda)Kharfah, Kulfa (Unani)Ma Chi Xian (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist….

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Lepidium, Garden Cress

ByAdam Tate

Lepidium, Garden Cress Cress, PepperwortChandrashura (Ayurveda)Habb-ul-rashad, Halun, Hurf (Unani)Alivirai (Siddha) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Botanical name: Lepidium sativumSeveral related varieties are used similarly including L. latifolium (Pepperwort)Lepidium apetalum is used similarly in TCM, and is found from Europe to Asia. Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste:…

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Armeniaca, Apricot FREE

ByAdam Tate

Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus armeniacaOther species used in TCM include:  1. P. sibirica  2. P. manshurica   3. P. armeniaca L. var ansu Parts used: Kernel; Oil; rarely the Fruit or FlowerSweet…

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