| | | | | | | | | | | |

Blatta, Cockroach

ByAdam Tate

Blatta, Cockroach Oriental Cockroach, Water Bug, Black BeetleZhang Lang (TCM)Bse spur (Tibet)Banat wardan (Unani) Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)Manual of Organic Materica Medica, Sayre, 1879 American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)(Principal Household Insects of theUnited States, Howard, 1896) Entomological name: Blatta orientalis (syn. Periplaneta orientalis, Stylopyga orientalis)The American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, appears to have been used similarly in…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Avena, Oats

ByAdam Tate

Avena, Oats Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Avena sativa Parts used: Seeds (grain); Straw Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Uses: OATS1. Calms the Mind, Calms Wind, Moves the Qi:-Extract or tincture is used as a nerve and uterine tonic;-Melancholy and Depression-Menopausal neurasthenia.-general debility…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Mastic, Mastic Gum FREE

ByAdam Tate

Mastic, Mastic Gum Mastagi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Left: P. lentiscus    Right: P. terebinthusFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pistachio lentiscus (syn. Lentiscus mastiches)Related species which have supplied Mastic or have been used as a substitute include P. terebinthus, P. cabulica (‘Roman…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Iris, Dres ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Iris, Dres ma དྲེས་མ Dres ma (Tibetan)Cherachi (Ayurveda)Ku Men Yuan Wei (TCM) Iris bulleyanaW.R. Dykes, The genus Iris, (1912) Iris lacteaAnnales de flore et de pomone, (1817) Iris kemaonensisCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1887) Iris bulleyana(Photo by peganum) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Iris spp.There are four types recognised in Tibetan Medicine: Mo dres  མོ་དྲེས  ‘Male’: Iris bulleyana, I….

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Quinquefoliae, Cinquefoil FREE

ByAdam Tate

Quinquefoliae, Cinquefoil Pentafillum, Five-leaved grass Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Potentilla reptans (syn. P. repens) Parts used: Herb in flower; Root Temperature & Taste: Temperate, very dry. Classifications: 2K. RESOLVENT.    2N. REPELLENT.    2T. GLUTINATE3C. ALEXIPHARMICS Uses:…

| | | | | | | | | | | |

Pongamia, Indian Beech

ByAdam Tate

Pongamia, Indian Beech Karakja (Ayurveda)Karanj (Unani)Punkum verptdai (root-bark), Punkum Viththu (Seed) (Siddha)Jam Bras (Tibetan) Pongamia pinnataBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Pongamia pinnata(Photo by Dr.jayan.d) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pongamia pinnataSynonyms include P. glabra, P. mittis, Derris indica, Dalbergia arborea, Galedupa indica, Galedupa pinnata, Mellittia pinnata Parts used: Seed; Bark; less commonly the Leaf Temperature & Taste:…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum

ByAdam Tate

Rhei Pontici Rapontici, Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum English Rhubarb Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 The Root, from Gerards Herbal, 1636 Botanical name: Rheum rhaponticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Neutral), dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Poison, Purges:-Purges Choler (Bile), Phlegm…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Bursa pastoris, Shepherds Purse PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bursa pastoris, Shepherd’s Purse Ji Cai  荠菜 (TCM)Sog ka pa  སོག་ཀ་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, (?) Botanical name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Mildly Sweet and Bitterdries, binds, astringes Classification: 2P. HEMOSTATIC Uses: 1. Cools the Blood, Stops Bleeding and…

| | | | | | | | | | |

Sardonyx

ByAdam Tate

Sardonyx Sardonyx (Photo by Arpingstone) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Chalcedony type Parts used: Sardonyx as we know it today is red and white banded Agate. However, the term traditionally included a number of other Chalcedony varieties: Pellucid, with the redness or Sard (Cornelian) and the whiteness of Onyx; this is most valuable–true Sardonyx (Salmon) Blood-red, White…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Catechu, Er Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Catechu, Er Cha 儿茶 Er Cha (TCM)Khi la wa ri (Tibetan)Khadira (Ayurveda) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Uncaria Gambir (used as an alternate source in TCM)Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Catechu (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Acacia catechu (Black Catechu)TCM uses Uncaria gambir…

| | | | | | | | | | |

Grasshopper

ByAdam Tate

Grasshopper Cicada (classical)Zha Meng 蚱蜢 (TCM)Cha ga pa ཆ་ག་པ་ (Tibet) two forms of GrasshopperHistory of the zoophytes. Goldsmith, 1824 Entomological name: Gryllulus domesticus, G. campestris (Field Cricket)In TCM, local types have been used including G. sigellatus, G. chinensis (Chinese Cricket), G. mitratus,Generally, any local Grasshopper can be used. A Tibetan classic text states that all Grasshoppers…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Ganoderma applanatum, Artists Conk PRO

ByAdam Tate

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) Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of the U.S. are very similar in appearance…

End of content

End of content