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Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong PRO

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Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong 鹿茸 Harts Horn, Velvet hornLu Rong (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 A vendor selling whole and sliced Deer horn of various grades. (Chengdu, 2009) Whole Velvet Deer horn (Chengdu 2009) Velvet Deer Horn slices; note the purplish colored marrow in the center indicating young horn…

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Mica, Abhrak

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Mica, Abhrak Muscovy Glass (Muscovite Mica)Abhrak (Ayurveda)Abrak Siyah (Unani)Gser bye  གསེར་བྱེ  (Tibetan) Biotite Mica(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) A sample of Biotite Mica as used in Tibetan Medicine(Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India. Adam, 2006) Mineralogical Name:Biotite Mica, a ferro-magnesium silicate. K (Mg Fe)3 X(Si3AlO11) X (OH)2 Parts used: Biotite Mica. Ayurveda recognises…

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Cedrus, Cedar FREE

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Cedrus, Cedar Libani, Cedrus Magna (C. libani)Devadaru (C. deodara, Ayurveda)Devadhari (C. deodara, Siddha)Sidr (C. libani, Unani)Deodaar (C. deodara, Unani)Xue Song (C. deodara, TCM)Thang Shing  ཐང་ཤིང༌  (C. deodara, Tibetan) Cedrus libaniKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Cedrus libaniC.J. Trew, G.D. Ehret, Plantae selectae, vol. 6 (1760) Left: Cedrus libani Right: Cedrus deodaraA.B. Lambert, Description of the genus Pinus and…

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Diospyros ebenum, Ebony PRO

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Diospyros ebenum, Ebony Lignum EbenumTinduka (Ayurveda)Abnus (Unani) Diospyros ebenumE. Spach, Histoire naturelle des végétaux, Atlas (coloured version), (1834-1847) Botanical name: Diospyros ebenum, D. melanoxylon, D. peregrina, D. malabarica Parts used: Wood“The best Ebony is black, straight, without lines, gives the feeling of a conical horn when hand is passed over it. It is thickened irritating…

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Berberis, Barberry FREE

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Berberis, Barberry Lycium (classical name)Barberry root:–Xiao Bo (TCM)–Daruharidra (Ayurveda)–Skyer pa  སྐྱེར་པ  (Tibetan)Bark:–Skyer shun  སྐྱེར་ཤུན  (Tibetan)Concentrated Extract of Bark/Stem:–Rasanjana (Ayurveda)–Rasaut (Unani)–Skyer ba’i khan ta  སྐྱེར་པའི་ཁཎྜ (Tibetan)Fruit:–Zarishk (fruit, Unani)Seed:–Skyer ba’i ‘bru  སྐྱེར་པའི་འབྲུ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 B. vulgarisFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Barberry extract as available on…

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Sagapenum, Sagapen PRO

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Sagapenum, Sagapen SerapinumSakbinaj (Unani)  Krauter Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Sagapen in containers for exportKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1819 Ferula persica Botanical name: Ferula persica (syn. Peucedanum persicum) Parts used: Gum“The best varieties of Sagapen are those which are relatively thicker and cleaner with a red interior and white exterior”. (Avicenna) Temperature &…

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Sarcocolla PRO

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Sarcocolla Azerat (Unani)Anzarut, Anzurut (Arabic, Persian)Gujar (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Vollstandiges Materialien Lexicon, Lemery, 1721 Astragalus sarcocolla(Photo by auoob farabi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Astragalus sarcocolla, A. fasciculufolius Parts used: Gum“The best variety is that which is yellowish and resembles Luban (Olibanum)”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Sweet“Some physicians say that Sarcocolla…

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Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano PRO

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Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano Marjoram: Sweet Marjoram, Marjoram gentleOregano: Wild or Winter Marjoram Left: Marjoram, Right: OreganoOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Oregano (left) and Marjoram (right)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Oregano and MarjoramKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Oregano; Right: MarjoramIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Oreganum spp.O. marjorana (Marjoram), O. vulgare (Oregano)A number of related…

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Clerodendron phlomidis, Agnimantha PRO

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Clerodendrum phlomidis, Agnimantha Agnimantha (Ayurveda)Tazhuthaazhai (Siddha)Baharangi (Unani) Clerodendron phlomidisN.L. Burman, Flora Indica, (1768) Clerodendrum phlomidis flower(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum phlomidis (syn. Clerodendron phlomidis, C. multiflorum)Agnimantha is Premna spp. However, C. phlomidis is the accepted substitute for Agnimantha.According to some sources, C. phlomidis is the lesser variety, and Premna spp. is the greater…

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Symphytum, Comfrey FREE

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Symphytum, Comfrey Consolida Major Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Comfrey root (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Symphytum officinaleOther related species such as the Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum) and Prickly Comfrey (S. asperum) have been used, but these should be avoided due to the higher levels…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel FREE

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Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed;…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel PRO

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Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed; also the Roots Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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