| | | | | | | | | | |

Succisa, Devil’s Bit PRO

ByAdam Tate

Succisa, Devil’s Bit Devils Bit Scabious, Premorse; Morsus diaboli, Praemorsa, Lacea nigra Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Flora Batava, Kops, 1814 Succisa pratensis(Photo by Christian Fischer) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Succisa pratensis (syn. Scabiosa succisa) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Poison:-Fevers, Epidemic Diseases, Plague-Spotted Fevers, Measles,…

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

Cyananthus, Sngon bu mchog PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cyananthus, Sngon bu mchog སྔོན་བུ་མཆོག་ Trailing BellflowerSngon bu mchog (Tibet)Lie Ye Lan Zhong Hua 裂叶蓝钟花 (TCM) Cyananthus lobatus(Curtis’s botanical magazine, 1880) Cyananthus lobatus growing wild in Bhutan(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cyananthus spp.Several varieties are known:  1. Superior; Sngon bu mchog (larger with dark blue flowers)    a. C. lobatus    b. C. argenteus    c. C….

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

Tripterygium, Lei Gong Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tripterygium, Lei Gong Teng 雷公藤 Triptolide, Three-Wingnut Root; Thunder God VineLei Gong Teng (TCM) Tripterygium wilfordiiRegel, E.A. von, Gartenflora (1869) Tripterygium regelii(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tripterygium wilfordii (syn. T. hypoglaucum, T. regelii) Parts used: Root (bark is generally scraped off due to its excess toxicity) Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Very…

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

Realgar, As2S2

ByAdam Tate

Realgar, As2S2 Sandarache (Dioscorides, Agricola)Manashila (Ayurveda)Hartal Tabqi (Unani)Rahj al Ghar (Arabic, meaning ‘Powder of the Mine’)Xiong Huang  雄黄 (TCM)Ldong ros ལྡོང་རོས  (Tibetan) RealgarPhoto by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Mineralogical Name: Arsenic Disulphide Parts used: Refined or prepared MineralSpecimens that are red outside but white inside when crushed, or which contain white crystals within, should not be used…

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

Valeriana, Valerian FREE

ByAdam Tate

Valeriana, Valerian Baldrain; Phu (Classical name)Tagar (Indian Valerian, Ayurveda)Asaroon (Indian Valerian, Unani)Xie Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 VALERIAN ROOT1. Stem scar of valerian and folded roots. 2. Double band of grass. 3. Mass of roots.4. Split rhizome and the large roots…

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

Salvia, Sage PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salvia, Sage Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Salvia officinalis Parts used: Leaf; Flowering tops Temperature & Taste: Neutral (Traditionally regarded as Warm; Cool by some), dry. Bitter, Pungent Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.    2O. ASTRINGENT.    2S. STRENGTHENING.    3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITICS.    3P. MASTICATORIES…

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

Androsace, Sga tig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Androsace, Sga tig སྒ་ཏིག Rock JasmineSga tig (Tibetan Medicine)Dian Di Mei (A. aizoon, TCM) Androsace sarmentosaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 102 (1876) Androsace sarmentosa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Androsace spp. Sga tig nag po (Black variety): A. mariae var. tibetica Sga tig smug po (Brown variety): A. aizoon var. coccinea, A. sarmentosa, A. strigillosa Other…

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

Galls, Wu Bei Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Galla, Galls, 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)–Galla Rhois–Karkatashringe (Ayurveda)–Kakrasingi (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Oak GallKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Oak GallMedical Botany, Bohn, 1832 Some of the Gall varieties from Tabernaemontanus (1664) Oak Galls (Adam, 2016) Chinese Galls (Rhus)…

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

Aurantium, Orange peel, Ju Hong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Aurantium, Orange peel Orange Peel: Ju Pi, Ju HongDried Orange Fruit: Zhi KeImmature Orange Fruit: Zhi Shi New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Bitter Orange peel: Left: in ribbons; Right: in quartersNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Citrus spp. C….

| | | | | | | | | |
ByAdam Tate

Serum, Whey Cheese Water Pharmaceutical name: Serum Parts used: The liquid extracted from curdled Milk. Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classification: 3E. DIURETIC.   3H. LACTAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC   4g. HEPATICPreparers and Purgers of Melancholy Uses: 1. Clears Heat:–Burning Urine–Diarrhea, Dysentery 2. Purges Bile and Melancholy:–very useful for Bile and Melancholy diseases–Leprosy, Elephantiasis–Eczema, Psoriasis–Fibroids, Cancer 3. Nourishes…

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

Nerium, Oleander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nerium, Oleander Oleander, Rose Bay, Rose LaurelKaravira, Viraka, Ashvamaraka (White-flowered variety, Ayurveda)Raktapushpa, Raktaprasava, Ravipriya (Red-flowered variety, Ayurveda)Kaner, Chandani (Unani)Sanbul Aqleeti (Arabic)Arali (Siddha)Jia Zhu Tao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Nerium oleanderBotanical Register, vol. 1, (1815) Botanical name: Nerium spp.: N. oleander (syn. N. odorum); Red Oldeander, Rose Bay N. indicum; White Oleander…

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

Betonica, Betony PRO

ByAdam Tate

Betonica, Betony Chiron, Serratula Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Betonica officinalis (syn. Stachys betonica, S. officinalis)It appears that local varieties were also used synonymously Parts used: Herb; flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentdiscusses, attenuates, opens, cleanses Classification:…

End of content

End of content