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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale,Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweetconfected Walnuts are Warm, moist…

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Eruca, Rocket PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eruca, Rocket Jirjir, Jirjeer (Unani) Garden (left) and Wild (right) RocketDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Wild RocketFuchs, New Kreuterbuch, 1543 Garden RocketSturm et al, Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungennach der Natur, Zweite auflage, vol. 6, 1902 Botanical name: Eruca spp. Garden Rocket: E. sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp, sativa, Brassica eruca) Wild Rocket: E….

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Ipomoea sepiaria, Lakshmana

ByAdam Tate

Ipomoea sepiaria, Lakshmana Purple Heart Glory, Hedge BindweedLakshmana, Banakalami (Ayurveda)Thaalikeerai, Taalikkirai (Siddha) Ipomoea sepiaria(Image from Leiden University Libraries, Leyden, The Netherlands) Ipomoea sepiaria(Photo by George Muttathil Pulikurumba) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ipomoea sepiaria (syn. I. marginata, I. maxima, I. sagittifolia, Convolvulus marginatus)The Ayurvedic plant Lakshmana has also been equated with Ginseng and Mandrake. Parts used: Root;…

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Catechu, Er Cha FREE

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…

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Wheat, Triticum

ByAdam Tate

Triticum, Wheat Xiao Mai  小麦 (Wheat) Fu Xiao Mai 浮小麦 (Light Wheat) (TCM)Gandum (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 WheatKöhler, F.E., Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Triticum aestivum (syn. T. vulgare) Parts used: Seed (Grain)Two different products are used in TCM. Regular Wheat, and ‘Light’ Wheat, the latter floating when put in water and has…

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum, Asfar (Unani)Chendurakam (Siddha)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ་ (also used for Saffron)Rtsa Gur Gum རྩ་གུར་གུམ་ (Carthamus, Tibet)Hong Hua (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Safflower Left: dried whole Safflower flower (Adam, 2016, 2018) Botanical name: Carthamus tinctorius Parts…

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Lapis Lazuli

ByAdam Tate

Lapis Lazuli Lajward (Unani)Lazward (Arabic)Tian Qing Shi (TCM)Mu Men མུ་མེན་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Lapis Lazuli (Adam, 2017) Mineralogical Name:LazuriteMetamorphic rock chiefly consisting of Lazurite; silicate and sulphate of sodium and aluminium Parts used: Prepared stone (Washed; Burnt; or Bhasma) Temperature & Taste: Washed it is Cool, dry; Raw or Burnt…

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Chinese Ink, Jing Mo

ByAdam Tate

Beijing Ink, Jing Mo 京墨 Jing Mo (TCM) Traditional Ink Block (Photo from Cleveland Museum of Art) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pinus spp.Ink made from the soot of burning pine wood, mixed with gum. Parts used: Ink Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent. Classification: Uses: 1. Stops Bleeding:–Nosebleeding-Vomiting Blood, Blood in the Stool-Postpartum Bleeding-Bleeding from Wounds,…

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Asplenium, Ceterach

ByAdam Tate

Asplenium, Ceterach SpleenwortSaquluqandrium (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Left: Scolopendrum; Above: Scolopendrum verum, Arabian CeterachKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach offcinarum, Hemidictyum ceterach) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry“Hot in the First and Dry in the Second degree” (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-urinary diseases; Edema-removes Kidneys and Bladder Stones…

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Chalk

ByAdam Tate

Chalk CretaHajar al-labant (Unani)Fen Bi  粉笔 (TCM)Chu skyur rdo  ཆུ་སྐྱུར་ རྡོ་ (native calcium carbonate, Tibetan Medicine) Native Chalk(Photo by Alina Zienowicz Ala z’) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Native Calcium carbonate Parts used: Prepared Chalk Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Bitter. Avicenna said it was moderate (Neutral) in temperature. Classification: 2Z. CICATRIZING Uses: 1. Clears Stomach…

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Motherwort seed, Chong Wei Zi

ByAdam Tate

Leonurus semen, Motherwort seed, Chong Wei Zi 茺蔚子 Leonurus seedChong Wei Zi (TCM) L. sibiricusM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Botanical name: Leonurus spp.  1. L. heterophyllus (syn. L. artemisia)  2. L. sibiricus  3. L. turkestanicus   4. L. rnacranthus Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Regulate…

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Vitis, Grape Vine FREE

ByAdam Tate

Vitis, Grape Vine VineDrakshadi (Raisins, Ayurveda)Pu Tao 葡萄 (TCM)Kishmish (Raisins, Unani)rgun brum  རྒུན་འབྲུམ (Raisins, Tibetan) Grapes                                                                                                          RaisinsOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Grape Vine and WineMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Grapes (Adam, 2017) Light (‘Golden Sultanas’) and Dark (‘Purple Raisins’) dried fruit (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Vitis vinifera Parts used: Grapes,…

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