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Vanilla

ByAdam Tate

Vanilla Siliqua Vanilla Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861 1. Bourban Vanilla     2. Mexican Vanilla;      3. Tahitian Vanilla;     4. Wild Vanilla      (A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1917) 1–6 are different types of commercial Bean; 7 is the Wild form.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Vanilla…

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Aquilegia, Columbine

ByAdam Tate

Aquilegia, Columbine Aquilina, Alkaleya, Aquileya, Egilops Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Aquilegia vulgarisSalmon (Botanologia) said there were many varieties, and listed 7: Single Columbine Double Columbine Double inverted Columbine  Rose Columbine Degenerate Columbine Tufted Columbine Early Red Virginian Columbine Parts used: Herb; Seeds Temperature &…

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Saxifraga alba, White Saxifrage PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saxifraga alba, White Saxifrage Stonebreak Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 White SaxifrageHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 ‘Tall Saxifrage’Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 An alternate type of ‘Saxifrage’New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanical name: Saxifraga alba (syn. S. granulata subsp. granulata, S. officinalis)A number of different species supplied ‘Saxifrage’ Parts used: Root, leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent…

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Jugulans Folium, Walnut Leaf

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans folium, Walnut Leaf Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2O. ASTRINGENT Uses: Note: generally used the same as the Green Hull which is stronger1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-resists Poison, Plague…

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Filipendula, Meadowsweet

ByAdam Tate

Filipendula, Meadowsweet Dropwort, Red Saxifrage, Oenantha New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MeadowsweetParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Botanical name: Filipendula ulmaria (syn. Spiraea filipendula) Parts used: Herb, Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitterattenuates, binds, discusses Uses: 1. Clears Stomach Heat:-Indigestion, Colic-Hyperacidity, Heartburn, Peptic Ulcer-Diarrhea in children 2. Clears Wind-Heat:-Fever, Cold,…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Magnolia flower bud(Photo by William (Ned) Friedman) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Magnolia spp. M. biondii M. denudata M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens the Nasal…

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Staphysacre, Stavesacre

ByAdam Tate

Staphysacre, Stavesacre Staphisagria, Delphinium, Larkspur, Louse-seed; Consolida Regalis, PedicularisMuvizaj (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 StavesacreKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Consolida RegalisKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hamilton, E., Flora homoeopathica, vol. 2 (1853) STAVESACRE SEED1. Numerous fruit.  2,  3,  Fruit with several seeds.  4. Seeds without the pericarp.  5. Single seed.  6. StemSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…

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Commiphora, Myrrh, Mo Yao

ByAdam Tate

Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao 没药 Mo Yao (TCM)Bola (Ayurveda)Mur (Unani)Gu gul nag po  གུ་གུལ་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan) Myrrh tree and gumParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Myrrh (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Commiphora myrrha (syn. C. molmol)Derived from various sources, the Arabian and Ethiopian were most usedThe Arabian Myrrh…

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Piper nigrum et album, Pepper, Black & White FREE

ByAdam Tate

Piper nigrum, Black Pepper, Hu Jiao 胡椒 Marica (Ayurveda)Hu Jiao (TCM)Na le sham  ན་ལེ་ཤམ  (Tibetan)Filfil Siyah (Unani) Piper album, White Pepper, Bai Hu Jiao 白胡椒 Bai Hu Jiao (TCM)Filfil Safaid (Unani) Black PepperParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper nigrumKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: 1890 Black and White Pepper (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་ Tang kun (Tibet)Mura (Root, Ayurveda)Mural (Siddha) Selinum wallichianum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Tang kun: Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium) Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina Some modern Russian sources list Cnidium dahuricum…

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Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain

ByAdam Tate

Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain, Ze Xie 泽泻 Water PlantainZe Xie (TCM)Zammarah al-rai (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Water Plantain root Ze Xie on the Chinese market (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alisma spp. A. plantago (West) A. orientalis (TCM) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in…

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Chamepitys, Ground Pine

ByAdam Tate

Chamepitys, Ground pine Yellow Bugle, CamaepitiumKamafius (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Botanical name: Ajuga chamaepitys (syn. Teucrium chamaepitys)Other varieties were listed by Galen and Dioscorides including A….

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