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Cucurbita, Pumpkin

ByAdam Tate

Cucurbita, Pumpkin PepoTukhm e Kadu (Unani)Nan Gua Zi 南瓜子, Bai Gua Zi  白瓜子 (TCM)Ka bed  ཀ་བད  (Tibetan) PepoKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo Parts used: Seeds; Fruit (as food) Temperature & Taste: Cool, Moist. Sweet, Bitter Classification: S. Worms and Parasites Uses: 1. One of the 4 Greater Cold…

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Linum, Linseed FREE

ByAdam Tate

Linum, Linseed FlaxseedTukhm e Katan (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.   …

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Ophiopoglossum, Adder’s Tongue

ByAdam Tate

Ophioglossum, Adder’s Tongue Serpent’s Tongue, Christ’s Spear, Lancea Christi, Ophioglossum, Lingua SerpentinaPing Er Xiao Cao (TCM) L’Histoire des Plantes, Paris, 1584 OphioglossumBlackwell, E., Herbarium Blackwellianum, vol. 5 (1765) OphioglossumBilder ur Nordens Flora, Lindman, 1917 Ophioglossum vulgatum(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ophioglossum vulgatum Parts used: Roots, leaves Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Classifications: Cleansing, Alterative,…

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Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)Shi Dan Cao (TCM) Corallodiscus lanuginosusPhoto by Woudloper (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallodiscus spp. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata) C. kingianus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)-all types of Toxicity-Fever, Cough,…

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Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye 桑叶 Sang Ye (TCM）Sring Shing Lo Ma  སྲིང་ཤིང་ལོ་མ་མ་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly Moist. Bitter, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat: -Fever, Cold, Flu, sore Throat-nasal obstruction, Sinusitis-also to promote expression of rashes in…

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Lupulus, Hops PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lupulus, Hops Lupulus salictarius, Lupulus reptitius, Volubilis, Humulus, Habiola Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Humulus lupulus Parts used: FlowerLupulin is the powder from the glandular hairs of hop flowers. It is used similarly, but is…

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Abies webbiana, Talispatra PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abies webbiana, Talispatra Himalayan Silver FirTalisa, Talispatra (Ayurveda)Talispatri (Siddha)Talispattar (Unani)Zarnab, Talisfar (Arabic) Abies webbianaA.B. Lambert, Description of the genus Pinus and some other remarkable plants (1890) A manual of the Coniferae, Veitch, 1881 Botanical name: Abies webbiana (syn. A. spectabilis, Pinus webbiana) Parts used: Needles; also bark, oil, resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao 荷莲豆草 Tropical ChickweedHe Lian Dou Cao, Er Rui He Lian Dou (TCM) Drymaria diandraSwartz, O.P., Icones plantarum (1794) Drymaria cordata(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drymaria diandra (syn. D. cordata) Parts used: Herb; sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Jaundice, Acute Hepatitis-Edema,…

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Curcuma, Turmeric FREE

ByAdam Tate

Curcuma, Turmeric, Jiang Huang 姜黄 Tumeric; Cyperus indicus (Dioscorides)Jiang Huang (TCM)Haridra (Ayurveda) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Whole Turmeric Root (Adam, 2016) LONG AND ROUND TURMERICNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Long and Round Turmeric, Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Curcuma longa…

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Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba ཁྲོག་ཆུང་བ་ Japanese GerberaKhrog chung ba (Tibet)Da Ding Cao (TCM) Leibnitzia anandria(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimeda) Botanical name: Leibnitzia anandria (syn. Gerbera anandria, Tussilago anandria) Parts used: Root (Tibet); Whole herb (TCM) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin: (Tibet, TCM)-Lung Heat Cough-Toxic Sores, Boils, Abscesses-Insect and…

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Artemisia anomala, Liu Ji Nu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia anomala, Liu Ji Nu 刘寄奴 Liu Ji Nu (TCM) Arternisia lactifloraLéveillé, H., Catalogue illustré et alphabetique des plantes du Seu Tchouen (1918) Arternisia lactiflora(Photo by Dominicus Johannes Bergsma) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Artemisia anomala (syn. Artemisia anomala var. anomala)Other species supplying this herb include A. lactiflora and A. argyi var. incana Parts used: Above-ground Herb…

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Medicated Leaven, Shen Qu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Medicated Leaven, Shen Qu 神曲 Shen Qu (TCM)Jian Qu (Medicated Leaven produced in Fujian) (TCM) Pharmaceutical name: Massa Medicata Fermentata Parts used: Fermented mixture of flour and medicinal Herbs. Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Aromatic Classification: O. Promotes Digestion Uses: 1. Promotes Digestion, Clears Food Stagnation:-Indigestion, Food Stagnation (abdominal distention, fullness, poor…

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