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Lentinus, Shiitake PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lentinus, Shiitake, Xiang Gu 香菇 Golden Oak Mushroom, Black Forest MushroomShiitake (Japan)Xiang Gu (TCM) Dried Shiitake Mushroom (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Lentinus edodes (syn. Lenticus edodes, Lentinan edodes, Lentinula edodes, Tricholomopsis edodes) Parts used: Mushroom, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Constituents: Lentinin (beta-D-glucan), Heteroglucan-protein Eritadenine Ergosterol, Nucleic acidsAll essential amino acids, rich…

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Aurantium, Orange peel, Ju Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aurantium, Orange peel Orange Peel: Ju PiDried Bitter Orange Fruit: Zhi KeImmature Orange Fruit: Zhi Shi New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Bitter Orange peel: Left: in ribbons; Right: in quartersNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Citrus spp. C. aurantium C. wilsonii is also…

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Cypripedium, Khu byug pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cypripedium, Khu byug pa ཁུ་བྱུག་པ་ Himalayan Lady’s Slipper, Big Flower Lady’s Slipper (C. macranthos)Shao Lan (TCM)Da Hua Shao Lan (C. macranthos) (TCM)Khu byug pa (Tibet) Cypripedium macranthos(“L’Illustration horticole“, Lemaire, 1857) Cypripedium macranthosEdwards’s Botanical Register, 1832 Cypripedium himalaicum(Orchids of the Sikhim Himalaya, Robert, 1898) Cypripedium tibeticum(“Curtis’s Botanical Magazine” 1906) Cypripedium tibeticum(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cypripedium…

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*Petasites, Butterbur PRO

ByAdam Tate

Petasites, Butterbur Tussilago major Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Petasites; Right: White-flowered PetasitesKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Flora Batava, Kops, 1812 (Wikimedia) Petasites hybridus(Photo by Hannes Grobe) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Petasites hybridus (syn. Petasites vulgaris, Cineraria hybrida, Tussilago hybrida, T. petasites) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitterattenuates, opens, cleanses Classifications: 3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3D….

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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa  གཡེར་ཤིང་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Scrophularia nodosa(Photo by Franz Xaver) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Scrophularia spp. S. nodosa, S. umbrosa (“Water Betony”) (Europe) S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM) S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii, S. dentata (Tibetan) S. peregrina…

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Tin Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Tin Bhasma Tin ashVanga Bhasma (Ayurveda)Gsha thal (Tibet) Mineralogical name: Stannum Parts used: Tin oxide (ash) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Benefits Liver, Nourishes Blood:–disorders of Liver and Uterus–Anemia–improves Eyesight–promotes Beauty 2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:–Syphilis, Gonorrhea and other STD’s–obstinate Skin diseases–Lymph and Pus accumulation (Tibet, Ayurveda)–diseases caused by Evil Spirits…

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Rubus Idaeus, Raspberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rubus Idaeus, Raspberry, Fu Pen Zi, 覆盆子 Fu Pen Zi (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rubus idaeusThe Chinese Raspberry is R. chingii. However, a number of varieties are used including R. idaeopsis, R. coreanus, R. corchorifolius. R. idaeus is used in Hebei…

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Catharanthus, Madagascar Periwinkle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Catharanthus, Madagascar Periwinkle Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosey Periwinkle, Rose PeriwinkleSadapushpa, Nayantara (Ayurveda)Nithiya kalyani , Sudukadu mallikai (Siddha)Sadabahar (Unani)Chang Chun Hua (TCM) Catharanthus roseusStep, E., Bois, D., Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse (1896) Catharanthus roseus(Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Catharanthus roseus (syn. Vinca rosea, Lochera rosea, Ammocallis rosea) Parts used: Herb; sometimes the root Temperature…

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Aconitum naviculare, Bong nga dmar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum naviculare, Bong nga dmar po བོང་ང་དམར་པོ Red Aconite, ‘Bang Ga’Bong nga dmar po, Bong dmar (Tibetan Medicine)Gan Qing Wu Tou (A. tanguticum, TCM)Chuan Kui Wu Tou 船盔乌头, Wu Tou Zhou Gu  乌头舟骨 Aconitum gymnandrum‘Red Aconite’ (Lesser variety)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1907) Botanical name: The first two listed are the primary species supply this medicine in Tibetan…

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Vateria, Sarja

ByAdam Tate

Vateria, Sarja White Dammer, Indian CopalSarja, Sarjaka, Sarjasa (Ayurveda)Raal Safed, Kahruba Shamai (Unani)Hur (Avicenna)Kundurukam (Siddha) Vateria indicaHayne, F.G., Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in derArzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse (1805-1846) Botanical name: Vateria indica (syn. V. malabarica) Parts used: Resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, Dry. Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Calms the Mind, Benefits the Heart:-Insomnia, Anxiety-Heart weakness…

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Natron, Sodium Carbonate

ByAdam Tate

Natron, Sodium Carbonate Soda, Alkali of Soda, Mineral Alkali, Crystallised Alkali, Nitrum Aegypticum, Black Ash (impure), Kali (impure)Natron and Trona (naturally occurring hydrated sodium carbonate)Aphronitrum (a form of native Sodium carbonate, Dioscorides)Bul Tog  ཨུལཏོག་ (Native, Tibetan Medicine)Sajji-Khar when from plants; Sajji-Mati when from the Earth (Unani) NitrumHortus sanitatis, 1491 Salsola australis; contains up to 30%…

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Galangae, Galangal

ByAdam Tate

Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang 高良姜 Gao Liang Jiang (‘High Mountain Ginger’) (TCM)Kulanjana (Ayurveda) Khulanjaan (Unani)Don gra  དོང་གྲ  (Tibet) GalangalParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Lesser Galangal, AlpinaIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Greater and Lesser Galangal rootHerbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 ALIPNA1. Annulate, wavy leaf bases or scars. 2. Simple rhizome. 3, Branched rhizome. 4, Transverse section of…

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