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Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 Til, Tila (Ayurveda)Hei Zhi Ma (TCM)Kunjad Siyah (Unani)Til snum  ཏིལ་སྣུམ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1897 (Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sesamum indicum Parts used: Seed (Black are stronger) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet“It is Hot in the middle and Moist in the…

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Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig རྟ་རྨིག་ Marsh Marigold, Water Buttercup, Brave Celandine, American Cowslips, Tussilago alteraRta rmig (Tibet)Ma Ti Ye (TCM)Kushrya (Ayurveda) Lesser Marsh MarigoldSalmon, Botanologia (1710) Caltha palustris (Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885) Caltha palustris(Photo by Robert S Remie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caltha spp. C. palustris (syn. C. polypetala)…

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Zinc oxide, Tutty

ByAdam Tate

Zinc oxide, Tutty Flowers of Zinc, Calx of Zinc, Nihilum album, Pompholix Zincite (native Zinc oxide); however, this was not a traditional source for Zinc oxide.Photo by Robert M. Lavinsky (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Impure Zinc oxide Native ores of Zinc include:  1. Sphelerite–Zinc sulphide  2. Zincite–Zinc oxide  3. Calamine (Smithsonite)–Zinc carbonate  4. Hemimorphite–Zinc silicate Parts…

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Buddleja, Mi Meng Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Buddleja, Mi Meng Hua 密蒙花 BuddleiaMi Meng Hua (TCM) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Buddleja officinalis(Photo by Salix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Buddleja officinalis Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool. Sweet. Mildly Toxic Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Brightens the Eyes:-red, painful, swollen eyes-excess tearing-superficial…

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Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei FREE

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Equisetum arvenseAlso used are E. maximum, E. sylvaticum, E. palustre, E. limosum, and E. hyemale, the…

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Selaginella doederleinii, Shi Shang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selaginella, Shi Shang Bai 石上柏 SelaginellaShi Shang Bai (TCM) Selaginella doederleinii Photo by 天問 小窩 (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Selaginella doederleiniiSee also Selaginella pulvinata which may be an equivalent plant. Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Fever-Acute Sore Throat-Lung-Heat…

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Bloodstone, Heliotrope

ByAdam Tate

Bloodstone, Heliotrope ElitropiaChi Dim Shi, Ji Xue Shi (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Bloodstone (Heliotrope)Photo by Ra’ike Mineralogical name: Lapis Heliotropum; Chalcedony group Parts used: Levigated Stone Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Slightly Pungent Constituents: Silicon dioxide (SiO2), iron Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-any type of Bleeding (West, Ayurveda)-stops excessive Menstruation-prevents Miscarriage-Diarrhea and Dysentery,…

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Boschniakia, Hui Chuan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Boschniakia, Hui Chun Cao 回春草 Hui Chuan Cao (‘Rejuvenation Herb’); Cao Cong Rong (TCM)Oniku (Japan) Orobanche spp. (2) and Boschniakia (3), showing the similarity of the two species.Komarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Boschniakia rossica(Photo by Malcolm Manners) (Wikimedia) Ther dried herb for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Boschniakia…

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Wormwood, Artemisia absinthum FREE

ByAdam Tate

Absinthium, Wormwood Afsanteen (Unani) Wormwood Common Wormwood                           Mountain or Roman Wormwood                       Pontic Wormwood of GalenEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION…

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Polygala Senega PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala senega, Senega Snake root Polygala senegaDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Medizinal Pflanzen, Kohler, 1883 Whole Senega root and cross-sections of the root. (Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902) Botanical name: Polygala senegaTCM uses P. tenuifolia and P. sibirica; see Polygala Yuan Zhi Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent….

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Carica, Papaya

ByAdam Tate

Carica, Papaya PawpawPapita, Erand-Karkati (Ayurveda)Pipita (Unani)Pappai (Siddha) Herbarium Amboinense, Rumpf, 1755 Illustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Botanical name: Carica papaya Parts used: Unripe and Ripe Fruit; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Unripe fruit is Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour Uses: 1. Moistens the Intestines, Promotes Bowel Movements:-chronic constipation (ripe fruit)-Bleeding Piles; Diarrhea…

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Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine Terebinthina Veneta, Pini Laricis Terebinthina Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Larix occidentalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) (syn. L. europea, Pinus larix) Parts used: Turpentine collected by tapping the tree in Spring or Autumn.This is thinner than other Turpentines, thicker than oil,…

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