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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao 冬淩草 Japanese RabdosiaDong Ling Cao, Si Leng Gan (TCM)Yog Mo ཡོག་མོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Isodon rubescens(Photo by Lixiaozhuo123) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rabdosia spp. (syn Isodon spp.)  1. R. rubescens  2. R. japonica  3. R. rubescens var. glaucocalyxIn China there are a large number of Isodon and Rabdosia species that are used similarly….

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Coccinia grandis, Bimbi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coccinia grandis Ivy GourdBimbi (Ayurveda)Koovai (Siddha) Kanduri (Unani) M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Coccinia grandis(Photo by Eugene van der Pijll) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Coccinia grandis (syn. C. codifolia., C. indica, Cephalandra indica) Parts used: Leaf, Stem, Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter, AstringentGreen fruit is very Bitter, fresh Fruit is Sweet Uses:…

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Rosa, Rose FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花 Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog  སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and medicine Members CLICK HERE for…

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Changium, Ming Dang Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Changium, Ming Dang Shen 明党参 Bright Changium rootMing Dang Shen (TCM) Botanical name: Changium smyrnioides (syn. Conopodium smyrnioides) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Moistens the Lungs, Transforms Phlegm:-Wind-Heat or Lung-heat Cough, Bronchitis with Yin deficiency-acute dry Cough with hard-to-clear Phlegm-can be used…

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Coriandrum, Coriander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coriandrum, Coriander Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)Koththumali Vitai (Siddha)‘U su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 CORIANDER FRUIT1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Coriandrum sativum…

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Prepared Iron, Lcags rtsi

ByAdam Tate

Prepared Iron, Lcags rtsi ལྕགས་རྩི་ Lcags rtsi (Iron Essence, Tibetan)Lcags phye (Iron filings, Tibetan) Minerological name: Ferrum Parts used: Prepared Iron Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Live, Nourishes Blood:–Liver disease–Liver obstruction–Anemia 2. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes:–improves Eyesight–Eye diseases with Heat 3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:–Fever–Fever due to…

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Lavendula, Lavender FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lavendula, Lavender Spike New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris) Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M….

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Morina, Spyang tsher PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morina, Spyang tsher སྤྱང་ཚེར་ Spyang tsher (Tibet)Ci Xu Duan (TCM)Bishkandara (Ayurveda) Morina longifoliaLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1840) Morina nepalensisCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1887) Morina longifolia(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Morina spp.Several types are differentiated: Spyang tsher: Morina nepalensis (syn. M. betanicoides) Spyang tsher dkar po (White): Morina longifolia, M. kokonorica, M. polyphylla Spyang…

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Cepa, Onion PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cepa, Onion Piyaz (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Two varieties of OnionKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Left: A. oleraceum, Right: A. cepaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Allium cepaVarious related species are used similarly: Spring Onion: A. fistulosum; Chinese Onion: A. macrostemon, A. oleraceum and others Parts used: Bulb; mostly the…

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Bdellium, Guggulu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bdellium, Guggulu Indian Bdellium, Indian Myrrh, Mukul MyrrhGuggulu (Ayurveda)Gu gul  གུ་གུལ  (Tibetan)Muqil (Unani)Hei Yun Xiang  黑云香 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Bdellium (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Commiphora mukul (syn. Balsamodendrum mukul) Parts used: GumA number of varieties are recognised, the dark-brown and yellow-brown being preferred….

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Erythrina, Hai Tong Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Erythrina, Hai Tong Pi 海桐皮 Coral Bean Tree, Indian Coral TreeHai Tong Pi (TCM)Paribhadra (Ayurveda)Kaliyanamurukkan (Siddha)Mkhal zho dkar po (Tibetan Medicine) Erythrina variegataBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Erythrina variegata flower(Photo by Sajith Erattupetta) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Erythrina variegata L. var. orientalis (syn. Erythrina indica)E. arborescens is also used in Sichuan, China and…

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Mastic, Mastic Gum PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mastic, Mastic Gum LentiskMastagi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Left: P. lentiscus    Right: P. terebinthusFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 BUY MASTIC Botanical name: Pistachio lentiscus (syn. Lentiscus mastiches)Related species which have supplied Mastic or have been used as a substitute include P. terebinthus, P. cabulica (‘Roman Mastic’, ‘East…

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