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Human Urine

ByAdam Tate

Human Urine Tong Bian (Boy’s Urine, TCM) Zoological name: Homo sapiens Parts used: 1. Adult Urine2. Boy’s Urine (best, used in East and West) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Salty Classification: dissolving, cleansing, discussing, resists Putrefaction Uses: ADULT URINE:1. Moves the Blood (TCM, West)-pain from blood stagnation; internal or external trauma-‘The common people do advise,…

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Magnetite, Ci Shi

ByAdam Tate

Magnetite, Ci Shi 磁石 LodestoneKanta (Ayurveda)Ci Shi (TCM)Khab len  ཁབ་ལེན  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Magnetite specimen (from Bolivia)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name:Magnetitum Parts used: The best is black and strongly magnetic Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, Bitter and Salty Constituents: Ferriferrous oxide (Fe3O4); traces of…

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Centaurium, Centaury FREE

ByAdam Tate

Centauri minus, Centaury the less Centaurea, Febrifuga, Fel Terra, Libadion (Pliny), Leptophyllum (Theophrastus)Seigar (Arabic) Mesuae Opera, 1570 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centaurium erythraea Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold (said to be Warm), dry. Bittergently binding, cleansing, opening Classifications: 2A APERIENT.   2B ATTENUATER.   2F. PURIFYING.  …

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Marrubium, Horehound FREE

ByAdam Tate

Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   …

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Fermentum Cerevisiae, Yeast

ByAdam Tate

Fermentum Cerevisiae, Yeast Jiu Qu (Distillers Yeast, TCM) Botanical name: Saccharomyces cerevisiae and/or Candida utilis Parts used: Froth or scum which rises to the surface of the wort of beer while fermenting.Brewers or Distillers Yeast was traditionally prepared from Wheat, Barley or Rice, often mixed with other herbs, made into a paste, formed into pills,…

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Chamomila, Camomile PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chamomila, Camomile Bubunaj (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Matricaria                                                                                                                    AnthemisIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 MatricariaBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Matricaria recutitaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Anthemis nobilisAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Botanical name: Anthemis nobilis–Garden or Roman CamomileMatricaria recutita (syn. M. camomilla)–German Camomile (most used) Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool (mildly Warm…

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Crocus, Saffron, Xi Hong Hua FREE

ByAdam Tate

Crocus, Saffron, Xi Hong Hua 西红花 Kum Kuma (Sanskrit)Safran (Hindi)Xi Hong Hua, Fan Hong Hua (TCM)Zafrah (Unani)Gur Gum  གུར་གུམ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Saffron Filaments from Iran Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Crocus sativus Parts used: stigmas Temperature & Taste: Moderately Warm (some…

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Myrtus, Myrtle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrtus, Myrtle Myrtle, Clove Myrtle, Spanish MyrtleHabb-ul-Ass, Muurad (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MyrtusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Myrtus communis(Photo by Javier martin) (Wikimedia) Myrtle berries(Photo by Giancarlo Dessì) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Myrtus communis Parts used: Leaves, Fruit (‘berries’), SeedLeaf was more commonly used internally, berries mostly externally“Small shoots of its roots are most potent”….

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Phaseolus angularis, Chi Xiao Dou

ByAdam Tate

Phaseolus angularis, Chi Xiao Dou 赤小豆 Adzuki Bean Adzuki beansAdam (2019) Botanical name: Phaseolus angularis; also P. calcaratus Parts used: Seed (Bean) Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Sour Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-Edema, abdominal swelling, fluid retention-swollen, painful legs-Urinary difficulty 2. Clears Damp-Heat: -Jaundice (mild cases, or in cases with weakness) 3. Moves the…

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Principal Herbals printed between 14701670

ByAdam Tate

Principal Herbals printed between 1470–1670 Hortus Sanitatis, 1491 With the development of the printing press, numerous Herbals began to be printed. Because of the importance of identification, early herbals were some of the first printed texts to have wide use of illustrations, including the use of hand colored woodcuts in early editions. The following list…

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang

ByAdam Tate

Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature &…

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Litharge

ByAdam Tate

Litharge, Mi Tuo Seng 密陀僧 Mi Tuo Seng (TCM)Murdar Sang (Unani)Marirdar Shring (Ayurveda)Mtshal dkar  མཚལ་དཀར་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Yellow (‘Gold’) LithargePhoto by Walkerma Mineralogical Name:Yellow Lead monoxideLitharge (formed from fused and powdered Massicot) Three types of Litharge were mentioned by Pliny:      1. Chrysitis (Gold colored, best; also called German Gold Litharge);       …

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