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Turnera, Damiana PRO

ByAdam Tate

Turnera, Damiana Herba da la Pastora, Old Woman’s Broom Photo by Xavierserratm Turnera diffusaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 T. aphrodisiacaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Turnera diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca Parts used: Dried herb; leaf and steam Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Benefits…

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Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang 鼠尾癀 Shu Wei Huang (TCM) Rostellularia procumbensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Justicia procumbens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rostellularia procumbens (syn. Justicia procumbens) Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Cold and Influenza with Fever-Cough,…

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry BrambleUllaiq (Unani) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet“Bramble in general is cold and dry but its ripened fruit is somewhat…

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Careya arborea, Kumbhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Careya arborea, Kumbhi Kumbi, Wild Guava, Slow-Match TreeKumbhi, Kumbhikah (Seed) (Ayurveda)Kumbi (Siddha)Baokhumba, Bai Khumbi (Seed) (Unani) W. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Botanical name: Careya arborea, C. herbacea Parts used: Stem Bark; Seed; dried Fruit Temperature & Taste: BARK: Warm, dry.SEED: Warm, dry. Pungent, astringent Uses: STEM BARK:1. Clears Heat,…

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Tilia, Linden PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tilia, Linden Lime flower, Tile tree, Tilia Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Tilia europaalso T. vulgaris, T. cordata (Winter Linden),  T. platyphylla (Summer Linden), T. intermedia and T. americana.Male and Female types were listed in older herbals, but only the female…

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Cepa, Onion FREE

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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium cepaVarious related species are used similarly: Spring Onion: A. fistulosum; Chinese Onion: A. macrostemon, A. oleraceum…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish PRO

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia:…

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Ligularia amplexicaulis, Ri sho PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ligularia amplexicaulis, Ri sho རི་ཤོ་ Ri sho (Tibet) Ligularia amplexicaulisPhoto by Vinayaraj (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ligularia amplexicaulis (syn. L. corymbosa, Senecio amplexicaulis)According to one classification, there are a number of types of Sho in Tibetan Medicine: Ri sho: Ligularia amplexicaulis Klung sho: Rumex spp. Lug sho: Oxyria digyna Rgya sho: Rumex crispus Chu sho: Rumex…

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Acetosella, Wood Sorrel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acetosella, Wood Sorrel Teen Pattia (Ayurveda)Paliakiri (Siddha)Shan Zuo Jiang Cao (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Oxalis acetosellaFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Oxalis corniculataFlora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al], fasicle 30, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Oxalis acetosellaOther species are used including O. corniculata (Creeping Oxalis, Indian Sorrel) in Ayurveda Parts used: Herb; sometimes the Seed Temperature…

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Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车

ByAdam Tate

Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车 Afterbirth, SecundineZi He Che 紫河车, Tai Pan 胎盘 (TCM) Prepared Placenta: 1. Left: still containing Blood; 2. Top Right: prepared with Blood removed; 3. Bottom Right: Cooked (Adam, 2009–2016) Front and back view of prepared Human Placenta with blood removed.(Adam, 2024) Zoological name: Homo sapiens; Placenta Hominis Parts used: Dried…

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Dichondra, Ma Ti Jin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dichondra, Ma Ti Jin 马蹄金 Ma Ti Jin (TCM) Dichondra repensRuiz, H., Pavón, J., Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru (1777) Dichondra repens in flower(Photo by Harry Rose) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dichondra repens (syn. D. microcalyx) Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: C. Clears…

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Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen 桑椹 Sang Shen (TCM)Dar shing དར་ཤིང་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Morus albaWeinmann, J.W., Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-1745) Dried Mulberry used in TCM Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba (fruit of M. rubra is used similarly)Li Shi Zhen noted there was 2 main varieties: White and Black.The…

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