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Sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sarsaparilla Ushba (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Left: Rio Negro (Brazillian) Sarsaparilla root; Center: Hondruas Sarsaparilla root; Right: Mexican Sarsaparilla rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bundles of Sarsaparilla as imported; the 2 on the left from Honduras;the middle from Mexico; the large on the right from Brazillian (Para).A…

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*Collinsonia canadensis

ByAdam Tate

Collinsonia, Stoneroot Stone Root Collinsonia canadensis Descourtilz, Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Collinsonia canadensis (Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Collinsonia canadensis Parts used: Root, Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:-Edema, Fluid retention, Ascites-Acute Urinary Tract Infection, Bladder Pain-Gravel and Stones of…

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Cocos, Coconut

ByAdam Tate

Cocos, Coconut Indian nutNarikela (Ayurveda)Narjeel (Unani)Thenkai (Siddha) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 F.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3 (1890) Botanical name: Cocos nucifera (syn. Cocos indica) Parts used: Coconut water, Dried pulp, Oil Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet“Hot in the first phase of the Second degree and Dry in the first degree. It contains some noticeable…

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Leptadenia, Jivanti PRO

ByAdam Tate

Leptadenia, Jivanti Cork Swallow-wortJivanti (Ayurveda)Palalkkodi, Keeripalai (Siddha)Doodhi Khurd (Unani) Leptadenia reticulata (Official drug)R. Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Dendrobium plicatile (Flickingeria fimbriata)W.J. Hooker, J.D. Hooker, Icones Plantarum (1890)  Dendrobium macraei (syn. Flickingeria macraei)K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, (1918) Holostemma ada-kodien(Photo by Shantanu Kuveskar) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Leptadenia reticulataAccording to Indian sources, the…

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Salvia haematodes, Red Behen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salvia haematodes, Red Behen Meadow SageBehman Surkh (Unani) Red BehenNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Red BehenKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Limonium maritimum (Sea Lavender) is often listed as a source of Red Behen(Source New York Public Library‘s Digital Library) (Wikimedia) Red Behen root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Salvia haematodes (syn. Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes)White Behen is…

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Myristica, Nutmeg; Macis, Mace PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myristica, Nutmeg, Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 Nux Muscata (Latin)Jatiphala (Ayurveda, Unani)Cathikkay (Siddha)Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 (TCM)Dza ti  ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Top: Whole NutmegBottom: Mace Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Parts used: Fruit (Nutmeg); Mace Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent,…

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Teucrium polium, Poley Montane PRO

ByAdam Tate

Teucrium polium, Poley Montane Poley, Mountain Germander, Narrow-leaf GermanderKalpooreh (Unani)Hui Bai Shi Cao (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Left: Polium campestre;  Right: P. montanumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Common (left), Spanish (middle) and Lavender-leaved (right) Poley MontaneParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Teucrium polium(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Teucrium polium (syn. T. capitatum)Campestre (rural)…

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Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao 没药 Mo Yao (TCM)Bola (Ayurveda)Mur (Unani)Gu gul nag po གུ་གུལ་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Myrrh tree and gumParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Myrrh (Adam, 2022) BUY PREMIUM MYRRH Botanical name: Commiphora spp. C. myrrha (syn. C. molmol)–Ethiopian Myrrh, found in Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia…

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Citrus reticulata, Tangerine peel, Chen Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Citrus reticulata, Tangerine peel, Chen Pi 陈皮 Ju Pi, Chen Pi (aged) Guillot, Revue horticole, serié 4, (1852-1974) Whole dried Tangerine peel (Ju Pi) Sliced Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi) Bundles of Aged (20 year old) Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Citrus reticulata Parts used: Peel Temperature &…

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Dracocephalum, Pri yang ku PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dracocephalum, Pri yang ku པྲི་ཡང་ཀུ DragonheadPri yang ku (D. tanguticum, Nodding Dragonhead) (Tibet)Faranjmushk (D. moldavicum) (Unani)Xiang Qing Lan (D. moldavicum); Yang Qing Lan (D. rupestre) (TCM) Dracocephalum moldavicumDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm  (1796) Botanical name: Dracocephalum tanguticum (Tibet); D. fruticulosum has also been mentionedDracocephalum moldavicum (syn. Nepeta moldavicum) (Unani) D. foetidum is listed as a…

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Angelica glauca, Lca ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica glauca, Lca ba ལྕ་བ Lca ba (Tibet)Coraka (Ayurveda) K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Botanical name: Angelica glaucaSome sources have listed A. sinensis, A. archangelica and A. dahurica for Lca ba. Parts used: Root, leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Uses: Generally used as for Angelica Archangelica 1. Warms…

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Abrotonum, Southernwood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abrotonum, Southernwood Qaisum (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Botanical name: Artemisia abrotanum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Hot in the first and dry in the third degree.” (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Opens…

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