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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao

ByAdam Tate

Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao 五指毛桃 Hispid Fig, Hairy Fig, Roughhair Fig, Fissured Fig, Coarse-leaf Fig, “Five-fingered Peach”Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM) Ficus simplicissimaThe botany of Captain Beechey’s voyage (1841) Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao(Adam 2024) Botanical name: Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially…

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Stellaria, Chickweed

ByAdam Tate

Stellaria, Chickweed Dodoens, A Niewe Herball (1578) English botany, or coloured figures of British plants,, J.E. Sowerby (1864) Botanical name: Stellaria media (syn. Alsine media) Parts used: Whole Herb (preferably fresh) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resists Poison:-Liver heat with red eyes, headache, bitter…

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Callerya, Niu Da Li

ByAdam Tate

Callerya, Niu Da Li 牛大力 “Cow Big Power”, Showy Millettia, Golden Bell Root, Mountain Lotus root Callerya speciosa Niu Da Li root(Photo by Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Callerya speciosa (syn. Millettia speciosa, Nanhaia speciosa) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Increases Qi:–Fatigue, deficiency–Chronic Hepatitis–Spermatorrhea–Leukorrhea–Anti-cancer–regarded as prolonging…

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Copper, Cuprum

ByAdam Tate

Cuprum, Copper, Cu VenusTamra (Ayurveda)Nuhas (Unani, Avicenna)Tong 铜 (TCM) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native CopperPhoto by Jonathan Zander (Digon3) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Cuprum Parts used: Oxide, BhasmaCopper Pyrite, Copper Sulphate, Verdigris and Malachite are also used. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry (Ayurveda, Dioscorides; some Vedic sources say Cool); Bitter, Pungent, Astringent, Sour, Sweet“Burnt copper is hot,…

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Thapsia, Scorching Fennel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thapsia, Scorching Fennel Deadly Carrot Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 3 varieties of Thapsia (Eicones plantarum, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590) T. garganica(Illustration by Ferdinand Bauer, 1787) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thapsia spp.It appears several species have been used:  1. T. garganica  2. T. villosa (‘Deadly Carrot’ or ‘Scorching Fennel’)  3. T. ascelpium (‘Narrow-leaved Carrot’)Varieties listed in Parkinson’s Herbal include,…

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Artemisia, Mugwort, Ai Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda)Birenjafif (Unani)Khan nag འཁན་ནག་ (Tibet) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known.The Chinese Mugwort is principally…

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Trifolium, Red Clover FREE

ByAdam Tate

Trifolium, Red Clover Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 T. pratenseFlora von Deutschland (23), Kohler, 1885 Florigraphia Britannica, Deakin, 1857 Red Clover Flower (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trifolium pratense, T. medium; T. repens is the White Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Slightly Sweet and Bitter Classification: B….

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Porcus, Pig

ByAdam Tate

Porcus, Pig Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Peraldus (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Zoological name: Scrofus domesticus Temperature & Taste: ‘It is a phlegmatic moist creature’ Uses: BILE (Cool. Bitter):1. Clears Heat:-Typhoid and other extreme fevers, relives thirst;            -Purgative and diuretic. (Gall Bladder is used similarly…

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Lepidium iberis, Pepper Grass

ByAdam Tate

Lepidium iberis, Pepper Grass Sciatica CressTudri Saifed, Bazr-ul-khumkhum (Unani)Kasis (Persian) Lepidium iberisDodoens [Dodonaeus ], R., Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX (1583) Lepidium iberisSharp, Helen, Water-color sketches of American plants, especially New England (1888-1910) Botanical name: Lepidium iberis (syn. L. virginicum) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1….

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Identification Issues in Traditional Medicine

ByAdam Tate

Identification Issues in Traditional Medicine By Adam Tate, 2015 When studying medicines and formulas of Tradition Medicine, there are often problems with identifying the exact medicine being referred to. This is for a number of reasons. 1. A Number of sources supply the same Medicine Sometimes different plants, or varieties of plants would supply the…

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Baeckea, Gang Song PRO

ByAdam Tate

Baeckea, Gang Song 岗松 Gang Song (TCM) Baeckea frutescens Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1828) Baeckea frutescens Photo by Wibowo Djatmiko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Baeckea frutescens Parts used: Whole plant; Leaf, Root, Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Move the Blood, Open Obstruction, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-has been used to induce Abortion-Bruising,…

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