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Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao 龙胆草 Ghaafis (Unani)related species:–In TCM G. gabra (Long Dan Cao)–In Ayurveda, G. kurroo (Trayamana)–In Tibet G. robusta (Kyi Che) Greater and Lesser GentiansDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Gentiana luteaFlora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Gentiana purpureaFlora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 YELLOW GENTIAN ROOT1. Root with numerous leaf…

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Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond FREE

ByAdam Tate

Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond Badam (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Apricot kernel (Xing Ren) (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus amygdalus dulcis (formerly Amygdalus communis)TCM uses Apricot kernel Xing Ren synonymously: P. armeniaca, P. sibirica, P….

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Anthocephalus, Kadamba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anthocephalus, Kadamba Wild CinchonaKadamba (Ayurveda)Venkadambu (Siddha) Anthocephalus cadambaP.W. Korthals, Kruidkunde [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen; deel Botanie], (1839-1842) Botanical name: Anthocephalus cadamba (syn. A. indicus, A. chinensis, A. morindaefolius, Neolamarckia cadamba, Nauclea cadamba, Sarcocephalus cadamba) Parts used: Stem-bark; also fruits and flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool. Sweet, Salty, Pungent Uses: 1….

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Cynanchum paniculatum, Xu Chang Qing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cynanchum paniculatum, Xu Chang Qing 徐長卿 Paniculate Swallow-wortXu Chang Qing (TCM) Botanical name: Cynanchum paniculatum (syn. Vincetoxicum pycnostelma) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Moves the Blood, Relieves Pain: (TCM)-Wind-Damp painful obstruction of the Joints and Muscles-Arthritis, Rheumatism, Rheumatic arthralgia-Lower…

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Gramen, Couch Grass PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gramen, Couch-grass Quick-grass, Dogs-grass, Quitch-grass, Triticum Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2, 1890 TRITICUM REPENS ROOT AND RHIZOME1, Node with circle of roots. 2. Mass of chopped rhizomes. 8. Cross-section of the rhizome with hollow pith. 4. Furrowed internode. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Elymus repens (syn….

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Zerumbet PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zerumbet Mahabhari Vacha (Ayurveda)Zarambad, Narkachoor (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Zingiber zerumbet(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Zingiber zerumbet (syn. Z. spurium, Amomum zerumbet, A. spurium, A. sylvestre) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Uses: 1. Warms the Lungs, Clears Cold Phlegm:-Cold-type Cough, Asthma 2. Warms the…

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Juncus, Deng Xin Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Juncus, Rush, Deng Xin Cao 灯心草 Common or Soft Rush, Green Bull RushDeng Xin Cao (TCM) Juncus effususSturm, J., Krause, E.H.L., Lutz, K.G., Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Zweite auflage (1900-1907) Juncus effusus(Photo by Christian Fischer) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Juncus effusus (TCM, West)The Rushes were used in the Western tradition too. Salmon…

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Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag སྤེན་ནག་ Bush CinquefoilSpen nag (Tibet) Potentilla fruticosaLindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1922) Potentilla fruticosa(Photo by Walter Siegmund) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Potentilla spp. Span nag: P. fruticosa (Yellow variety) (syn. Dasiphora fruticosa, Pentaphylloides fruticosa) Span dkar: P. dahurica (White variety) Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter,…

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Turpeth, Turbith FREE

ByAdam Tate

Turpeth, Turbith TurpethumTrivrita, Tri-vrta (Ayurveda)Nishoth (Hindi)Turbud, Turbud Mujaffif, Turbud Safed (Unani) Arabian TurbithOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 TurbithMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Turbith RootHerbario nuovo, 1667 Turbith root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Operculina spp. O. turpethum (syn. Ipomoea turpethum, Convolvulus turpethum, Merremia turpethum, Spiranthera turpethum; Convolvulus triqueter, C….

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ByAdam Tate

Lapis Memphites Ophites (Serpent Stones), Tephrites (Ash-colored Stones) Lapis MemphitesHortus sanitatis, 1491 Minerological name: Two different minerals have been suggested as the source of Memphites: A type of Serpentine (dark green hard mineral of hydrated magnesium silicate, often spotted like a snake’s skin) Porphyry (hard, fine-grained igneous rock containing crystals, usually of feldspar or quartz,…

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Galium, Cleavers PRO

ByAdam Tate

Galium, Cleavers Goosegrass; Gallion, Aparine, Aspergula, PhilanthroposZangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Galium aparine Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears…

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Copper Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Copper Bhasma Copper ashTamra Bhasma (Ayurveda)Zangs thal (Tibet) Minerological name: Cuprum Parts used: Copper ash Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, SweetSome Indian (and Tibetan) sources have claimed it to be Cool.Copper Bhasma principally settles Kapha (Phlegm) and Pitta (Bile) Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Phlegm, Clears Pus:–Bronchitis, Asthma–Bronchiectasis, Tuberculosis–Chronic Rhinitis–Pus in the Lungs…

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