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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

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 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Magnolia spp.  1. M. biondii  2. M. denudata  3. M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens…

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong 千日红 Globe AmaranthQian Ri Hong (TCM)Amlana (Ayurveda) Gomphrena globosa Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Gomphrena globosa (Photo by Carl Lewis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gomphrena globosa Parts used: Flowering tops or Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, slightly Salty Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Whooping…

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Prunus spinosa, Sloe

ByAdam Tate

Prunus spinosa, Sloe BlackthornGerman Acacia (dehydrated unripe fruit juice) Prunus spinosaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Prunus spinosa(Photo by Georg Buzin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Prunus spinosa (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Fruit, collected before fully ripe (strongest astringent)Also the Leaf, Flower, Bark: all have similar properties, except the flowers which are laxative. Temperature…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Left:Three varieties of Licorice root available on the Chinese Market. The bottom…

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Ursi / Bos Fel, Bear / Cow Bile

ByAdam Tate

Bear / Cow Bile Xiong Dan 熊胆 (Bear Bile, TCM)Niu Dan 牛胆 (Cow Bile, TCM)Dom mkhris  དོམ་མཁྲིས  (Bear Bile, Tibetan Medicine) Dried Cow Gall Bladder as used in Tibetan Medicine in place of Bear Bile. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Traditionally, Bear Bile has been used in both East and West:  1. Ursus arctos (European Brown…

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Pogostemon/Agastache, Huo Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pogostemon seu Agastache, Huo Xiang 藿香 Wrinkled Giant-Hyssop, Patchouli (Agastache)Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda) Agastache rugosaPhoto by Dalgial (Wikimedia) Pogostemon cablinPhoto by Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:  1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)  2….

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Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria, Water Pepper

ByAdam Tate

Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria Water Pepper, Arsmart, HydropeperiFilfil al-ma (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Polygonum hydropierSvensk botanik, Palmstruch et al], 1807 Botanical name: Persicaria hydropiper (syn. Polygonum hydropier)Salmon (Seplasium) describes two types:  1. Dead or Spotted, which is Persicaria, or (Mild) Arsmart, has little or no taste, like Sorrel; this is…

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Pulegium, Pennyroyal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pulegium, Pennyroyal Futang (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2B ATTENUATER.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC.    4f….

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Portulaca, Purslane PRO

ByAdam Tate

Portulaca, Purslane, Ma Chi Xian 马齿苋 Kulfa (Ayurveda)Kharfah, Kulfa (Unani)Ma Chi Xian (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist….

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Clerodendron trichotomum, Chou Wu Tong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clerodendrum trichotomum, Chou Wu Tong 臭梧桐 Chou Wu Tong (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 107 (1881) Clerodendrum trichotomum(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum trichotomum (syn. Clerodendron)Other species used include C. bungei and C. fragrans Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1….

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