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Achillea, Yarrow FREE

ByAdam Tate

Achillea, Yarrow MillefoliumYang Shi Cao (TCM) ‘Greater’ (left) and ‘Lesser’ (right) YarrowDella Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Achillea millefolium Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter Classification: 2O. ASTRINGENTS.   2P. HEMOSTATICS.   2T. GLUTINATE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS…

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Aloe, Lu Hui PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aloe, Lu Hui 芦荟 Lu Hui (TCM)Kumari (Ayurveda)Sibr (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 A. humilisIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 A. perfoliata (Socrotine Aloes)Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 A. vulgaris (syn. A. barbadensis)Medical Botany, Bohn, 1832 A. perfoliata (Socrotine Aloes)Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Left: Socrotine Aloes, Center: Curacao Aloes; Right: Cape AloeSquibb’s…

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Borago, Borage PRO

ByAdam Tate

Borago, Borage BoracheGaozaban (Unani Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Borago officinalis Parts used: Root (bark removed); Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral (some said Warm), moist; Schroder said Warm and Moist in the 1st degree“It is…

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Aquilegia, Columbine

ByAdam Tate

Aquilegia, Columbine Aquilina, Alkaleya, Aquileya, Egilops Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Aquilegia vulgarisSalmon (Botanologia) said there were many varieties, and listed 7: Single Columbine Double Columbine Double inverted Columbine  Rose Columbine Degenerate Columbine Tufted Columbine Early Red Virginian Columbine Parts used: Herb; Seeds Temperature &…

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Jugulans Folium, Walnut Leaf

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans folium, Walnut Leaf Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2O. ASTRINGENT Uses: Note: generally used the same as the Green Hull which is stronger1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-resists Poison, Plague…

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Chamepitys, Ground Pine

ByAdam Tate

Chamepitys, Ground pine Yellow Bugle, CamaepitiumKamafius (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Botanical name: Ajuga chamaepitys (syn. Teucrium chamaepitys)Other varieties were listed by Galen and Dioscorides including A….

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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat from…

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Allium, Garlic FREE

ByAdam Tate

Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM)Lashuna (Ayurveda)Lehsun (Unani)Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium sativum Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except…

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Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb Herb Patience, Hippolapathum, Lapanthus hortense, Rhubarbarum Monachorum Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Rumex alpinus(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rumex alpinus Parts used: Root; the yellower the better Temperature & Taste: Cool (Neutral according to some) dry. Mildly Bitter Classifications: Aperitive, Abstersive, Astringent, Uses: 1. Purges…

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Welcome to

ByAdam Tate

About MedicineTraditions Introduction to MedicineTraditions This Web Site has been established to promote the Study and Practice of Traditional Medicine. Traditional Medicine World Wide tends to have several things in common:     The use of Natural Medicines from the Vegetable, Animal and Mineral Kingdoms     An Understanding of the energetics of the body, disease and…

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Euphrasia, Eyebright PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphrasia, Eyebright Zhim thig sang rgyas chu ‘jib  ཞིམ་ཐིག་ཐིག་སང་རྒྱས་ཆུ་ཇིབ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, 1893 Botanical name: Euphrasia officinalisIn Tibet, E. himalayica is used similarly. Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in the west), dry. Pungentastringes, discusses Classifications: 2S….

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Guaiacum FREE

ByAdam Tate

Guaiaci, Guaiacum Also called Lignum Sancti, Lignum Vitae, Pock Wood GuaiacumAtlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 LEFT: GUAIACUM WOOD;  RIGHT: GUAIACUM GUM1.  Mass of chips showing white non-official pieces. 2.  Portion ofa boring from a bowling ball. 3,  Projecting fibers of the wood. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for…

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