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Morus Cortex, Mulberry bark, Sang Bai Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Cortex, Mulberry Bark, Sang Bai Pi 桑白皮 Sang Bai Pi (TCM） Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Root-Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet. Some older TCM sources said it was Warm, others said Neutral Classifications: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Clears Lung Heat, Stop Cough and Wheezing:-Cough and…

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Nigella, Gith, Black Cumin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nigella, Gith Black Cumin, MelanthiumKalonji (Unani)Habat al-Baraka (Arabic)Kalajira, Mugrela (Ayurveda)Karuncirakam (Siddha)Zi ra nag po  ཟི་ར་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Hei Zhong Cao Zi 黑种草子 (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Nigella spp. N. sativa N. damascena N. glandulifera (syn. Nigella sativa var. hispidula) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry,…

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Adiantum, Maidenhair FREE

ByAdam Tate

Adiantum, Maidenhair Capillus Veneris, Venus HairParsiaoshan (Unani)Hamsapadi (Ayurveda)Rtsa rma dongs རྩརྨ་མདོངས་ Herbario nuovo, 1667 Common MaidenhairDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 English Maidenhair (Trichomanes)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Adiantum capillus-venerisA number of related species are used: Golden: Adiantum aureum (used as Maidenhair) White:…

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Citrus reticulata, Tangerine peel, Chen Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Citrus reticulata, Tangerine peel, Chen Pi 陈皮 Ju Pi (Peel) Chen Pi (aged Peel)Qing Pi (Unripe Peel) 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) Botanical name: Citrus reticulata Parts used: 1. Ripe Peel (Ju Pi)2….

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Amomum, Greater Cardamon, Sha Ren

ByAdam Tate

Amomum, Greater Cardamon, Sha Ren 砂仁 Greater Cardamon, Nepal CardamonSha Ren (TCM)Sthoolaila (Ayurveda)Heel Kalan (Unani)Ka Ko La  ཀ་ཀོ་ལ (Tibetan) Amomum subulatumRoxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3, 1819 Lesser, Medium and Greater CardamonsNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Amomum spp: A. villosum A. villosum var. xanthioides…

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Cytisus, Broom PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cytisus, Broom Scotch Broom; Genista, Genesta, Genestra, Scoparius, Spartium Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 BROOM TOPS1. Stem showing the two wings ending in a node.  2. A large flower and aflower bud.  3. The hairy pistil..  4. Fruit.  5. Three foliate leaves. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…

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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’…

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Gramen, Couch Grass FREE

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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Orchis, Orchid, Satyrion, Salep FREE

ByAdam Tate

Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Male SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Several different species of Satyrion from Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Orchis maculata(‘A’ being the flower of O. morio)Flora von Deutschland, Kohler,…

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Daucus, Wild Carrot

ByAdam Tate

Daucus, Wild Carrot Nan He Shi  (TCM, Wild Carrot seed) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Wild Carrot flower (above) and Seed head (right) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Daucus carrotaCommon Garden Carrots were used, as well as Cretian Daucus which was regarded as best….

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Berberis, Barberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Berberis, Barberry Lycium (classical name)Barberry root:–Xiao Bo (TCM)–Daruharidra (Ayurveda)–Skyer pa  སྐྱེར་པ  (Tibetan)Bark:–Skyer shun  སྐྱེར་ཤུན  (Tibetan)Stem:–Maramancal (Siddha)Concentrated Extract of Bark/Stem:–Rasanjana (Ayurveda)–Rasaut (Unani)–Skyer ba’i khan ta  སྐྱེར་པའི་ཁཎྜ (Tibetan)Fruit:–Zarishk (fruit, Unani)Seed:–Skyer ba’i ‘bru  སྐྱེར་པའི་འབྲུ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 B. vulgarisFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Barberry extract as available…

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Anisum, Aniseed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Annis, Aniseed Anisoon (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Aniseed (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Pimpinella anisum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet.Sweet and Bitter varieties were traditionally recognised.“According to Galen anise is Hot in the Second and Dry in the Third degree”….

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