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Earthworm, Di Long PRO

ByAdam Tate

Earthworm, Di Long 地龙 Di Long ‘Earth Dragon’ (TCM)Kharateen (Unani) Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Bulk Prepared Earthworm as available on the Chinese Market (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Dried Earthworm as used in Unani medicine (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Primarily Lumbricus and Pheretima spp: Lumbricus terrestris Pheretima vulgaris Pheretima aspergillium (‘Guang Di…

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Laurus, Baytree PRO

ByAdam Tate

Laurus, Bay-tree Bay tree, Sweet Bay, Bay Laurel; Baccum Lauri (berry)Ghar, Hab-el-Ghar, Dahmusht (Unani)Yue Gui Zi (Fruit) Yue Gui Ye (Leaf) TCM) LaurusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 LaurusDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 LaurusKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Laurus nobilisFlora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Laurus nobilisDioscorides described 2 varieties: Narrow-leaved and a Broad-leaved Parts used:…

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Hyssopus, Hyssop FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hyssopus, Hyssop Zoofa (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hyssopus officinalisGarden and Wild types were differentiated Parts used: Herb, flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.   …

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Linum, Linseed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Linum, Linseed FlaxseedTukhm e Katan (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent“It is Hot in the First degree and moderate in Moistness and Dryness….

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Cuminum, Cumin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cuminum cyminum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungentattenuates, digests, dissolves, discusses Wind Classifications: 2C INCIDERS.    2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2H….

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Cepa, Onion FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cepa, Onion Piyaz (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Two varieties of OnionKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Left: A. oleraceum, Right: A. cepaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium cepaVarious related species are used similarly: Spring Onion: A. fistulosum; Chinese Onion: A. macrostemon, A. oleraceum…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish PRO

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 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia:…

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Acetosella, Wood Sorrel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acetosella, Wood Sorrel Teen Pattia (Ayurveda)Paliakiri (Siddha)Shan Zuo Jiang Cao (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Oxalis acetosellaFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Oxalis corniculataFlora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al], fasicle 30, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Oxalis acetosellaOther species are used including O. corniculata (Creeping Oxalis, Indian Sorrel) in Ayurveda Parts used: Herb; sometimes the Seed Temperature…

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Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车

ByAdam Tate

Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车 Afterbirth, SecundineZi He Che 紫河车, Tai Pan 胎盘 (TCM) Prepared Placenta: 1. Left: still containing Blood; 2. Top Right: prepared with Blood removed; 3. Bottom Right: Cooked (Adam, 2009–2016) Front and back view of prepared Human Placenta with blood removed.(Adam, 2024) Zoological name: Homo sapiens; Placenta Hominis Parts used: Dried…

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Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen 桑椹 Sang Shen (TCM)Dar shing དར་ཤིང་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Morus albaWeinmann, J.W., Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-1745) Dried Mulberry used in TCM Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba (fruit of M. rubra is used similarly)Li Shi Zhen noted there was 2 main varieties: White and Black.The…

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Cerasa, Cherry

ByAdam Tate

Cerasa, Cherry Aloo Baloo Valo, Aluvalu, Elavaluka (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Dried Sour Cherry as used in Ayurveda and Unani Botanical name: Prunus spp.  1. P. avium (Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry)  2. P. cerasus (Morello, or Sour Cherry)Sour Red and Sweet Black varieties…

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Equisetum, Horsetai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater Horsetail, the right showing a spindle of wound Horsetail for selling.Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 4 different varieties of HorsetailNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Equisetum…

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