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Lyonia, Li Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lyonia, Li Mu 悷木 Tibetan LyoniaLi Mu, Nan Zhu (TCM) LyoniaBen Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Lyonia ovalifolia(Photo by Krish Dulal) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lyonia spp. L. ovalifolia (syn. Pieris ovalifolia, Andromeda ovalifolia, Xolisma ovalifolia) L.  ovalifolia var. elliptica Parts used: Leafy twigs and fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Moves…

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Calamintha, Calamint PRO

ByAdam Tate

Calamintha, Calamint Also called Mountain Mint New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Greater (left) and Lesser (right) CalamintParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Curtis, William, Flora Londinensis, vol. 6 (1789-1798) Botanical name: Calamintha officinalis (syn. Clinopodium nepeta)C. nepeta (Lesser Calamint) is used similarly and is stronger.Galen mentioned 3 types. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm,…

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Iron Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Iron Bhasma Iron ashLauha Bhasma (Ayurveda)Lcags Thal (Tibetan) Minerological name: Ferrum Parts used: Because of the difficulty in reduction, Iron more than other metals is often recommended to have more putums (firings). It is most potent after having 100 putums (firings)1. Lauha Bhasma: Bhasma prepared from several putums (firings).2. Shatputi Lauha Bhasma: Bhasma prepared from…

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Bombyx Faeces, Silkworm Feces, Can Sha

ByAdam Tate

Bombyx Faeces, Silkworm Feces, Can Sha 蚕沙 Can Sha (TCM) Silkworm, Silkworm Cocoon, SilkInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Entomological name: Bombyx mori Parts used: Feces Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Transforms Damp:-painful obstruction of the muscles or joints from Wind-Damp-Wind-Damp damp and itchy rashes from Wind-Damp; Pruritus, Eczema-Convulsions,…

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Pedicularis, Lug Ru PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pedicularis, Lug ru, ལུག་རུ Lug ru dkar po  ལུག་རུ་དཀར་པོ  Lug ru dmar po  ལུག་རུ་དམར་པོ   Lug ru smug po  ལུག་རུ་སྨུག་པོLug ru ser po  ལུག་རུསེར་པོ  Pedicularis siphonanthaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Pedicularis megalanthaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1890) Pedicularis longiflora(Photo by Krokus) (Wikimedia) Pedicularis punctata(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pedicularis spp. White: Lug ru dkar po:…

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Litsea, Medasaka

ByAdam Tate

Litsea, Medasaka Indian Laurel, Gluey LitseaMaidah Lakri (Unani)Vardbari (Arabic)Medasaka (Ayurveda)Chan Gao Mu Jiang Zi (TCM) Litsea glutinosaFlora de Filipinas, 1880 Botanical name: Litsea glutinosa (syn. Neolitsea chinensis, Sebifera glutinosa, L. sebifera, L. chinensis) Parts used: BarkIn China, the Bark and/or Leaf have been used synonymously Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, BitterAvicenna said Warm and…

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Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha Horse GramKulatha (Ayurveda)Kollu (Siddha)Hab ul-Qilt (Arabic)Kulthi (Unani) Vigna unguiculataBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Horse gram(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Dolichos biflorus (syn. Vigna unguiculata) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry.   Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:-Edema, Fluid retention-Leukorrhea-Gravel, Stones (API)-also for Obesity (Porridge or soup…

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Betonica, Betony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Betonica, Betony Chiron, Serratula Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Betonica officinalis Parts used: Herb; flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentdiscusses, attenuates, opens, cleanses Classification: 2G. CLEANSING.   2T. GLUTINATE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3M. ARTHRITIC.   3O….

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Linum, Linseed FREE

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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.   …

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Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)Shi Dan Cao (TCM) Corallodiscus lanuginosusPhoto by Woudloper (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallodiscus spp. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata) C. kingianus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)-all types of Toxicity-Fever, Cough,…

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Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing 王不留行 Cowherb seedWang Bu Liu Xing, Mai Lan Cai (TCM) Vaccaria hispanica (as Isatis sylvestris Hispanica)Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Vaccaria segetalisMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2 (?) Vaccaria segetalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vaccaria segetalis (syn. V. hispanica, V. vaccaria, V….

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Abies webbiana, Talispatra PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abies webbiana, Talispatra Himalayan Silver FirTalisa, Talispatra (Ayurveda)Talispatri (Siddha)Talispattar (Unani)Zarnab, Talisfar (Arabic) Abies webbianaA.B. Lambert, Description of the genus Pinus and some other remarkable plants (1890) A manual of the Coniferae, Veitch, 1881 Botanical name: Abies webbiana (syn. A. spectabilis, Pinus webbiana) Parts used: Needles; also bark, oil, resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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