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Flourite, Zi Shi Ying

ByAdam Tate

Flourite, Zi Shi Ying 紫石英 Zi Shi Ying (TCM) Purple FlouritePhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Flouritum CaF2 (Ca 51%, F 49%); also diferric trioxide, with admixtures including Cl and rare earths. Parts used: Prepared Stone; the purple Stone is most used in TCM Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet Classification: G. Sedate…

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Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 Til, Tila (Ayurveda)Hei Zhi Ma (TCM)Kunjad Siyah (Unani)Til snum  ཏིལ་སྣུམ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1897 (Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sesamum indicum Parts used: Seed (Black are stronger) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet“It is Hot in the middle and Moist in the…

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Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig རྟ་རྨིག་ Marsh Marigold, Water Buttercup, Brave Celandine, American Cowslips, Tussilago alteraRta rmig (Tibet)Ma Ti Ye (TCM)Kushrya (Ayurveda) Lesser Marsh MarigoldSalmon, Botanologia (1710) Caltha palustris (Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885) Caltha palustris(Photo by Robert S Remie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caltha spp. C. palustris (syn. C. polypetala)…

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Zinc oxide, Tutty

ByAdam Tate

Zinc oxide, Tutty Flowers of Zinc, Calx of Zinc, Nihilum album, Pompholix Zincite (native Zinc oxide); however, this was not a traditional source for Zinc oxide.Photo by Robert M. Lavinsky (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Impure Zinc oxide Native ores of Zinc include:  1. Sphelerite–Zinc sulphide  2. Zincite–Zinc oxide  3. Calamine (Smithsonite)–Zinc carbonate  4. Hemimorphite–Zinc silicate Parts…

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Buddleja, Mi Meng Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Buddleja, Mi Meng Hua 密蒙花 BuddleiaMi Meng Hua (TCM) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Buddleja officinalis(Photo by Salix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Buddleja officinalis Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool. Sweet. Mildly Toxic Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Brightens the Eyes:-red, painful, swollen eyes-excess tearing-superficial…

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Selaginella doederleinii, Shi Shang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selaginella, Shi Shang Bai 石上柏 SelaginellaShi Shang Bai (TCM) Selaginella doederleinii Photo by 天問 小窩 (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Selaginella doederleiniiSee also Selaginella pulvinata which may be an equivalent plant. Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Fever-Acute Sore Throat-Lung-Heat…

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Boschniakia, Hui Chuan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Boschniakia, Hui Chun Cao 回春草 Hui Chuan Cao (‘Rejuvenation Herb’); Cao Cong Rong (TCM)Oniku (Japan) Orobanche spp. (2) and Boschniakia (3), showing the similarity of the two species.Komarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Boschniakia rossica(Photo by Malcolm Manners) (Wikimedia) Ther dried herb for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Boschniakia…

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Polygala Senega PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala senega, Senega Snake root Polygala senegaDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Medizinal Pflanzen, Kohler, 1883 Whole Senega root and cross-sections of the root. (Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902) Botanical name: Polygala senegaTCM uses P. tenuifolia and P. sibirica; see Polygala Yuan Zhi Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent….

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Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine Terebinthina Veneta, Pini Laricis Terebinthina Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Larix occidentalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) (syn. L. europea, Pinus larix) Parts used: Turpentine collected by tapping the tree in Spring or Autumn.This is thinner than other Turpentines, thicker than oil,…

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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao 冬淩草 Japanese RabdosiaDong Ling Cao, Si Leng Gan (TCM)Yog Mo ཡོག་མོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Isodon rubescens(Photo by Lixiaozhuo123) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rabdosia spp. (syn Isodon spp.)  1. R. rubescens  2. R. japonica  3. R. rubescens var. glaucocalyxIn China there are a large number of Isodon and Rabdosia species that are used similarly….

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Coccinia grandis, Bimbi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coccinia grandis Ivy GourdBimbi (Ayurveda)Koovai (Siddha) Kanduri (Unani) M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Coccinia grandis(Photo by Eugene van der Pijll) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Coccinia grandis (syn. C. codifolia., C. indica, Cephalandra indica) Parts used: Leaf, Stem, Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter, AstringentGreen fruit is very Bitter, fresh Fruit is Sweet Uses:…

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Rosa, Rose FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花 Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog  སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and medicine Members CLICK HERE for…

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