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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜 Gan Jiang (TCM)Shunthi (Ayurveda)Chuku (Siddha)Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Chinese Ginger Culcutta Ginger Jamaica Ginger African Ginger Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts…

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Levisticum, Lovage FREE

ByAdam Tate

Levisticum, Lovage HipposelinumSisaliyus (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Levisticum officinaleLigusticum chinensis (syn. L. sinensis, L. wallichi) is the Chinese Lovage Ligusticum Chuan Xiong. Parts used: Root; also the Seed and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy

ByAdam Tate

Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy Wild Poppy, Wind-Rose, Bastard Wild Poppy, Poppy Anemone, Crown AnemoneArgemonia, Concordia, Concordialis, Herba liburnica Two varieties of ArgemoneEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Anemone coronariaJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826) Botanical name: Anemone coronaria, A. fulgens, A. apennina Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo སྤངརྩི་དོ་བོ་ Spang rtsi do bo (Tibet)Yi Shao Cao 翼首草 (TCM) Pterocephalus hookeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1918 Botanical name: Pterocephalus hookeri (syn. Scabiosa hookeri) According to Tibetan literature, there are several types: Pterocephlaus hookeri (Spang rtsi ‘byar bag can) (primary medicine) Saussurea supberba (Lug rtsi do bo) Primula capitata Other species of Saussurea…

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Solanum indicum

ByAdam Tate

Solanum indicum, Bruhati Indian Nightshade, Poison BerryBruhati (Ayurveda)Tian Qie Zi (TCM) Solanum indicumPapillons de Surinam dessinés d’après nature”, plate 74, circa 1850 Solanum indicum(Photo by Muthukurussi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum indicum (syn. S. anguivi) Parts used: Root or Whole Plant; sometimes the Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm and…

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Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi 穿破石 Chuan Po Shi; Wei Zhi (TCM) Maclura cochinchinensisBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Cudrania tricuspidata(Photo by Plant Image Library) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cudrania spp.  1. C. cochinchinensis (syn. Maclura cochinchinensis)  2. C. tricuspidata Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: D. Clear Wind and…

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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa  གཡེར་ཤིང་པ  (Tibetan) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Scrophularia spp.  1. S. nodosa (West)  2. S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM)  3. S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii (Tibetan) Parts…

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Spondias pinnata, Amrata PRO

ByAdam Tate

Spondias pinnata, Amrata Hog Plum, Wild MangoAmrata  (Bark); Amrataka (Fruit) (Ayurveda)Mambulichi (Siddha) Spondias pinnataN. Witsen, H. de Jager, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae anno MDCC (1700) Spondias pinnata fruit(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Spondias pinnata (syn. S. mangifera, S. acuminata)A ‘Greater’ variety is derived from S. cytherea Parts used: Principally the Stem-barkAlso…

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Chlorite Schist, Meng Shi

ByAdam Tate

Chlorite Schist, Meng Shi 礞石 Qing Meng Shi (Chlorite Schist)Jin Meng Shi  (Vermiculite Schist)Gser bye (Vermiculite) (Tibetan) Chlorite SchistPhoto by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Several Minerals fall within the classification of Meng Shi:  1. Chlorite–Qing Meng Shi (Biotite 90–95%, Quartz 2–4%, Andesinum or Epidotum 1–2%), regarded as best  2. Chlorite–Fang Jie Shi…

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Lodoicea, Sea Coconut PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lodoicea, Sea Coconut Double Coconut, Maldive Coconut, Coco-de-MerAklari (Ayurveda)Kadalthengai (Siddha)Narjeel Daryai (Unani) Sea Coconut palm, Lodoicea maldivicaCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1827) Sea Coconuts (left, in a bunch, right individual)Curtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1827) Lodoicea maldivica(Photo by David Stanley) (Wikimedia0 Botanical name: Lodoicea maldivica, L. seychellarum Parts used: Kernel Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, PungentAccording…

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Calamintha, Calamint FREE

ByAdam Tate

Calamintha, Calamint Also called Mountain Mint New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Greater (top left) and Lesser (right) CalamintParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Curtis, William, Flora Londinensis, vol. 6 (1789-1798) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Calamintha officinalis (syn. Clinopodium nepeta subsp. glandulosum, Melissa nepeta, Melissa calamintha)C. nepeta (Lesser Calamint) is used…

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Lapis Hystericus

ByAdam Tate

Lapis Hystericus Mother Stone, Woman Stone, Womb Stone, Vulva Stone, Stone of VenusHysterolithos, Hysteroptera Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Palaeozoologie, Zittel, 1876–1880 Photo taken from Zoologische und paläontologische Objekte, Carola Fey & Reinhard Ziegler (University of Heidelberg website) Zoological name: Fossil brachiopods, most often spiriferids and ortids. (Duffin)Schizophoria vulvaria is commonly given as the source. Parts…

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