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Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu

ByAdam Tate

Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu 灶心土 Old Oven Earth, Burnt Earth, Terra Flava Usta Khazaf: Oven Clay, Clay pottery (Unani)Zao Xin Tu (TCM) Clay Oven (Tabun)Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (Gustaf Dalman, 1935) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Terra flava usta (Burnt Yellow Earth) Parts used: Traditionally, the old burnt Earth used in the construction of…

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Sagittaria, Arrowhead

ByAdam Tate

Sagittaria, Arrowhead SagittalisCi Gu (TCM, Corm) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 A. Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 3: t. 310 (1893) Botanical name: Sagittaria sagittifolia (syn. Alisma saggitaria) Parts used: Herb; Seed; Corm Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in respect of dry/moist, Pungent Classifications: Alterative, Astringent, Abstersive, Incarnative, Glutinative, Traumatic or Vulnerary;Appropriated to the Spleen,…

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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Carduus benedictus (syn. Cnicus benedictus, Centaurea benedicta) Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is…

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Gmelina, Gambhari PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gmelina, Gambhari White Teak, Malay Bushbeech, Kashmir TreeGambhari, Kashmiri (Ayurveda)Kattanam, Kumizham (Siddha) GmelinaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1819) Gmelina arborea(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gmelina arborea (syn. Premna arborea) Parts used: Root-bark, Fruit Temperature & Taste: FRUIT: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour, astringentSTEM / STEM-BARK: Cool, dry. Sweet, BitterROOT: Cool, dry. Bitter…

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Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog དངུལ་སྐུད་ མཆོག་ Snow Tea, White Snow TeaDngul skud mchog (Tibet)Bai Xue Cha 白雪茶 (‘White Snow Tea’) (TCM) Thamnolia vermicularis(Photos by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thamnolia vermicularisT. subuliformis is classed as a source of Bai Xue ChaSaussurea graminifolia is regarded as an inferior type in Tibetan Medicine. Parts used: Entire plant…

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Madhuca, Madhuka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Madhuca, Madhuka Mahua tree, Butter treeMadhuka (Ayurveda)Mahua (Unani)Kattuiluppu (Siddha) Madhuca longifoliaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 1 (1795) Botanical name: Madhuca longifolia (syn. M. indica, M. latifolia, Bassia latifolia)M. butyracea (syn. Aisandra butyracea) is used synonymously in some parts of India. Parts used: Primarily Flower; also fruit, bark Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Zinziberis Recens, Fresh Ginger FREE

ByAdam Tate

Zinziberis Recens, Fresh Ginger, Sheng Jiang 生姜 Sheng Jiang (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used: Fresh Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet. Classifications: TCM:A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold     O. Promotes…

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Salix, Willow PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salix, Willow Bed Mushk, Gurba Bed (Unani)Skye yag  སྐྱེ་ཡག་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Salix albaThomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Salix fragilisMedical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Salix albaOther species used include S. penandria and S. fragilis, the last of which was claimed…

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Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang 水丁香 Climbing Seed BoxShui Ding Xiang (TCM) Ludwigia prostrataGrandidier, A., Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, Atlas (1886-1903) Ludwigia prostrata(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ludwigia prostrataLudwigia octovalvis (Mao Cao Long) has similar effects. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promotes Urine Uses:…

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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang FREE

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) 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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used:…

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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber (Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa,…

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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