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Geum, Avens

ByAdam Tate

Geum, Avens G. urbanum: Herb Bennet, Benedict’s Herb, Colewort, Blessed Herb, Yellow Avens, Wood Avens, Avance, Anancia, Enancia, CaryophyllataG. rivale: Water Avens, Cure-All, Chocolate root Geum urbanumHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Geum urbanumDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Geum rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Geum spp.Several varieties are used, all with very similar…

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Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus རྒུ་དྲུས Rgu drus (Tibet) Corydalis dasypteraMaximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem Flora Tangutica, vol. 1 (1889) Botanical name: Corydalis dasypteraTwo types of Rgu drus are recongised: Superior: Swertia wolfangiana (Rgu drus mchog) Inferior: Corydalis dasyptera (Rgu drus dman pa) Swertia kingii is called Ser po Rgu…

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Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam Wild Yam (U.S.), Colic Root N.J. von Jacquin, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3 (1786-1793) C.F. Millspaugh, American medicinal plants, vol. 2 (1892) 1. Dioscorea villosa var. glabra2. Dioscorea villosa(King’s American Dispensatory, Felter & Lloyd, 18th Ed., 1898) 1, Portion of stem attached to the rhizome and a rhizomewhich is branched and…

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Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma ནད་མ་སྣུན་མ་ Hooked StinkseedNad ma snun ma (Tibet) Hackelia uncinata(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Hackelia uncinata closeup(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hackelia uncinata (syn. H. glochidiata, Cynoglossum uncinatum, C. laxum, Eritrichium uncinatum)Three types of Nad ma are differentiated in Tibetan Medicine: Nad ma ‘byar ma: Cynoglossum wallichii, C. lanceolatum Nad…

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Threatened Miscarriage

ByAdam Tate

Threatened Miscarriage Management of Threatened Miscarriage from Charaka:1. Lay the woman with her legs up and her head downwards, and apply a cool cotton pad dipped in Ghee and sprinkled with Licorice powder over her vagina.2. The whole lower body below the navel should be sprinkled with cool milk and decoction of Licorice and Ficus…

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Adonis, False Hellebore

ByAdam Tate

Adonis, False Hellebore Bohemian Orchid, Devil’s Eye, Goat Flower, Yellow Pheasant’s Eye Adonis vernalis(Source: Bilder ur Nordens Flora, Stockholm) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis(Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1812) Adonis vernalis(Photo by Marco Schmidt) (Wikimedia) Adonis amurensis(Photo by たね) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis root, leaf, flower and seed.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Adonis vernalisThe Chinese A….

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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Benefits of Powdered Medicine

ByAdam Tate

The Benefits of Powdered Medicine By Adam TateSeptember, 2019 Powdered medicines have been used since antiquity. Powders have a number of benefits over other forms of administration and yet tend to be less commonly used by modern practitioners. Some of the most wonderful formulas in the history of Traditional Medicine have been prepared as powders…

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Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao

ByAdam Tate

Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao 五指毛桃 Hispid Fig, Hairy Fig, Roughhair Fig, Fissured Fig, Coarse-leaf Fig, “Five-fingered Peach”Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM) Ficus simplicissimaThe botany of Captain Beechey’s voyage (1841) Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao(Adam 2024) Botanical name: Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially…

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Stellaria, Chickweed

ByAdam Tate

Stellaria, Chickweed Dodoens, A Niewe Herball (1578) English botany, or coloured figures of British plants,, J.E. Sowerby (1864) Botanical name: Stellaria media (syn. Alsine media) Parts used: Whole Herb (preferably fresh) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resists Poison:-Liver heat with red eyes, headache, bitter…

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Callerya, Niu Da Li

ByAdam Tate

Callerya, Niu Da Li 牛大力 “Cow Big Power”, Showy Millettia, Golden Bell Root, Mountain Lotus root Callerya speciosa Niu Da Li root(Photo by Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Callerya speciosa (syn. Millettia speciosa, Nanhaia speciosa) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Increases Qi:–Fatigue, deficiency–Chronic Hepatitis–Spermatorrhea–Leukorrhea–Anti-cancer–regarded as prolonging…

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Copper, Cuprum

ByAdam Tate

Cuprum, Copper, Cu VenusTamra (Ayurveda)Nuhas (Unani, Avicenna)Tong 铜 (TCM) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native CopperPhoto by Jonathan Zander (Digon3) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Cuprum Parts used: Oxide, BhasmaCopper Pyrite, Copper Sulphate, Verdigris and Malachite are also used. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry (Ayurveda, Dioscorides; some Vedic sources say Cool); Bitter, Pungent, Astringent, Sour, Sweet“Burnt copper is hot,…

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