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Stemona, Bai Bu

Stemona, Bai Bu 百部 Bai Bu (TCM) Stemona tuberosaRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795) Stemona tuberosaKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens, vol. 47  (1819) Stemona tuberosa(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stemona spp.Several species are used: S. sessifolia S. japonica S. tuberosa Parts used: Root, Prepared Root Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, Dry. Sweet,…

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi PRO

Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子 Broom CypressDi Fu Zi (TCM) Kochia scopariaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919) Kochia scoparia(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:-urinary obstruction, difficult or…

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Clematis, Dbyi mong PRO

Clematis, Dbyi mong དབྱི་མོང༌ Dbyi mong  དབྱི་མོང༌ (Clematis spp)Dbyi mong khra po དབྱི་མོང་ཁྲ་པོ  (C. montana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong nag po  དབྱི་མོང་ནག་པོ  (C. tibetana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong dkar po  དབྱི་མོང་དཀར་པོ  (C. rehderianum) (Tibet)Dby mong ser po དབྱི་མོང་སེར་པོ (C. orientalis var. intricata) (Tibet)Chuan Mu Tong (C. montana) (TCM)Gan Qing Tie Xian Lian (C. tangutica) (TCM)Xi Zang Tie Xian Lian (C. tibetana)…

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Pinellia, Ban Xia FREE

Pinellia, Ban Xia 半夏 Prepared Pinellia, Zhi Ban Xia 制半夏 Ban Xia (TCM) Pinellia ternataBlume, Rumphia, 1835 Left: Lime-prepared Pinellia   Right: Ginger-prepared Pinellia (Jiang Ban Xia) (Adam, 2017) Prepared Pinellia Fa Ban Xia as commonly used in the West (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pinellia ternata Parts used:…

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Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua FREE

Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua 旋覆花 Xuan Fu Hua (TCM) Inula britannicaBarrellier, J., Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae (?) Inula britannica(Photo by Repina Tatyana) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Inula spp. I. japonica I. britannica (Ou Ya Xuan Fu Hua) I. hupehensis (Hu Bei Xuan Fu Hua), used…

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Mercurialis, PotMercury

Mercurialis, Mercury Annual, Garden, or French Mercury Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (2), Kohler, 1842 Botanical name: Mercurialis annua, M. perennisA number of different Mercury species have been used.The Chinese have used M. leiocarpa (Tou Ku Cao) but it is not commonly used. Parts used: Herb in flower. Some (such as Leclerc) said…

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Aframomum, Grains of Paradise

Aframomum, Grains of Paradise Guinea grains, Melegueta Pepper, African Pepper, Alligator PepperHeel Habshi (Unani) Zorn, J., Oskamp, D.L., Vervolg op de Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen (1813) Grains of Paradise(Photo by Shaddiii) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aframomum melegueta (syn. Amomum melegueta, Amomum grana paradisi)Aframomum korarima (known as “Flase Cardamon”) is also said…

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Ipecacuanha

Ipecacuanha IpecacTu Gen (TCM) IpecacuanhaMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 IpecacuanhaHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Left: Ipecacuanha; Center: Striated Ipecacuanha; Right: Undulated Ipecacuanha Botanical name: Carapichea ipecacuanha (syn. Cephaelis ipecacuanha, Psychotria ipecacuanha)Grey (Peru), Brown (Brazil), White, Red and Black types were sold, all said to be derived from the same plant.However, other sources of Ipecacuanha were available on the…

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Cordyceps, Caterpillar Fungus, Dong Chong Xia Cao PRO

Cordyceps, Caterpillar Fungus, Dong Chong Xia Cao 冬虫夏草 Dong Chong Xia Cao (‘Winter Worm, Summer Herb’, TCM)dByar rtswa dgun ‘bu  དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ་ (Tibet) Dried Cordyceps as available on the Chinese market.(Photo by Rafti Institute) (Wikimedia) Left: uncleaned and cleansed fresh Cordyceps; Right: bunches of graded Cordyceps as sold on the Chinese Market. See also More Photos…

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Securinega, Yi Ye Qiu PRO

Securinega, Yi Ye Qiu 一叶秋 Yi Ye Qiu (TCM)Vellaippula (Siddha) Securinega suffruticosaPallas, P.S., Lamarck, Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieursprovinces de l’empire de Russie et dans l’Asie septentrionale, éd. 2, atlas (?) Securinega suffruticosa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Securinega suffruticosa (syn. S. ramiflora, Flueggea suffruticosa, Pharnaceum suffruticosum, Chenopodium suffruticosum)Securinega virosa is also used. Parts…

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Dentalium, Tooth Shell

Dentalium, Tooth Shell Dog Tooth-shell; Lapis Dentalis, Dentalis, Dentale album A number of different types of Tooth ShellA History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Metallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Zoological name: Dentalium spp. Parts used: Shell Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Uses: 1. Clears Stomach Heat, Clears Acid:-Heartburn, Stomach Pain, Bloody Diarrhea etc. 2. Clears…

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Podophyllum, American Mandrake

Podophyllum peltatum, American Mandrake Mayapple Podophyllum peltatumKohlers Medizinal Pflanzen, Vol. 1, 1888 A Manual of Organic Materia Medica,Maisch, 1882 Botanical name: Podophyllum spp.Several species are used: P. peltatum (Mayapple) P. montanum (Mountain Mayaaple) The Indian P. hexandrum (Giriparpata) is dealt with under its own heading. Parts used: Rhizome, Resin Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Bitter,…

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