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Pumex, Pumice

ByAdam Tate

Pumex, Pumice, Fu Shi 浮石 Spuma maris (“Sea Foam”)Fu Shi (TCM) Pumex and TofusConradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 2 types of Pumice(Adam, 2022) Mineralogical Name:Pumex; Volcanic scoria Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING3K. EXPECTORANT TCM:P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Phlegm…

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Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi 女贞子 Glossy PrivetNu Zhen Zi (TCM) Ligustrum lucidumCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 52 (1825) Ligustrum lucidum fruit(Photo by SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ligustrum lucidum; L. thibeticum is also used. Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool. Bitter, Sweet Classification:…

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Vespertilio Faeces, Bat Feces, Ye Ming Sha

ByAdam Tate

Vespertilio Faeces, Bat Feces, Ye Ming Sha 夜明砂 Ye Ming Sha (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Spicilegia Zoologica, Pallas, 1767 Plecotus auritus(Illustration by Ernst Haeckel) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Several species supply this medicine in China: Vespertilio superans (Asian particolored bat, official) Pipistrellus abrarnus (Japanese House bat) Rhinolopus ferrurnequinum (Greater Horseshoe bat) Plecotus auritus (Brown Long-eared bat,…

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Imperata, Bai Mao Gen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch GrassBai Mao Gen (TCM)Darbha (Ayurveda) Imperata cylindricaJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., La flore et la pomone francaises, vol. 5  (1832) Imperata cylindrica(Photo by L. M. Marsh) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Imperata cylindrica var. major Parts used: Root; also…

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*Pegaeophyton, Sro lo dkar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pegaeophyton, Sro lo dkar po སྲོ་ལོ་དཀར་པོ Sro lo dkar po (Tibetan)Dan Hua Jie 单花芥 (TCM) Pegaeophyton scapiflorumThe journal of the Linnean society, Botany, 1893 Botanical name: Pegaeophyton scapiflorum (syn. Eutrema scapiflorum, Cochlearia scapiflorum)Tibetan texts describe three types of Sro lo: Sro lo dkar po: Pegaeophyton scapiflorum Sro lo dmar po: Rhodiola spp. Sro lo smug…

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Panax, Xi Yang Shen, American Ginseng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Panax, American Ginseng, Xi Yang Shen 西洋参 Xi Yang Shen (TCM) Panax quinquefoliumMedicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 American Ginseng rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Panax quinquefolium Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: N. Yin Tonics Uses: 1. Benefits Qi, Nourishes Yin:-Yin-deficient Heat;-Chronic or low-grade Fever-aftermath of…

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Stellera chamaejasme, Re lcag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Stellera chamaejasme, Re lcag pa རེ་ལྕག་པ Chinese Stellera Re lcag pa (Tibetan)Lang Du (TCM) Stellera chamaejasmePhoto: Jan Reurink (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stellera chamaejasme Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Toxic. Uses: 1. Promotes Urine, Purges Water:-Edema, Water retention (TCM) 2. Clears Phlegm, Resolves Masses:-Phlegm accumulation and obstruction-Cough, Asthma-Scrofula, Fibroid, Cancer (Tibet, TCM)-Tumors,…

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Pyritum, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜

ByAdam Tate

Pyritum, Iron Pyrite, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜 Pyrite; Vulcan’s Stone: Lapis luminaris: Hephaestites: Lapis aerarius: ‘Fire Stone’:Zi Ran Tong (TCM)Vimala Makshik (Ayurveda)Pha Bang Long Bu ཕ་བང་ལོང་བུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Marqashitha (Unani, from which our ‘Marcasite’ comes) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Photo: Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Magnolia spp.  1. M. biondii  2. M. denudata  3. M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens…

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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha 红雪茶 Red Snow TeaHong Xue Cha, Jin Si Shua (TCM)Gser skud  གསེར་སྐུད  (Tibetan) Lethariella cladonioides (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Lethariella cladonioidesSynonyms: L. cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, Chlorea cladonioide, Usnea cladonioides Parts used: whole herb (Lichen) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Bitter Uses: 1. Nourishes Heart and Blood, Calm the Spirit, Settles Wind;-nervousness,…

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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