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Ferula sumbul, Musk root

ByAdam Tate

Ferula sumbul, Musk root Sumbul, SambalaRishah-i-kalafs (Unani) Sumbuluttib (Arabic) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Sumbul rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Ferula sumbul (syn. F. moschata) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Has a Musk-like odor Constituents:…

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Cleome, Ajagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cleome, Ajagandha Caravella; Spiderflower; Wild Mustard (Yellow-flowered)Tilaparni (White-flowered)Ajagandha (Yellow-flowered)Arkapushpi (Blue-flowered)Hurhur; Panwar (Yellow-flowered) (Unani)Kadugu, Nalvelai (Siddha)Bai Hua Cai Zi (TCM, Seed) White-flowered (C. gynandra)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 40 (1814) Yellow-flowered (Cleome viscosa)J. Martyn , F. Panzer, Abbildung und Beschreibung sellener Gewaechse neu übersetzt,systematisch bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von D. Georg Wolffgang Franz Panzer (1797)(From the…

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala, Yuan Zhi 远志 Chinese Senega, Thinleaf MilkwortYuan Zhi (TCM)Byi ‘u srad ma  བྱི་འུ་ སྲད་མ་ (Herb, Tibetan Medicine) Colla., Icones plantarum rariorum herbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Polygala sibirica flower(Photo by Igorpysh) (Wikimedia Botanical name: Polygala spp. P. tenuifolia P. sibirica Parts used: Root. Classically, the root and leaf were often both used. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis)A number of local species have been used including H. humifusum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

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Zataria, Satyr

ByAdam Tate

Zataria, Satyr Saatar Faarsi, Al-Saatar, Satyr (Unani) Zataria multifloraHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1883) Botanical name: Zataria multiflora (syn. Z. bracteata)Three varieties are known in Unani: Sahraayi (Wild) Kohi (Found on hills) Bustaani (Cultivated) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent. The wild is hottest Classification: ‘Dissolvent, Carminative,…

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Dalbergia, Jiang Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dalbergia, Rosewood, Jiang Xiang 降香 Indian Rosewood, Sisau TreeJiang Xiang (TCM)Shimshapa, Krishna-shimshapa (Ayurveda)Seesham (Unani)Irupoolai (Siddha) Dalbergia sissooBeddome, The flora sylvatica of southern India, vol. 1 (1869-1874) Dalbergia sissoo(Photo by Bijay Chaurasia) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dalbergia odorifera, D. sissoo Parts used: Heart woodThe leaves are also used in India Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly…

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Alpinia Galanga Semen, Galangal Seed, Hong Dou Kou

ByAdam Tate

Alpinia Galanga Semen, Galangal Seed, Hong Dou Kou 红豆蔻 Major Galangal SeedHong Dou Kou (TCM) Zorn, Oskamp, Vervolg op de Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassenmet derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, vol. 1. (1813) Botanical name: AIpinia galanga Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Warms the…

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Draconite, Serpent Stone

ByAdam Tate

Draconite, Serpent Stone Stone of a Snakes Head, Snake Stone, Dragon Stone, Lapis DraconiteShe Huang (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Two ‘Snake Stones’ bought by Adam in Rajasthan, India, in 2006. The one of the left waspurchased from a member of the Naga (Snake) caste who showed the supposed skull of the King Cobrait had…

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Cerefolium, Chervil

ByAdam Tate

Cerefolium, Chervil Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Anthriscus cererfoliumThree varieties are listed by Salmon (Botanologia, 1710): Garden, Wild, and Tooth-pick Chervil. Parts used: Leaf; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungentdiscusses Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-Edema, Stoppage of Urine (used internally and externally)-breaks Stones 2. Warms and Strengthens…

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Cicers, Chickpea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cicer, Chickpea GarbanzoChana, Himmas (Unani) CicerDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Red and White Cicer   Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Cicer arietinumWhite, Red, Grey and Black Garden varieties were used; Wild and Garden varieties were also differentiated, the Wild being far stronger but the cultivated was accounted more nutritious. (Avicenna)…

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Spiranthes, Pan Long Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Spiranthes, Pan Long Shen 盘龙滲 Lady’s Tresses, Spiral OrchidPan Long Shen (TCM) Spiranthes sinensisEdwards, S.T., Botanical Register, vol. 7 (1815) Spiranthes sinensis flower(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Spiranthes sinensis root from the Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Spiranthes sinensis, S. australisS. autumnalis and S. spiralis (Lady’s Tresses) have been used similarly in Europe….

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Arenaria, A krong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Arenaria, A krong ཨ་ཀྲོང༌ A krong (Tibetan)Arenaria kansuensis: A krong dkar po (Tibetan) Xue Ling Zhi (TCM) Royle, J.F., Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, 1839 Botanical name: Arenaria festucoidesOther plants apparently used for A krong include:  1. Arenaria kansuensis (Gansu…

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