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Symphytum, Comfrey FREE

ByAdam Tate

Symphytum, Comfrey Consolida Major Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Comfrey root (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Symphytum officinaleOther related species such as the Russian Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum) and Prickly Comfrey (S. asperum) have been used, but these should be avoided due to the higher levels…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel FREE

ByAdam Tate

Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed;…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed; also the Roots Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Trichosanthes Semen, Gua Lou Ren PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trichosanthes Semen, Gua Lou Ren 瓜娄仁 Gua Lou Ren, Gua Lou Zi  (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii, T.  rosthornii Parts used: Trichosanthes Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, moist. Sweet Classification: P. Clears Hot…

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Belemite, Lynx Stone

ByAdam Tate

Belemnite, Lynx Stone Thunderstone, Belemite, Dactylus, lapis Lincis Lynx Stone is an ancient stone that was classically said to be the solidified Urine of a male Lynx, although later authors disputed this. By the 16th century, Belemnites were commonly accepted as ‘Lynx Stone’. Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Museum Wormianum, 1655 BelemnitesMetallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719…

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Paeoniae suffruticosa, Tree Peony rootbark, Mu Dan Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po  ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosaP. delavayi (syn. P. lutea) is a yellow-flowered Tree…

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Paeoniae officinalis, Western Peony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae, Peony Ood Saleeb, Ood Gharqi (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Male Peony; Right: Female PeonyKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia officinalis (‘Female’ Peony)Others to supply the Peony of the West include P. mascula and P. corallina (‘Male’ Peony), P. parnassica, P. clusii, P….

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Aster himalaicus, Me tog lug mig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aster himalaicus, Me tog lug mig མེ་ཏོག་ལུག་མིག Alpine AsterMe tog lug mig, Chu De Wa (Tibetan) Aster flaccidusCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1913) Aster himalaicus(Photo by Krzysztof Ziarnek) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aster spp.Several species have been listed as a source of Me tog lug mig: A. himalaicus A. souliei Lug Mig is differentiated into 3 categories based…

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Perilla, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye FREE

ByAdam Tate

Perilla Folium, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye 紫苏叶 Perilla leafZi Su Ye (TCM) Perilla frutescensCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Resists…

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Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying PRO

ByAdam Tate

Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying 蒲公英 Pu Gong Ying  (whole herb, TCM)Gong Ying Gen  公英根  (root, TCM)Khur mong  ཁུར་མོང༌ (Tibetan) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Dandelion root(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Various Dandelion roots,(Text Book of Pharmacognosy, Youngken, 1921) Dandelion…

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua FREE

ByAdam Tate

Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum (Unani)Chendurakam (Siddha)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ་ (also used for Saffron)Rtsa Gur Gum རྩ་གུར་གུམ་ (Carthamus, Tibet)Hong Hua (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Safflower Left: dried whole Safflower flower (Adam, 2016, 2018) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Amaranthus hypochondriacus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Amaranthus hypochondriacus Princes Feather, Red Cockscomb. Spleen Amaranth Survaali (Unani); Tukhm-e-Survaali (Seed, Unani)Shitivaraka (Ayurveda) Amaranthus hypochondriacus E. Blackwell, A curious herbal, vol. 2 (1739) Botanical name: Amaranthus hypochondriacus Parts used: Seeds, flowering tops Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: 1. Benefits the Kidneys, Astringes:-Spermatorrhea-increases Sperm; Sexual Debility-frequent Urination-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Seed is used (Unani) 2. Clears Heat,…

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