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Limonite, Yu Yu Liang

ByAdam Tate

Limonite, Yu Yu Liang 禹余粮 Yellow Iron OreYu Yu Liang (TCM)Sin dhu ra (Tibetan-also used for Minium) A Limonite specimen in the Museum of Minerology, Strasbourg(Photo by Ji-Elle) (Wikimedia) A piece of regular Limonite(Photo by Ra’ike) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2OIron oxide-hydroxide Parts used: Prepared mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Properties:Crystal system: fine grained…

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Scolopendrum, Hart’s Tongue

ByAdam Tate

Scolopendrium, Hart’s Tongue Deers Tongue, Horse Tongue, Lingua cervina, Hemionitis, Phyllitis Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Two varieties of ScolopendrumLeft: Phyllitis; Right: HemionitisKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Scolopendrium vulgareMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Alternate varieties of Hart’s TongueLeft: Finger Hart’s Tongue; Right: Bastard Hart’s Tongue(Salmon,…

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Leonurus, Motherwort, Yi Mu Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Leonurus, Motherwort, Yi Mu Cao 益母草 Also called Cardiaca, MatricariaYi Mu Cao (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 L. cardiacaOeder et al., Flora Danica, 1756 (1761-1883) Botanical name: Leonurus cardiaca (syn. L. crispus, L. campestris, L. glabra, L. discolor)In TCM L. heterophyllus (syn. L. artermisia), L. sibiricus, L. macrathus and L. turkestanicus…

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Bacopa, Brahmi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bacopa, Brahmi Water Hyssop, Indian PennywortBrahmi (Ayurveda)Pirammi Vazukkai (Siddha)Brahmi (Unani) M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Bacopa monnieri(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bacopa spp.: B. monnieri (syn. B. monniera, Herpestis monniera, Moniera cuneifolia) B. floribunda Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Neutral/slightly Warm. Bitter. Uses: 1. Settles Wind, Calms the…

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Chamedrys, Germander FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2C INCIDERS.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC Uses:…

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Myrobalan, Chebula FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra  ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left…

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag  དབང་ལག  (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Pill Millipede

ByAdam Tate

Pill Millipede, Shu Fu 鼠妇 Wood Lice, Wood Louse, Hog Lice, Sow Lice, Pill bug, SlaterShu Fu  (TCM) Pill Millipedes (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Pill MillipedeDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Hager, 1878 Pill Millipedes (Armadillidium vulgare) (Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Entomological name: Two distinct but related genus supplied…

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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补 Fortune’s Drynaria RhizomeGu Sui Bu (TCM)Be ljang re ral  བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Drynaria fortuneiH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937) Aglaomorpha coronans(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)The correct name (since 2016) is Aglaomorpha fortunei, although most TCM texts…

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Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角

ByAdam Tate

Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao (TCM)Rgya  རྒྱ  (Tibetan) Saiga tatarica(Photo by Andrey Giljov) (Wikimedia) Antelope horn used in TCM. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Saiga tatarica is the Traditional and official species.However, due to the endangered nature and the fact that a number of similar horns and related animals can be used…

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Notoginseng, San Qi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Notoginseng, San Qi 三七 Pseudoginseng rootSan Qi, Tian Qi (TCM) The structure of Panax notoginseng, Chinese Flora, 1959 San Qi (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2018) Botanical name: Panax notoginseng (syn. Panax pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classifications: K. Move the Blood     L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1….

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1….

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