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Phaseolus radiatus, Mung bean, Lu Dou

ByAdam Tate

Phaseolus radiatus, Mung bean, Lu Dou Gram, Green GramMugda, Mungalya (Ayurveda)Moong (Unani)Lu Dou (TCM) Mung Bean Botanical name: Phaseolus radiatus (syn. P. aureus, Vigna radiata) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, Sweet. Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-toxic Sores and Swellings-Erysipelas, Carbuncles, Mumps and other skin eruptions-Antidote to…

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Scutellaria, Huang Qin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Scutellaria baicalensis, Huang Qin 黄芩 Huang Qin (TCM) Scutellaria baicalensis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1849 Scutellaria baicalensis (Photo: National Institute of Ecology, Korea) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Scutellaria baicalensis Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Damp-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Fever, stifling sensation…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Magnolia flower bud(Photo by William (Ned) Friedman) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Magnolia spp. M. biondii M. denudata M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens the Nasal…

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Staphysacre, Stavesacre

ByAdam Tate

Staphysacre, Stavesacre Staphisagria, Delphinium, Larkspur, Louse-seed; Consolida Regalis, PedicularisMuvizaj (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 StavesacreKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Consolida RegalisKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hamilton, E., Flora homoeopathica, vol. 2 (1853) STAVESACRE SEED1. Numerous fruit.  2,  3,  Fruit with several seeds.  4. Seeds without the pericarp.  5. Single seed.  6. StemSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…

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Commiphora, Myrrh, Mo Yao

ByAdam Tate

Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao 没药 Mo Yao (TCM)Bola (Ayurveda)Mur (Unani)Gu gul nag po  གུ་གུལ་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan) Myrrh tree and gumParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Myrrh (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Commiphora myrrha (syn. C. molmol)Derived from various sources, the Arabian and Ethiopian were most usedThe Arabian Myrrh…

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Piper nigrum et album, Pepper, Black & White FREE

ByAdam Tate

Piper nigrum, Black Pepper, Hu Jiao 胡椒 Marica (Ayurveda)Hu Jiao (TCM)Na le sham  ན་ལེ་ཤམ  (Tibetan)Filfil Siyah (Unani) Piper album, White Pepper, Bai Hu Jiao 白胡椒 Bai Hu Jiao (TCM)Filfil Safaid (Unani) Black PepperParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper nigrumKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: 1890 Black and White Pepper (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་ Tang kun (Tibet)Mura (Root, Ayurveda)Mural (Siddha) Selinum wallichianum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Tang kun: Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium) Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina Some modern Russian sources list Cnidium dahuricum…

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Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain

ByAdam Tate

Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain, Ze Xie 泽泻 Water PlantainZe Xie (TCM)Zammarah al-rai (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Water Plantain root Ze Xie on the Chinese market (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alisma spp. A. plantago (West) A. orientalis (TCM) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in…

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Chamepitys, Ground Pine

ByAdam Tate

Chamepitys, Ground pine Yellow Bugle, CamaepitiumKamafius (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Botanical name: Ajuga chamaepitys (syn. Teucrium chamaepitys)Other varieties were listed by Galen and Dioscorides including A….

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Gundelia PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gundelia Crown of Thornsal-Kankarzad, Akoob, Akkoub (Arabic) Gundelia tournefortiiP. Miller, Figures of the most beautiful, useful and uncommonplants, described in the gardeners’ dictionary, vol. 2 (1755-1760) Gundelia tournefortii(Photo by Mattan nahum) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gundelia tournefortii Parts used: Whole Herb / leaf and stemJuice / gumThe wild plant is harvested and eaten as a vegetable…

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Mimusops, Bakula

ByAdam Tate

Mimusops, Bakula Indian Medlar, West Indian Medlar, Spanish Cherry, BulletwoodBakula (Ayurveda)Magilam (Siddha)Molsari (Unani) Mimusops elengiRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Botanical name: Mimusops elengi Parts used: Bark, Fruit; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent. Ripe fruit is SweetFlower: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: Uses: BARK1. Moves the Blood:–Tonic for…

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Sisymbrium, Sgong thug pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sisymbrium, Sgong thog pa སྒོང་ཐོག་པ Sgong thug pa (Tibet)Tang Jie (E. diffusum) (TCM) Erysimum canescensKops et al., J., Flora Batava, vol. 19 (1895) Erysimum altaicumColla, L.A., Icones plantarum rariorumherbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Botanical name: Sisybrium spp and Erysimum spp.2 main varieties are recognised: Sisymbrium heteromallum Erysimum canescens (syn. E diffusum), E. altaicum Parts used: Seeds Temperature…

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