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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat from…

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Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan FREE

ByAdam Tate

Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan 白矾 Called Stypteria by DioscoridesBai Fan (TCM)Sphatikari or Kamakshi (in Sanskrit)Phitkari, Phitki (Unani)Tshur dkar  ཚུར་དཀར  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 1. Impure Alumen Sissile;  2. Alumen Sissile Volaterrani;  3. Alumen Rotundum;  4. fragment of a species of Alum; 5. a species of Sissile Alum;  6. Alum Schistis;  7. Aluminosa Balnei Scorpionis(Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum,…

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Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi

ByAdam Tate

Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi 花蕊石 Hua Rui Shi (TCM) OphicalcitePhoto by Lysippos (Wikimedia) Minerological name: OphicalcitumSerpentine mixed with CalciteSee Serpentine which is similar and used in Ayurveda. Parts used: Prepared Mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sour, astringent Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Constituents: Calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium silicate, Fe, Al. There are also traces of…

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Allium, Garlic FREE

ByAdam Tate

Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM)Lashuna (Ayurveda)Lehsun (Unani)Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium sativum Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except…

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Thea, Tea

ByAdam Tate

Thea, Tea Cha (China)Chai (India) Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Thea chinensisThere are many varieties of tea; a primary difference is ‘green’ (green, white tea) or ‘fermented’ (black, hong cha) Parts used: leaf Temperature & Taste: Black (fermented) tea is warm, Green tea is Cool. Bitter, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes…

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Gentiana macrophylla, Qin Jiao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana macrophylla, Qin Jiao 秦艽 Large Leaf GentianQin Jiao (TCM)Kyi lche (Tibetan–one type of) G. dahurica Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 141 (1915) Gentiana macrophylla flower(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.A number of species are used for Qin Jiao in TCM G. macrophylla G. straminea G. crassicaulis G. dahurica In Tibetan Medicine, Gentiana tibetica…

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Sponge Stone

ByAdam Tate

Lapis Spongii, Sponge Stone Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 Spongia officinalisMedical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Spongia officinalisPhoto by Liez Botanical name: Lapis Spongii sourced from various Sponge spp. Parts used: Stony core from the center of a sponge Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty. Classifications: 3F. Lithontriptics Uses: 1. Promotes Urine,…

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Belamcanda chinensis, She Gan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Belamcanda chinensis, She Gan 射干 Blackberry LilyShe Gan (TCM)Surajkanti (Ayurveda) She Gan (Belamcanda) (Bencao yuanshi, 1612) (Welcome) Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 16 (1845) Belamcanda chinensis(Photo by Brighterorange) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Belamcanda chinensis (syn. B. flabellata, Iris domestica, Ixia chinensis, Moraea chinensis, Pardanthus sinensis) Tibetan Medicine uses the…

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Hemidesmus, Sariva FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hemidesmus, Sariva Indian SarsaparillaSariva, Anantamula (Ayurveda)Sugandhi (Hindi)Ushba (Unani)Nannari (Siddha) Hemidesmus indicusWitsen, N., Jager, H. de, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae’ (1700) Hemidesmus indicusBurman, J., Thesaurus Zeylanicus, (1737) Hemidesmus indicus(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hemidesmus indicus (syn. Periploca indicus)Traditional Ayurvedic texts described 2 varieties of Sariva:…

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Mangifera, Mango PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mangifera, Mango Mango–Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)–Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)–Mang Guo (TCM)Mango kernel:–Amra Beej (Ayurveda)–Khasta Aam (Unani)–a bras  ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)–Mang Guo He (TCM) Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Flore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846 Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Mangifera indica, M. persiciformis Parts used: Kernel Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb Herb Patience, Hippolapathum, Lapanthus hortense, Rhubarbarum Monachorum Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Rumex alpinus(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rumex alpinus Parts used: Root; the yellower the better Temperature & Taste: Cool (Neutral according to some) dry. Mildly Bitter Classifications: Aperitive, Abstersive, Astringent, Uses: 1. Purges…

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi FREE

ByAdam Tate

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

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