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Talcum, Hua Shi

ByAdam Tate

Talcum, Hua Shi 滑石 Hua Shi (TCM)Talq (Unani)Ha shig ཧ་ཤིག  (Tibetan) Green TalcPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Minerological name: Hydrated Magnesium Silicate  Mg3 (Si4Oio) (0H)2 Several varieties are known: Talc Soapstone; composed primarily of Talc Substitutions in the basic formula often occur: Al or Ti can substitute Si; Fe, Mn, and Al can substitute Mg; very…

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Arsenolite, Pi Shi

ByAdam Tate

Arsenolite, Pi Shi 砒石 ArsenicumPi Shi, Pi Shuang (TCM)Sammul Far (Unani) ArsenolitePhoto by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Arsenic trioxide, As2O3Two types are use:  1. Natural Arsenolite ores  2. or from the oxidation of arsenic sulphides, including arsenopyrite, realgar or orpiment Parts used: Prepared MineralRed and White varieties are known. the white being preferred medicinally….

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Cinnamon leaf, Indian leaf, Tejapatra

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamon leaf, Indian leaf, Tejapatra Folium Indicum, MalabathrumTejapatra, Tamalapatra (Ayurveda)San Tiao Jin (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Dried Cinnamomum tamala leaf, Tejapatra(Photo by Stanhopea) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cinnamomum tamalaCinnamomum zeylanica and C. malabathrum have been listed as alternate sources. Parts used: Leaf Temperature…

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Chrysanthemum indicum, Ye Ju Hua

ByAdam Tate

Chrysanthemum indicum, Ye Ju Hua 野菊花 Gundandi, Sevanti (Ayurveda)Ye Ju Hua (TCM) Chrysanthemum indicumCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1903 Chrysanthemum indicum(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chrysanthemum indicum Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-acute Wind-Heat Fever; Influenza; acute sore Throat-acute upper…

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Illicium, Star Anise

ByAdam Tate

Illicium, Star Anise, Da Hui Xiang 大茴香 Anisum StellatumDa Hui Xiang (TCM)Badyan Khatai (Unani) Star AniseIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800–1806 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Star Anise fruit(Photo by Sanjay Acharya) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Illicium spp.: I. verum I. anisatum (Japanese Star Anise) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: M. Warm…

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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’…

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Aetites, Geode, Eagle Stone

ByAdam Tate

Aetites, Eagle Stone, Geode Lapis Aetites: ‘Stone with a Child’: Lapis Erodialis: Lapis Aquileius Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 Metallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Gemmarum et lapidum historia Tollius 1647 Minerological name: GeodePliny listed several varieties: Small, soft, African Eagle…

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Soroseris, Srol gong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Soroseris, Srol gong སྲོལ་གོང་ Srol gong  (Tibet)Kong Tong Can  空桶参 (TCM) Soroseris hookeriana (or S. hirsuta)(Photo by Ed Shaw) (Flickr) Botanical name: Soroseris spp.Several herbs supply different varieties of Srol gong in Tibetan Medicine: Srol gong ser po (Yellow): Soroseris hookeriana, S. hirsuta Srol gong smug po (Blue): Syncalathium haulaguchi (S. kawaguchii?) Saussurea stella has…

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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu FREE

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei) Parts used: Root Temperature…

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Solanum lyratum, Bai Ying PRO

ByAdam Tate

Solanum lyratum Bai Ying 白英 Bai Ying, Bai Mao Teng, Shu Yang Quan (TCM) Solanum lyratumThunberg, C.P., Icones plantarum japonicarum (1794-1805) Solanum lyratum(Photo by harum.koh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum lyratum Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, slightly Toxic Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Edema, Strangury, Ascites-Jaundice–cholecystitis, cholelithiasis-Leukorrhea 2. Clears Wind-Damp:-Arthritis,…

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Gold, Aurum, Jin

ByAdam Tate

Gold, Aurum, Jin 金 Jin (TCM)Gser  གསེར  (Tibetan)Tila (Unani)Svara (Ayurveda) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native GoldBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Gold coinsKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Latrobe Gold Nugget (717 grams)Photo by Gump Stump Mineralogical name: Aurum Parts used: 1. Gold Leaf or Powder2. ‘Potable Gold’ (Gold in dissolution)3. Ash (Bhasma)4. Gold chloride; Aurum muriaticum (prepared with Aqua…

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Tephrosia, Sharapunkha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tephrosia, Sharapunkha Wild Indigo, Purple Tephrosia, Yellow ThitsleSharapunkha (Ayurveda)Kolingi (Siddha)Sarphoka, Sarphuka (Unani) Tephrosia purpureaJ. Moninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 8 (1682-1709) Tephrosia purpurea(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tephrosia purpurea (syn. T. hamiltonii, Cracca purpurea, Galega purpurea, Galiga purpurea)There are several species of Tephrosia used. The white variety of Sharpunkhaa is equated with Tephrosia procumbens,…

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