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Embelia, Vidanga PRO

ByAdam Tate

Embelia, Vidanga Vidanga, Viranga (Ayurveda)Vayvidankam (Siddha)Birang-e-Kabuli, Bao Birang (Unani)Byi tang ga  བྱི་ཏང་ག  (Tibetan)Xian Suan Qiang (TCM) Kirtikar & Basu, Indian medicinal plants, 1918 Embelia ribes(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Embelia fruit(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Embelia ribes, E. robusta Parts used: Dried Fruit; Seed; sometimes the rootAvicenna said there are 2 varieties: Small without…

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Notopterygium, Qiang Huo FREE

ByAdam Tate

Notopterygium, Qiang Huo 羌活 Qiang Huo (TCM)Spru nag (Tibetan) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Notopterygium incisum, N. forbesii Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the Exterior:-Fever with Chills, Cold, Flu-Occipital Headache-acute Body aches and pains from Wind-Cold-Damp-also…

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Chelidonium, Celandine FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chelidonium majus, Celandine Also called Hirundinaria or Swallow-wortBai Qu Hai (TCM) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Chelidonium majus Parts used: Whole plant in flower; Root Temperature & Taste: Cold (classed as Warm), dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications:…

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Echinops, Camel’s Thistle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Echinops, Camel’s Thistle Globe Thistle, Camel ThornQasa-Barith, R`ai al-Jamal (Arabic)Barham Dandi , Unta Katera (Unani) Utkantaka, Brahmadandi (Ayurveda)Yu Zhou Lou Lu (TCM) Greater and Lesser Globe ThistleTheatrum Botanicum, Parkinson, 1640 Echinops echinatusK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Echinops ritroCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1806) Echinops echinatus(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Echinops echinatusE. ritro…

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Myrobalan, Emblic

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Emblic Amalaki (Ayurveda)Aamla (Unani)Skyu Ru Ra སྐྱ་རུ་ར (Tibetan)Yu Gan Zi 余甘子 (TCM) Emblic MyrobalanWitsen, N., Jager, H. de, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae anno MDCC (1700) 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….

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Viscum, Mistletoe, Sang Ji Sheng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Viscum, Mistletoe, Hu Ji Sheng 槲寄生 Viscus (Latin)Hu Ji Sheng (Northen Mistletoe, Viscum spp., TCM) Loranthus, Sang Ji Sheng 桑寄生 Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe, Loranthus [Taxillus] spp. TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Mistletoe (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) ViscumBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Viscum albumKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Loranthus europeausFlora von Deutschland (27),…

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Pumex, Pumice

ByAdam Tate

Pumex, Pumice, Fu Shi 浮石 Spuma maris (“Sea Foam”)Fu Shi (TCM) Pumex and TofusConradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 2 types of Pumice(Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name:Pumex; Volcanic scoria Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING3K. EXPECTORANT TCM:P. Clears Hot…

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Sagapenum, Sagapen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sagapenum, Sagapen SerapinumSakbinaj (Unani)  Krauter Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Sagapen in containers for exportKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Ferula persica Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ferula persica (syn. Peucedanum persicum) Parts used: Gum Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent Classifications: 4j. NERVINE Uses: 1. Clears Cold-Phlegm and Damp:-clears Phlegm, Water and Damp…

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Sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sarsaparilla Ushba (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Left: Rio Negro (Brazillian) Sarsaparilla root; Center: Hondruas Sarsaparilla root; Right: Mexican Sarsaparilla rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bundles of Sarsaparilla as imported; the 2 on the left from Honduras;the middle from Mexico; the large on the right from Brazillian (Para).A…

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*Collinsonia canadensis

ByAdam Tate

Collinsonia, Stoneroot Stone Root Collinsonia canadensis Descourtilz, Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Collinsonia canadensis (Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Collinsonia canadensis Parts used: Root, Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:-Edema, Fluid retention, Ascites-Acute Urinary Tract Infection, Bladder Pain-Gravel and Stones of…

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Imperata, Bai Mao Gen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Imperata, Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Japanese Blood Grass, Lalang Grass, Woolly Grass, Thatch GrassBai Mao Gen (TCM)Darbha (Ayurveda) Jaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., La flore et la pomone francaises, vol. 5  (1832) Imperata cylindrica(Photo by L. M. Marsh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Imperata cylindrica var. majorThere are a number of synonyms: Imperata allang, I. angolensis, I. arundinacea, I….

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Cocos, Coconut

ByAdam Tate

Cocos, Coconut Indian nutNarikela (Ayurveda)Narjeel (Unani)Thenkai (Siddha) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 F.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3 (1890) Botanical name: Cocos nucifera (syn. Cocos indica) Parts used: Coconut water, Dried pulp, Oil Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet“Hot in the first phase of the Second degree and Dry in the first degree. It contains some noticeable…

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