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Sida, Bala FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Sida cordifoliaMartius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa) Parts used: Root (rarely the seed or fresh plant juice) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Thalictrum, Ma Wei Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thalictrum, Meadow Rue Asian Meadow Rue, Leafy Meadow Rue, Gold ThreadJin Si Ma Wei Lian or Tang Song Cao (TCM)Pitaranga (Ayurveda)Piaranga (Unani)Mamira (along with Coptis, Unani)Babunay Almasakin (Arabic)Sngo Sprin (Tibet)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Che Ba (Tibet, T. cultratum)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Chung Ba (Tibet, T. reniforme) Thalictrum foliolosum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Thalictrum reniforme(Photo by…

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Blepharis, Utangana PRO

ByAdam Tate

Blepharis, Utangana Utangana, Utingana, Shikhi (Ayurveda)Tukhm Utangan, Uttanjan (Seed, Unani)Anjura, Bazar-al-Qareez (Arabic) Blepharis edulisRaffeneau-Delile, A., Flore d’Egypte, Plates [in: Description d’Egypte] (1826) Blepharis edulisDie Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Engler & Prantl, 1887 Botanical name: Blepharis spp: B. edulis (syn. B. persica, B. obovata, Acanthodium delilii Acanthodium spicatum, Acanthus delilei) B. linariifolia (syn. B. sindica, B. hirta) B….

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Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, Xiang Fu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, Xiang Fu 香附 Nutsedge, NutgrassXiang Fu (TCM)Musta, Mustaka, Motha (Skt)Nagarmotha, Saad-e-Kufi (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Sibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1806 Cyperus rotundus (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter…

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Catechu Wood, Seng ldeng

ByAdam Tate

Catechu Wood, Seng ldeng སེང་ལྡེང༌ Seng ldeng  (Tibetan) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Botanical name: A large number of plants supply Seng ldengWhite: Acacia catechu Cephalotaxus sinensis Taxus yunnanensi (Gsom seng ldeng) Red: Xanthoceras sorbifolium (Tsan dan seng ldeng) Caesalpinia sappan Yellow: Rhamnella gilgitica, R. forrestii,…

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Juniperus, Juniper PRO

ByAdam Tate

Juniperus, Juniper Abhal (Unani) JuniperGart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Juniperus communis Parts used: Fruit; rarely the Wood or Gum Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Some physicians hold it to be Hot and Dry in the Third degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2B…

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Uncaria, Gou Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Uncaria, Gou Teng 钩藤 Gou Teng (TCM)Khung sder  ཁུང་སྡེར་ (“Claws of Garuda”) (Tibet) Ohwi, J. , Flora of Japan (1965) Photo of branch showing the curved hooks(Photo by keisotyo) Botanical name: Uncaria spp.Various species are used: U. rhynchophylla U. macrophylla U. hirsuta U. sinensis U. sessiliffructus U. scandens (syn. U. pilosa, also used in Tibet)…

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Calomel

ByAdam Tate

Calomel Hydrargyri Chloridum: Subchloride of Mercury, Calomelanos: Mercurius Dulcis: Manna metallorum: Aqila alba: Panchymagogum minerale: Draco mitigatusQing Fen 轻粉 (TCM)Rasakapoor (Unani) Native CalomelPhoto: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Mercurous Chloride: HgCl Parts used: Mineral Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent. Toxic Properties:Crystal system: tetragonalHardness: 1–2Specific Gravity: 6.4-6.5Luminescence: Red or OrangeCalomel is insoluble in Water or…

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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Paeonia lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 Chinese Peony (Ming Herbal (Welcome) P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’ and ‘White’…

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Ophiopogon japonicus, Mai Men Dong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ophiopogon japonicus, Mai Men Dong 麦门冬 Mai Men Dong (TCM) Ophiopogon japonicusCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 27: 1808 Ophiopogon japonicus(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Ophiopogon root (Adam, 2023) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ophiopogon japonicusIn parts of China other species are used including O. bodinieri. Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool, moist….

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Rhinoceros / Bubalus Cornu, Water Buffalo horn

ByAdam Tate

Rhinoceros / Bubalus Cornu, Water Buffalo horn Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros horn, TCM)Shui Niu Jiao (Water Buffalo Horn, TCM)Bse ru, བསེ་རུ (Tibetan Medicine) Rhinoceros (Albrecht Dürer, 1515)(Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art) Water BuffaloMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Water Buffalo(Photo by Djambalawa) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Traditionally, the Rhinoceros horn supplied this medicine and was used in most Traditions. …

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Bdellium, Guggulu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bdellium, Guggulu Indian BdelliumGuggulu (Ayurveda)Gu gul  གུ་གུལ  (Tibetan)Muqil (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Bdellium (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Commiphora mukul (syn. Balsamodendrum mukul) Parts used: GumA number of varieties are recognised, the dark-brown and yellow-brown being preferred. Temperature…

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