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Actiniopteris, Mayurashikhaa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Actiniopteris, Mayurashikhaa Peacock’s TailMayurashikha, Sahastrahi (Ayurveda) Actiniopteris radiataL. van Houtte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1845) Botanical name: Actiniopteris radiata (syn. A. dichotoma, A. australia) Parts used: Root; according to some sources, the whole plant is used. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Benefits Fertility, Astringes Essence:-promotes conception; used for infertility-classically…

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Camptotheca, Xi Shu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Camptotheca, Xi Shu 喜树 Happy TreeXi Shu (TCM) Camptotheca acuminataManual of Vascular Plants of the Lower Yangtze Valley China (Wikimedia) Camptotheca mature fruit(Photo by Syrio) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Camptotheca acuminata Parts used: Fruit; Root bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Toxic Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Herpes, Psoriasis (topical)-Toxic Sores–Hepatosplenomegaly caused by…

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Orchis, Satyrion PRO

ByAdam Tate

Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Male (Orchis)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female (Dactylorhiza)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Several different species from Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Varieties of OrchisNew Kreuterbuch,…

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Unicorn horn, Narwhal horn

ByAdam Tate

Unicorn Horn–Narwhal Unicorn horn was listed in a number of traditional formula, usually against Heat, Poison, and Infectious diseases. Its use is similar to the use of Rhinoceros horn in TCM. For a long time, the exact source of this medicine was obscure. It has been said that sailors in northern waters would sometimes see…

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Malva, Mallow FREE

ByAdam Tate

Malva, Mallow Khubbazi (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Malva sylvestris (syn. M. vulgaris)A number of related Malva species are used similarly: Musk Mallow (M. verticillata…

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Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong 鹿茸 Harts Horn, Velvet hornLu Rong (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Whole Velvet Deer horn (Chengdu 2009) Velvet Deer Horn slices; note the purplish colored marrow in the centerindicating young horn that was stilling growing when cut. Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number…

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Bupleurum, Chai Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bupleurum, Chai Hu, 柴胡 Hare’s Ear, ThoroghwaxChai Hu (TCM) B. falcatumIllustration by James Sowerby (Wikimedia) Bupleurum scorzonerifolium(Photo by Лобачев Владимир) (Wikimedia) Cut Bupleurum Chai Hu (Adam 2023) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Bupleurum chinense, B. scorzonerifoliumLocal varieties used include: B. marginatum, B. bicaule, B. sibiricum, B. longicaule, B. smithii Parts used:…

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Cuscuta semen, Dodder, Tu Si Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cuscuta Semen, Dodder seed, Tu Si Zi 菟丝子 Tu Si Zi (TCM)Kasoos (Unani)Sbrul zhags སྦྲུལ་ཞགས (Tibet) Left: Dodder, Cuscuta ; Right: Dodder of Thyme, EpithymumKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 C. europeaBritish Phaenogamous Botany, Baxter, 1834 C. vulgaris (syn. C. epilinum)Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cuscuta spp.European is…

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Silkworm Cocoon

ByAdam Tate

Silkworm Cocoon Abresham (Unani)Za og bsregs thal (Burnt Silk, Tibetan) Silkworm farmingMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Silkworm, Silkworm Cocoon, SilkInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Raw Silkworm Cocoons (Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Types of raw Silk available on the Indian market:1 & 2 (Far Left & Left): Assamese Cocoons: Samia cynthia Red and White; 3:…

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Azadirachta, Neem FREE

ByAdam Tate

Azadirachta, Neem, Nimba Margosa treeNimba, Nimbaka, Arishta (Ayurveda)Neem, Aazaad-Darakht-e-Hindi (Unani)Vemmu, Vembu, Veppan (Siddha)Nim Pa  ནིམ་པ  (Tibetan) ‘Azeadarach’, Ortus sanitatis,Cube, Johann von, 1501 Prodromi fasciculi rariorum plantarum,Breyne, 1739 (Photo by Jimmy tikhak) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Azadirachta indica (syn. Melia azadirachta) Parts used: Leaf, Bark, Seed oil, Fruit (less commonly); all…

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Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po, བོང་ང་སེར་པོ Bong nga ser po (Tibetan Medicine)Bao ye wu tou  薄叶乌头  (A. fischerii, TCM)Gong bu wu tou  工布乌头  (A. kongboense, TCM) Aconitum tauricumF.G. Hayne, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse, vol. 12 (1833) Aconitum fischeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 116 (1890) Botanical name: Several Aconitum spp….

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Bistorta, Bistort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bistorta, Bistort Also called Snakeweed, Snake-root; Columbrina, Serpentaria, Serpentaria vulgaris, DracunculusQuan Shen  拳参 (TCM)Gla sgang  གླ་སྒང༌  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Hortus Medicus, Graves, 1834 Bistort rootNotes on Pharmacognosy,Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bistort rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Polygonum bistorta (syn. Persicaria bistorta)…

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