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Lapis Hystericus

ByAdam Tate

Lapis Hystericus Mother Stone, Woman Stone, Womb Stone, Vulva Stone, Stone of VenusHysterolithos, Hysteroptera Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Palaeozoologie, Zittel, 1876–1880 Photo taken from Zoologische und paläontologische Objekte, Carola Fey & Reinhard Ziegler (University of Heidelberg website) Zoological name: Fossil brachiopods, most often spiriferids and ortids. (Duffin)Schizophoria vulvaria is commonly given as the source. Parts…

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Anaphalis, Spra ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anaphalis, Spra ba སྤྲ་བ Pearl EverlastingSpra ba (Tibetan Medicine)Xuan Ye Xiang Qing (A. contorta, TCM)Da Huo Cao (A. nepalensis, TCM) Anaphalis contortaBotanical Register, vol. 7 (1822) Anaphalis triplinervisCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1824) Anaphalis triplinervis(Photo by Ghislain118) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Anaphalis spp.Several varieties are known: Spra rgod, Greater variety: A. triplinervis Spra g-yung, Lesser variety: A.. contorta,…

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Punica Fructus, Pomegranate Fruit FREE

ByAdam Tate

Punica Fructus, Pomegranate fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru  སེ་འབྲུ  (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan…

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Morus Ramulus, Mulberry twig, Sang Zhi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Morus Ramulus, Mulberry Twig, Sang Zhi 桑枝 Sang Zhi (TCM） Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Twig Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter Classifications: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Damp, Clears the Channels, Benefits Joints: -wind-damp joint and muscle pain, especially of the…

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Cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cardamomum, Lesser Cardamom Sukshmaila (Ayurveda)Heel Khurd (Fruit, Unani)Dana Heel Khurd (Seed, Unani)Sug smel སུག་སྨེལ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Lesser CardamonIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 Lesser, Medium and Greater CardamonsNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Lesser Cardamon (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Vernonia cinerea, Sahadevi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vernonia cinerea, Sahadevi Ironweed, Purple Fleabane, Ash-colored Fleabane, Ash FleabaneSahadevi (Ayurveda)Naichotte Poonde (Siddha)Yi Zhi Xiang 一枝香 (TCM) Vernonia cinereaM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas., ed. 3 (1875) Vernonia cinerea(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vernonia cinerea (syn. Cyanthillium cinereum) Parts used: Root (Rhizome); Herb (leaf) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat,…

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Nelumbo Receptaculum, Lotus Receptacle, Lian Fang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Receptaculum, Lotus Receptacle, Lian Fang 莲房 Lian Feng (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Receptacle Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Blood Stasis, Stops Bleeding: -Blood in the Urine-Uterine Bleeding, profuse…

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Coriolus (Trametes), Yun Zhi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Coriolus (Trametes), Yun Zhi 云芝 Turkey TailYun Zhi (TCM)Kawaratake (Japan) CoriolusBulliard, Flora Parisiensis, vol. 7 (1776-1781) Coriolus (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Coriolus versicolor (syn Trametes versicolor, Boletus versicolor) Parts used: Dried Mushroom (sporphore) Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Strengthens Qi, Benefits Immunity: -increases…

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Fox

ByAdam Tate

Vulpes, Fox Fox(Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1890) Zoological name: Vulpes spp. Parts used: Principally the Lungs; also the oil of the whole animal Uses: BLOOD:-‘The blood of a Fox, dried and powdered, and so drunken is good for the stone in the Kidneys and Bladder’ (Similar use to Goat’s blood) (Turners Herbal)-applied warm for pains…

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Ceratostigma, Shing skyu ru ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ceratostigma, Shing skyu ru ma ཤིང་སྐྱུ་རུ་མ Creeping BluesnowXiao Jiao Zhu Hua (TCM)Shing skyu ru ma (Tibet) Ceratostigma minusPhoto by Xemenendura (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ceratostigma minus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding: (Tibetan)-excessive Menstruation, Postpartum Bleeding-Nosebleeding 2. Clears Wind-Damp, Open the Channels, Ease Pain:…

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Gleditsia Fructus, Zao Jia

ByAdam Tate

Gleditsia Fructus, Zao Jia 皂荚 Chinese Honeylocust FruitZao Jia (TCM) Gleditsia sinensisJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers, (1824) Gledatsia sinensis(Photo by Rupp.de~commonswiki) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gleditsia sinensis, G. japonica Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Toxic Classification: P. Clear Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:-excess phlegm that is hard…

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Scabiosa, Scabious PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scabiosa, Scabious Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Greater ScabiousNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Lesser ScabiousNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Greater (left) and Lesser (right) ScabiousKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Scabiosa arvensis (syn. Knautia arvensis)There were 5 types traditionally recoginsed, all with the same virtues. Parts used: Root, leaf, flower; usually the whole herb with…

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