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Cimicifuga, Sheng Ma FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cimicifuga, Sheng Ma, 升麻 Bugbane, Black CohochSheng Ma (TCM)Rgya rtsi རྒྱ་རྩི་ (Tibet) Cimicifuga heracleifolia(Photo by Aka) (Wikimedia) Cimicifuga Sheng Ma root (Adam 2023) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cimicifuga spp. (syn. Actaea spp.): C. foetida (syn Actaea foetida) Sheng Ma C. dahurica (syn Actaea dahurica) Xing An Sheng Ma C. heracleifolia…

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Identification Issues in Traditional Medicine

ByAdam Tate

Identification Issues in Traditional Medicine By Adam Tate, 2015 When studying medicines and formulas of Tradition Medicine, there are often problems with identifying the exact medicine being referred to. This is for a number of reasons. 1. A Number of sources supply the same Medicine Sometimes different plants, or varieties of plants would supply the…

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Baeckea, Gang Song PRO

ByAdam Tate

Baeckea, Gang Song 岗松 Gang Song (TCM) Baeckea frutescens Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1828) Baeckea frutescens Photo by Wibowo Djatmiko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Baeckea frutescens Parts used: Whole plant; Leaf, Root, Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Move the Blood, Open Obstruction, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-has been used to induce Abortion-Bruising,…

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Trigonella, Fenugreek FREE

ByAdam Tate

Trigonella, Fenugreek, Hu Lu Ba 葫芦巴 Also called Foenum GraecumHu Lu Ba (TCM)Hulba (Unani)Methi (Ayurveda) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bittermollifies, discusses Classifications: 2B ATTENUATER.    2G. CLEANSING.    2J….

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Plantago Semen, Plantain Seed FREE

ByAdam Tate

Plantago Semen, Plantain Seed, Che Qian Zi 车前子 Che Qian Zi (TCM)      Red Plantain (variety)                                                Greater Plantain       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 P. majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 P. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885…

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Turnera, Damiana FREE

ByAdam Tate

Turnera, Damiana Herba da la Pastora, Old Woman’s Broom DamianaPhoto by Xavierserratm Turnera diffusaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 T. aphrodisiacaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Turnera diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca Parts used: Dried herb; leaf and steam Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Brucea, Ya Dan Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Brucea, Ya Dan Zi 鸦胆子 Ya Dan Zi (TCM) Brucea javanicaRumphius (Rumpf), G.E., Herbarium amboinense, (1741) Brucea javanica(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Brucea javanica (syn. Rhus javanica) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter. Toxic Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Treats Dysentery:-special for chronic or…

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Absinthum, Wormwood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Absinthium, Wormwood Afsanteen, Afsantin (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Wormwood (left), Pontiac Wormwood (Right) Common Wormwood                                    Mountain or Roman Wormwood                                     Pontic Wormwood…

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*Hippoglossum, Horsetongue

ByAdam Tate

Hippoglossum, Horsetongue Double-tongue, Tongue Blade, Tongue upon TongueBilingua (Latin) HippoglossumJ. Barrellier, Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae, (1714) Lesser HorsetongueSalmon, Botanologia, 1710 HippoglossumJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 10 (1840) Ruscus hypoglossum(Photo by Andrew Karpov) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ruscus hypoglossumGreater and Lesser varieties were known Parts used: Whole Herb; Root Temperature & Taste:…

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Chionanthus, Fringetree

ByAdam Tate

Chionanthus, Fringetree Fringe-tree, Old Man’s Beard, Flowering Ash Guimpel, F., Otto, F., Hayne, F.G., Abbildung der fremden, in Deutschland ausdauernden Holzarten (1809-1829) (Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Chionanthus barkSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Chionanthus virginicus Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Damp:-Headache,…

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Prunus domestica, Plumtree, Prune PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunus domestica, Plum-tree, Prune Aalu Bukhara (Unani) P. domesticaDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 P. sylvestrisKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Prunus domesticaMany types of Plums were used: Garden or Wild (Sloes); great, small, long, round, white, red, yellow, purple, black; sweet or sour Damascens (with a long kernel) were regarded…

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Lonicera Flos, Honeysuckle flower, Jin Yin Hua FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lonicera Flos, Honeysuckle flower, Jin Yin Hua 金银花 Honeysuckle flowerJin Yin Hua (TCM) Lonicera japonica Botanical Register, 1815 Lonicera japonicaKerner, Hortus Sempervirens, vol. 60: 1825 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lonicera japonica Parts used: FlowerThe leaf has the same functions, but is weaker, so are only used when the flower is…

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