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Artemisia pontici, Pontic Wormwood

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia pontici, Pontic Wormwood Roman Wormwood, Roman Mugwort Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Vietz, F.B., Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum, vol. 1 (1800) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, (1543) Botanical name: Artemisia ponticum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bittercuts, binds, discusses, resists putrefaction, purges Bile (Choler) Uses: -Generally used the same as Wormwood, but was regarded as…

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Polipodium, Polypody FREE

ByAdam Tate

Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Polypody root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Polypodium vulgare (TCM, West); P. virginianum is also…

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Cubeba, Cubebs

ByAdam Tate

Cubeba, Cubeb Bi Cheng Qie (TCM)Kankola, Kokola, Kankola, Takkola, Kolaka (Ayurveda)Kabanchini, Kababah, Habb-ul-Uruus (Unani)Valmilaku (Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Medical Botany, Bohn, 1832 CUBEB1. Many fruits.  2. Large fruits.  3. Small fruits.  4. Seed in the pericarp. 5.  Stems. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Piper cubeba (primary)Litsea cubeba Parts used:…

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺

ByAdam Tate

Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺 Gandhaka (Ayurveda)Gandhak (Unani)Liu Huang (TCM)Mu Zi   མུ་ཟི  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Sulphur, from Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Sulphur crystalsPhoto by Oscar Lumps of Raw Tibetan Sulphur (Adam, 2009) Mineralogical Name: Sulphur, Sulfur Parts Used:Native (raw) Sulphur may be used externally; Purified Sulphur is better for internal use.The names of the several…

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Guaiaci, Guaiacum PRO

ByAdam Tate

Guaiaci, Guaiacum Pock Wood, Lignum Sancti, Lignum Vitae Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 LEFT: GUAIACUM WOOD;  RIGHT: GUAIACUM GUM1.  Mass of chips showing white non-official pieces. 2.  Portion ofa boring from a bowling ball. 3,  Projecting fibers of the wood. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical…

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Lavendula, Lavender PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lavendula, Lavender Spike Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Lavendula angustifoliaBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Botanical name: Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris) Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   …

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Salt, Rock Salt, Yan 盐

ByAdam Tate

Salt, Rock Salt, Yan 盐 Rock Salt: Sal Gem; Halite;–Rgyam tshwa  རྒྱམ་ཚྭ  (Tibetan)–Namak e Sang (Unani)–Saindhava (Ayurveda)–Shi Yan 石盐 (TCM)Sea Salt:–Yan 盐 (TCM)–Namak e Toam (Unani)–Samudra (Ayurveda)Black Salt: Halite violaceum–Vida (Ayurveda)–kha ru tsha  ཁ་རུ་ཚ  (Tibetan)–Namak e Siyah (Unani) SaltOrtus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Halite, Salt crystalPhoto by Parent Gery (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Jugulans, Green Walnut Hull

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Pericarp, Green Walnut Hull Akhrot Sabz (Unani) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Green Walnut shell Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2O. ASTRINGENTS3C. ALEXIPHARMICS Uses: 1. Resists Poison:-potently resists Poison, Plague and Epidemic diseases 2. Astringes…

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Citrullus, Melon, Watermelon

ByAdam Tate

Citrullus, Watermelon Seed Maghz e Tukhm e Tarbuz (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, (1543) Decorticated Water Melon seed as used in Unani(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Citrullus vulgaris, C. lanatusSeveral varieties of Melon are used similarly including Sweet Melon,. Cucumis melo Parts used: Seed kernel Temperature…

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Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Rou Gui FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉桂 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 CassiaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Chinese Cinnamon bark (Adam, 2016) Members…

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Carum, Caraway FREE

ByAdam Tate

Carum, Caraway Zeera Siyah (Unani)Krishnajeeraka (Ayurveda)Go snyod  གོ་སྙོད  (Tibetan) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Carum carvi Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very warm, dry. Pungent, Sweetdiscusses, attenuates Classification: 2C INCIDERS.   2H. CARMINATIVE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    4e. STOMACHIC Uses: 1….

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Parietaria, Pellitory of the Wall

ByAdam Tate

Parietaria, Pellitory of the Wall Helxine, Perdicium, Sideritis, Heraclea Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parietaria erectaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Parietaria spp.Several varieties have been used:  1. P. officinalis (Official)  2. P. diffusa  3. P. erecta Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, moistmollifies, ripens, cleanses Classifications: 2L. EMOLLIENT3K. EXPECTORANT.    3M….

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