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Ocimum, Basil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ocimum, Basil BasilicumBabuitulsi (Basil); Tusli (Sacred Basil) (Ayurveda)Kali Tulsi (Basil); Raihan (Sacred Basil) (Unani)Jiu Ceng Ta, Luo Le (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Clove Basil (Left);  Great Basil (Right)Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Chaumeton, Flore médicale (vol. 1), 1833 Botanical name: Ocimum spp. O. basilicum: Common or…

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Sapphirus, Sapphire

ByAdam Tate

Sapphirus, Sapphire Nilama (Ayurveda)Nilam (Unani)Ain gra ni la  ཨཻན་གྲ་ནི་ལ་ (pronounced ‘Inda nila’) (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Ruby Crystal and Star SapphiresExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Sapphire crystalPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical Name: Corundum (Al2O3) Parts used: Blue Sapphire prepared; Ayurveda also uses Yellow Sapphire Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm in Unani), dry. Salty and…

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Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark

ByAdam Tate

Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark Post Bekh e Anar (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Bark, especially Root-Bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Classification: 3Q. ANTHELMINTIC Uses: 1. Kills Worms:-Tape-, Round-, and Pin-worms and Ascaris-this is the primary action of the Bark 2. Astringes to Stop…

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Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chu rtsa  ལྕུམ་རྩ  (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Wine prepared Rhubarb root (Shu Da Haung)(Adam,…

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Sabina, Savin

ByAdam Tate

Sabina, Savin Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Male SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Female SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Juniperus sabina Parts used: Leaf; sometimes the Fruit (Fruit is used in Persian Medicine) Temperature & Taste: Very…

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale,Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweetconfected Walnuts are Warm, moist…

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Eruca, Rocket PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eruca, Rocket Jirjir, Jirjeer (Unani) Garden (left) and Wild (right) RocketDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Wild RocketFuchs, New Kreuterbuch, 1543 Garden RocketSturm et al, Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungennach der Natur, Zweite auflage, vol. 6, 1902 Botanical name: Eruca spp. Garden Rocket: E. sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp, sativa, Brassica eruca) Wild Rocket: E….

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Catechu, Er Cha FREE

ByAdam Tate

Catechu, Er Cha 儿茶 Er Cha (TCM)Khi la wa ri (Tibetan)Khadira (Ayurveda) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Uncaria Gambir (used as an alternate source in TCM)Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Catechu (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum, Asfar (Unani)Chendurakam (Siddha)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ་ (also used for Saffron)Rtsa Gur Gum རྩ་གུར་གུམ་ (Carthamus, Tibet)Hong Hua (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Safflower Left: dried whole Safflower flower (Adam, 2016, 2018) Botanical name: Carthamus tinctorius Parts…

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Asplenium, Ceterach

ByAdam Tate

Asplenium, Ceterach SpleenwortSaquluqandrium (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Left: Scolopendrum; Above: Scolopendrum verum, Arabian CeterachKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach offcinarum, Hemidictyum ceterach) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry“Hot in the First and Dry in the Second degree” (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-urinary diseases; Edema-removes Kidneys and Bladder Stones…

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Nitrum, Saltpeter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nitrum, Saltpeter, Niter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi 硝石 Kali nitricum, Nitrum depuratum, Nitrum prismaticum, Sal petraXiao Shi (TCM)Yavakshara, Saindhava, Ushara or Sora (Ayurveda)Shora Qalmi (Unani)Ze tsha  ཟེ་ཚ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 The preparation of Saltpeter(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Nitrum; Potassium nitrate Parts…

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Rhus, Sumac PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry….

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