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Piper nigrum et album, Pepper, Black & White PRO

ByAdam Tate

Piper nigrum, Black Pepper, Hu Jiao 胡椒 Marica (Ayurveda)Milaku (Siddha)Hu Jiao (TCM)Na le sham  ན་ལེ་ཤམ  (Tibetan)Filfil Siyah (Unani) Piper album, White Pepper, Bai Hu Jiao 白胡椒 Bai Hu Jiao (TCM)Filfil Safaid (Unani) Black Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper nigrumKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: 1890 Green Piper fruits(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Black and White…

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Sanguisorba, Burnet FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sanguisorba, Burnet, Di Yu 地榆 Di Yu (TCM) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 S. officinalisFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 S. minorFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sanguisorba officinalisGreater and Lesser types were known Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry. Bitter, Sour….

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Cytisus, Broom PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cytisus, Broom Scotch Broom; Genista, Genesta, Genestra, Scoparius, Spartium Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 BROOM TOPS1. Stem showing the two wings ending in a node.  2. A large flower and aflower bud.  3. The hairy pistil..  4. Fruit.  5. Three foliate leaves. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…

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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’…

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Gramen, Couch Grass FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gramen, Couch-grass Quick-grass, Dogs-grass, Quitch-grass, Triticum Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2, 1890 TRITICUM REPENS ROOT AND RHIZOME1, Node with circle of roots. 2. Mass of chopped rhizomes.8. Cross-section of the rhizome with hollow pith. 4. Furrowed internode. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Orchis, Orchid, Satyrion, Salep FREE

ByAdam Tate

Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Male SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Several different species of Satyrion from Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Orchis maculata(‘A’ being the flower of O. morio)Flora von Deutschland, Kohler,…

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Daucus, Wild Carrot

ByAdam Tate

Daucus, Wild Carrot Nan He Shi  (TCM, Wild Carrot seed) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Wild Carrot flower (above) and Seed head (right) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Daucus carrotaCommon Garden Carrots were used, as well as Cretian Daucus which was regarded as best….

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Berberis, Barberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Berberis, Barberry Lycium (classical name)Barberry root:–Xiao Bo (TCM)–Daruharidra (Ayurveda)–Skyer pa  སྐྱེར་པ  (Tibetan)Bark:–Skyer shun  སྐྱེར་ཤུན  (Tibetan)Stem:–Maramancal (Siddha)Concentrated Extract of Bark/Stem:–Rasanjana (Ayurveda)–Rasaut (Unani)–Skyer ba’i khan ta  སྐྱེར་པའི་ཁཎྜ (Tibetan)Fruit:–Zarishk (fruit, Unani)Seed:–Skyer ba’i ‘bru  སྐྱེར་པའི་འབྲུ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 B. vulgarisFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Barberry extract as available…

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Anisum, Aniseed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Annis, Aniseed Anisoon (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Aniseed (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Pimpinella anisum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet.Sweet and Bitter varieties were traditionally recognised.“According to Galen anise is Hot in the Second and Dry in the Third degree”….

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Crab Eyes

ByAdam Tate

Crab Eyes Oculorum Cancri ‘Crab’s Eyes’ are small balls of calcium stored by several species of freshwater crayfish to repair their shells. They were traditionally used in medicine in the West. ‘Crabs-eyes are of different sizes, hemispherical or convex on one side, flat or concave on the other, of a bluish, whitish or reddish-white colour,…

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Myristica, Nutmeg & Mace FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myristica, Nutmeg, Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 Nux Muscata (Latin)Jatiphala (Ayurveda, Unani)Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 (TCM)Dza ti  ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Top: Whole NutmegBottom: Mace Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Parts used: Fruit (Nutmeg); Mace…

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Endivae, Endive PRO

ByAdam Tate

Endivae, Endive Also called Intybus Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Left: Endive; Right: Crisp EndiveKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Chicorium endivaSeveral varieties were known including Garden, Wild and Crisp-leaved Parts used: Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. slightly Bitteropens, cleanses Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2N. REPELLENT3D….

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