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Rumex, Dock

ByAdam Tate

Rumex, Dock LapathumHummad (Unani, Avicenna) Top Left: R. crispus.   Top Right: R. obtusifoliusAbove Left: R. acutus.    Above Right: R. sanguineusFlora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 RUMEX CRISUPS1. Twisted root. 2. Transverse and longitudinal sections.3. Stem of the plant. 4. The thick cortex.5. Radiate wood. RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS1. A twisted, furrowed root, annulate at the crown….

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Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb FREE

ByAdam Tate

Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumChe Qian Cao (TCM) Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Red Plantain;   Right: Greater Plantain       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Plantago majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago asciaticaIllustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Members CLICK…

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Dulcamara, Bittersweet FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dulcamara, Bittersweet Glycypicron, Amara Dulcis Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solanum dulcamara Parts used: Stem; Whole Plant Temperature & Taste: Warm (Cold?), dry. Bittercleansing, opening Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat: 2. Moves the Blood, clears Stasis: 3. Clears…

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Nitrum, Saltpeter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi PRO

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 Mineralogical Name: Nitrum; Potassium nitrate Parts Used:Salt Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter,…

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Galium, Cleavers FREE

ByAdam Tate

Galium, Cleavers Goosegrass; Gallion, Aparine, Aspergula, PhilanthroposZangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Galium aparine Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Toxin…

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Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao 茜草 Dyers MadderQian Cao (TCM)Manjistha (Ayurveda)Manjeeth, Manjesta, Favvah (Unani)Btsod  བཙོད  (Tibetan) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 An Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Madder root as used in Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rubia tinctorumGarden (R. tinctorium) and Wild (R….

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Primula veris, Cowslip FREE

ByAdam Tate

Primula veris, Cowslip Herb Paralysis, Radix Arthritica Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of Primula traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1838 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Primula veris (syn. P officinalis); P. vulgaris (Primrose) is also used Parts used: Root; Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm,…

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Fumaria, Fumitory FREE

ByAdam Tate

Fumaria, Fumitory Traditionally called Fuma Terra (‘Earth Smoke’)Parpata (Ayurveda)Shaahtara (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Florigraphia Britannica, Deakin, 1857 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fumaria officinalisVarious related species are used including F. parviflora Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2A…

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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Benzoin, An Xi Xiang 安息香 An Xi Xiang (TCM)Loban (Unani) Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Two Different varieties of Benzoin available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)Left: is Benzoin Amygdaloides;  Right: was called Benzoin in sortis; Botanical name: Styrax benzoinSeveral types were traditionally known. Parts used: Gum; two distinct varieties…

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Berberis, Barberry FREE

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)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 on…

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Sagapenum, Sagapen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sagapenum, Sagapen SerapinumSakbinaj (Unani)  Krauter Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Sagapen in containers for exportKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1819 Ferula persica Botanical name: Ferula persica (syn. Peucedanum persicum) Parts used: Gum“The best varieties of Sagapen are those which are relatively thicker and cleaner with a red interior and white exterior”. (Avicenna) Temperature &…

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Sarcocolla PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sarcocolla Azerat (Unani)Anzarut, Anzurut (Arabic, Persian)Gujar (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Vollstandiges Materialien Lexicon, Lemery, 1721 Astragalus sarcocolla(Photo by auoob farabi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Astragalus sarcocolla, A. fasciculufolius Parts used: Gum“The best variety is that which is yellowish and resembles Luban (Olibanum)”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Sweet“Some physicians say that Sarcocolla…

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