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Endivae, Endive FREE

ByAdam Tate

Endivae, Endive Also called Intybus Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Chicorium endiva Parts used: Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. slightly Bitteropens, cleanses Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2N. REPELLENT3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS4c. CARDIAC.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4f. SPLENETIC.    4h….

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Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉皮 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Tvak (Ayurveda)–Ilavankap Padtai (Siddha)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Cassia LigneaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 CinnamonOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal…

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Galls, Wu Bei Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gall, Wu Bei Zi 五倍子 Oak or Aleppo Gall–Mazu (Unani)–Majuphalaka, Mayaphala (Ayurveda)–Mo Shi Zi (TCM)Chinese Gall (Rhus): Galla chinensis–Wu Bei Zi (TCM)–Karkatashringe (Ayurveda)–Kakrasingi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Quercus infectoria(New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563) Oak Galls (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: A number of Galls have been used:  1. Oak, ‘True’,…

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)Saunf (Ayurveda)Combu (Siddha)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Porcus, Pig

ByAdam Tate

Porcus, Pig Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Peraldus (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Zoological name: Scrofus domesticus Temperature & Taste: ‘It is a phlegmatic moist creature’ Uses: BILE (Cool. Bitter):1. Clears Heat:-Typhoid and other extreme fevers, relives thirst;            -Purgative and diuretic. (Gall Bladder is used similarly…

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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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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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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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Quinquefoliae, Cinquefoil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Quinquefoliae, Cinquefoil Pentafillum, Five-leaved grass Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Potentilla reptans (syn. P. repens)A number of similar related Potentilla species have been used in the various systems. Sulfur Cinquefoil: P. recta White Cinquefoil: P. alba Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa Marsh Cinquefoil: Comarum…

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Santonicum, Wormseed

ByAdam Tate

Santonicum, Wormseed Semen Sanctum, Semen Cinae, Semen Cynae, Semen Contra Vermes, Semen Lumbricorum Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Waldstein, F. de Paula Adam von, Kitaibel, P., Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Botanical name: Artemisia santonicum Parts used: SeedTraditionally, three types supplied the market: 1. Aleppo; 2. East Indian; 3. Barberry Temperature…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. pubescens A. minor (syn. A. fissa)Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. alpina Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best);…

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Mercurialis, PotMercury

ByAdam Tate

Mercurialis, Mercury Annual, Garden, or French Mercury Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (2), Kohler, 1842 Botanical name: Mercurialis annua, M. perennisA number of different Mercury species have been used.The Chinese have used M. leiocarpa (Tou Ku Cao) but it is not commonly used. Parts used: Herb in flower. Some (such as Leclerc) said…

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