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Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano PRO

ByAdam Tate

Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano Marjoram: Sweet Marjoram, Marjoram gentleOregano: Wild or Winter Marjoram Left: Marjoram, Right: OreganoOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Oregano (left) and Marjoram (right)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Oregano and MarjoramKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Oregano; Right: MarjoramIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Oreganum spp.O. marjorana (Marjoram), O. vulgare (Oregano)A number of related…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel FREE

ByAdam Tate

Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed;…

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Rumex Acetosa, Sorrel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acetosa, Sorrel Oxalis AcetosaHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 AcetosaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 AcetosaGerards Herbal, 1636 Acetosa minorNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Rumex acetosa (syn. Acetosa vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known; Lesser type appears to be ‘Sheep Sorrel’ Parts used: Herb, Seed; also the Roots Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Paeoniae officinalis, Western Peony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae, Peony Ood Saleeb, Ood Gharqi (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Male Peony; Right: Female PeonyKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia officinalis (‘Female’ Peony)Others to supply the Peony of the West include P. mascula and P. corallina (‘Male’ Peony), P. parnassica, P. clusii, P….

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua FREE

ByAdam Tate

Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum (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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Asparagus root, Tian Men Dong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Asparagus root, Tian Men Dong 天门冬 Palacium Leporis (Wild Asparagus)Chinese Asparagus root: Tian Men DongShweta Musali (A. abscendens, Ayurveda)Nye Shing  ཉེ་ཤིང༌  (A. adscendens, Tibetan)Safed Musali (A. adscendens, Unani)Halyon (A. officinalis, Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Asparagus root Tian Men Dong (Adam…

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Ruta, Rue FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ruta, Rue ‘Herb of Grace’Sudab (Unani)Sitav (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ruta graveolens Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm (Cold in TCM), dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2C INCIDERS    2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2I….

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Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang 丁香 Caryophyllatus aromaticusAnthophyllum: Mother Cloves: Mature ClovesLavanga (Ayurveda)Kirambu (Siddha)Ding Xiang (TCM); Mother Clove is Mu Ding Xiang (literally “Mother Clove”)Li Shi  ལི་ཤི  (Tibetan)Qaranful (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Anthophyllum or ‘Mother Clove’Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Above: Clove (Adam, 2016) 1,…

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Coral, Shan Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Bassad, Besed, Bassath (Arabic)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Red Coral necklaceKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Red Coral; Center top: Coral Trunk; Center…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best); sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate…

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Piper Longum, Long Pepper PRO

ByAdam Tate

Piper longum, Long Pepper, Bi Ba 荜茇 Bi Ba (TCM)Pippali (Ayurveda)Thippili (Siddha)Filfil Daraz, Peepal (Unani)Pi pi ling  པི་པི་ལིང༌  (Tibetan)The root of Long Pepper is called Peepalmool (Unani), Thippiliver (Siddha) Long Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper longumWoodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 1832 Long Pepper (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Piper spp. P. longum P. officinum Classical…

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Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 Sweet FlagVacha (Ayurveda)Vasambu (Siddha)Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 (TCM)Shu dag  ཤུ་དག  (A. calamus, Tibetan)Waj, Waj e Turki (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578  PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Acorus calamusKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 The ‘True’ (original) Acorus…

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