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Chicorium, Chicory

ByAdam Tate

Chicorium, Chicory Also called Succory, IntybusKasni (Unani) Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Chicorium intybus Parts used: Root, Seed (of the Garden variety); Herb (of the Wild variety) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. BitterOpening, attenuates, cleanses Classification: 2A APERIENT.   2F. PURIFYING.   2N. REPELLENT3B….

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Marrubium, Horehound PRO

ByAdam Tate

Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE4d. PECTORAL.    4f. SPLENETIC.   …

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Bursa pastoris, Shepherds Purse FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bursa pastoris, Shepherd’s Purse Ji Cai  荠菜 (TCM)Sog ka pa  སོག་ཀ་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, (?) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Mildly Sweet and Bitterdries, binds, astringes Classification: 2P. HEMOSTATIC Uses:…

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Malva, Mallow, Dong Kui Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Malva Semen, Mallow seed Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani) Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子 Dong Kui Zi (TCM)Lcam pa  ལྕམ་པ  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui…

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Sambucus Flos, Elder flower FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sambucus Flos, Elder Flower Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 ‘Common’ and ‘Jagged’ ElderParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sambucus nigra Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.    2J. RAREFYING.    2L….

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Sinapi, Mustard PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sinapi, Mustard Khardal, Rai (Black Mustard, Unani)Safaid Sarson (White Mustard, Ayurveda)Yungs Dkar  ཡུངས་དཀར  (White Mustard, Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Two varieties of MustardDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Brassica nigraKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Sinapsis alba(Photo by Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: There are 2 types of Mustard: Sinapsis alba (White, syn. Brassica alba)…

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Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu 昆布 BladderwrackKun Bu (TCM) Fucus spp.Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Fucus nodosaEnglish Botany, Sowerby, 1799 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fucus spp;F. vesiculosis, F. serratus, F. nodosus Parts used: Thallus (whole plant); Carbonised Plant Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm…

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nymphyae, Water Lilly Nilofar, Nasreen (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nymphea alba. Related species have been used. Parts used: Mainly Root and Seed; also Flower and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Root and Seed: Cool,…

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Sambucus Flos, Elder Flower PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sambucus Flos, Elder Flower Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 ‘Common’ and ‘Jagged’ ElderParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Sambucus nigra Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.    2J. RAREFYING.    2L. EMOLLIENT.    2Q. ANODYNE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS                   4a. CEPHALICTCM:A….

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Pastinacae sylvestris, Wild Parsnip

ByAdam Tate

Pastinacae sylvestris, Wild Parsnip SecaculShaqaqul, Shaqaq Ul Misri (Unani) Wild ParsnipDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 P. sativaEnglish Botany, Sowerby, 1799 Botanical name: Pastinaca sylvestris (syn. P. sativa)Pastinaca secacul (also known as Wild Parsnip) is used in Unani. (This name is not a valid name)Other species are given for Shaqaqul include Trachydium lehmanni, Eryngium caeruleum…

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Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard Nardi Indica, NardJatamansi, Mansi (Ayurveda)Cadamancil (Siddha)Sumbul-e-Hindi, Sambul-ut-Teeb, Balchhar (Unani)Gan Song 甘松 (TCM)Spang spos  སྤང་སྤོས་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Indian SpikenardDe Materia Medica, Dioscorides, 1555 Indian SpikenardKrauterbuch, Danz & Uffenbach, 1610 Various types of Spikenard, including Indian and Celtic SpikenardMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Indian SpikenardCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol….

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Oryza, Rice

ByAdam Tate

Oryza, Rice, Mi 米 Mi (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Botanical name: Oryza sativa Parts used: Seed (grain); Germinated Rice Temperature & Taste: Brown Rice: Warm, dry, astringent, sweet; heavyWhite and Basmati Rice: Neutral; dry, astringent and Sweet;  Soft, SmoothSweet Rice: Neutral; Sweet Uses: RICE    1. Benefits the Spleen, Tonifies Qi (TCM,…

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