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Primula auricula, Bear’s Ears

ByAdam Tate

Primula auricula, Bear’s Ears Auricula Primrose, Auricula Ursi, Mountain Cowslip, Alpine Cowslip, Lunaria Arthritica Primula auriculaSalmon, Botanologia, 1710 Varieties of Bear’s EarBessler, Basilius, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 1 (1620) Primula auricula(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Primula auricula (syn. P. lutea)Salmon described 3 varieties: 1. long dented leaves; 2. long leaves not dented; 3. Round…

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Scolopendrum, Hart’s Tongue

ByAdam Tate

Scolopendrium, Hart’s Tongue Deers Tongue, Horse Tongue, Lingua cervina, Hemionitis, Phyllitis Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Two varieties of ScolopendrumLeft: Phyllitis; Right: HemionitisKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Scolopendrium vulgareMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Alternate varieties of Hart’s TongueLeft: Finger Hart’s Tongue; Right: Bastard Hart’s Tongue(Salmon,…

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Leonurus, Motherwort, Yi Mu Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Leonurus, Motherwort, Yi Mu Cao 益母草 Also called Cardiaca, MatricariaYi Mu Cao (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 L. cardiacaOeder et al., Flora Danica, 1756 (1761-1883) Botanical name: Leonurus cardiaca (syn. L. crispus, L. campestris, L. glabra, L. discolor)In TCM L. heterophyllus (syn. L. artermisia), L. sibiricus, L. macrathus and L. turkestanicus…

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Chamedrys, Germander FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2C INCIDERS.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC Uses:…

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Silybum, Mary’s Thistle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Silybum, Milk Thistle Mary’s Thistle, Carduus Mariae, Carduus lacteus New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Silybum marianum (syn. Carduus marianus) Parts used: Seed; herb; rarely the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate, dry. Bittercuts, opens, gently binds Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1….

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Phaseolus, Kidney Bean

ByAdam Tate

Phaseolus, Kidney bean French Bean New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris Parts used: Seed (bean); Bean pods Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classifications: Suppurative, AstringentNephritic, Spermatogenic, Alterative Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys:–Culpeper said it is ‘As great a strengthener of the Kidneys as…

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Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping

ByAdam Tate

Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping 浮萍 Lens palustris, Lens lacustris, L. aquatica, Muscus palustrisFu Ping (TCM)Tuhlab (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 4 different varieties of Duckweed (Lemna)Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora, vol. 2 (1922-1926) Botanical name: Lemna spp., including L. minorThere are a number of…

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Agaricus, Agaric PRO

ByAdam Tate

Agaricus, Agaric AgarikonGhariqoon (Unani)Ku Bai Tie  苦白蹄; A Li Hong  阿里红 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 True ‘Larch Agaric’New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 AgaricKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 ‘Agaricus albus’Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Polyporus officinalis (Nees von Esenbeck,T.F.L., Plantae officinales, vol. 2, 1828-1833) Polyporus officinalisKoehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Polyporus ignarius, probably the lesser, ‘Male’…

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Petroselinum, Parsley PRO

ByAdam Tate

Petroselinum, Parsley Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 ParsleyNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Macedonian ParsleyNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861 PARSLEY ROOT1, Longitudinal section with recurved cortex and ridge of pith. 2. Annulate surface. 3. Transverse section showing round resin cavities. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Petroselinum spp. …

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Sinapi, Mustard FREE

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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: There are 2 types of Mustard:  1. Sinapsis alba (White, syn. Brassica…

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Schoenanthum, Squinanth PRO

ByAdam Tate

Schoenanthus, Squinanth Sweet-smelling Rush, Camel’s Hay; Flos Junci, Juncus odoratusIdhkhir (Unani) SquinanthHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Cymbopogon schoenanthus (syn. Andropogon schoenanthus, A. laniger; formerly Juncus odoratus) Parts used: Herb; also the Root and Seed are sometimes used.“The best is the Arabian variety which is red and…

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Amylum, Starch

ByAdam Tate

Amylum, Starch Amidum, Amisum Preparation of StarchOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Botanical name: Starch extract from various plants, usually Wheat Parts used: Starch prepared from Wheat bran or Wheat meal. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Benefit the Lungs, Stops Cough:-soreness, dryness, roughness and irritation of the Throat-Cough, Wheezing, chronic…

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