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Cyananthus, Sngon bu mchog PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cyananthus, Sngon bu mchog སྔོན་བུ་མཆོག་ Trailing BellflowerSngon bu mchog (Tibet)Lie Ye Lan Zhong Hua 裂叶蓝钟花 (TCM) Cyananthus lobatus(Curtis’s botanical magazine, 1880) Cyananthus lobatus growing wild in Bhutan(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cyananthus spp.Several varieties are known:  1. Superior; Sngon bu mchog (larger with dark blue flowers)    a. C. lobatus    b. C. argenteus    c. C….

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Tripterygium, Lei Gong Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tripterygium, Lei Gong Teng 雷公藤 Triptolide, Three-Wingnut Root; Thunder God VineLei Gong Teng (TCM) Tripterygium wilfordiiRegel, E.A. von, Gartenflora (1869) Tripterygium regelii(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tripterygium wilfordii (syn. T. hypoglaucum, T. regelii) Parts used: Root (bark is generally scraped off due to its excess toxicity) Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Very…

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Androsace, Sga tig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Androsace, Sga tig སྒ་ཏིག Rock JasmineSga tig (Tibetan Medicine)Dian Di Mei (A. aizoon, TCM) Androsace sarmentosaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 102 (1876) Androsace sarmentosa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Androsace spp. Sga tig nag po (Black variety): A. mariae var. tibetica Sga tig smug po (Brown variety): A. aizoon var. coccinea, A. sarmentosa, A. strigillosa Other…

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ByAdam Tate

Serum, Whey Cheese Water Pharmaceutical name: Serum Parts used: The liquid extracted from curdled Milk. Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classification: 3E. DIURETIC.   3H. LACTAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC   4g. HEPATICPreparers and Purgers of Melancholy Uses: 1. Clears Heat:–Burning Urine–Diarrhea, Dysentery 2. Purges Bile and Melancholy:–very useful for Bile and Melancholy diseases–Leprosy, Elephantiasis–Eczema, Psoriasis–Fibroids, Cancer 3. Nourishes…

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Nerium, Oleander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nerium, Oleander Oleander, Rose Bay, Rose LaurelKaravira, Viraka, Ashvamaraka (White-flowered variety, Ayurveda)Raktapushpa, Raktaprasava, Ravipriya (Red-flowered variety, Ayurveda)Kaner, Chandani (Unani)Sanbul Aqleeti (Arabic)Arali (Siddha)Jia Zhu Tao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Nerium oleanderBotanical Register, vol. 1, (1815) Botanical name: Nerium spp.: N. oleander (syn. N. odorum); Red Oldeander, Rose Bay N. indicum; White Oleander…

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Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi 秦皮 Korean or Chinese Ash treeQin Pi (TCM)Stab seng  སྟབ་སེང༌ (Tibet) Fraxinus chinensisNakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951) Fraxinus rhynchophylla(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fraxinus rhynchophylla (syn. F. chinensis)Other sources used include: F. bungeana, F. szaboana (syn….

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Myrobalan, Yellow PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Yellow Citrine MyrobalanHalela Zard (Unani)A ru gser mdog  ཨ་རུ་གསེར་མདོག་ (Tibetan) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Yellow MyrobalanIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic…

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Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao 茜草 Dyers MadderQian Cao (TCM)Manjistha (Ayurveda)Manjeeth, Manjesta, Favvah (Unani)Btsod  བཙོད  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Rubia tinctorumMedizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Madder root as used in Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Rubia spp.Two main species are used: R. tinctorum (Europe) R. cordifolia…

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Sparrow Brain

ByAdam Tate

Sparrow Brain Maghz Sar Kanjishk (Sparrow brain, Unani)Maghz Sar Kanjishk Ner (Male sparrow brain, Unani)Que Nao 雀脑 (TCM) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Photo by Boothsift (Wikimedia) Sparrow ‘Brain’ as available on the Chinese market (with skull) Sparrow skullPhoto by Hirvenkürpa (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Passer domesticus is the Common European Sparrow. P. montanus is the Tree sparrow.P. rutilans…

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Stauntonia, Ye Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Stauntonia, Ye Mu Gua 野木瓜 Chinese Stauntonvine, False Lychee, Japanese QuinceYe Mu Gua (TCM) Stauntonia chinensisHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1909) Botanical name: Stauntonia chinensisChinese sources state that there are several other closely related species that look similar and have similar effects, without giving specific species. Parts used: Root, Root-bark, Stem…

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Robinia, Ci Huai Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Robinia, Ci Huai Hua 刺槐花 Black Locust, Yellow Locust, False AcaciaCi Huai Hua (Flower, TCM) Robinia pseudoacaciaRevue horticole (1863) Robinia Pseudoacacia flower(Photo by MichalPL) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Robinia pseudoacacia (syn. Pseudoacacia odorata) Parts used: Flower (TCM)Bark and Leaf have been used in the U.S., the root-bark being most active (King) Temperature & Taste: Flower is…

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Dysosma, Liu Jiao Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dysosma, Liu Jiao Lian 六角莲 Eight Corner LotusLiu Jiao Lian, Ba Jiao Lian, Gui Jiu (TCM) Dysosma pleianthaCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1890) Dysosma pleiantha(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dysosma spp.Several species are used: D. pleiantha (syn. D. chengii, D. hispida, Podophyllum pleianthum, P. chengi, P. hispidium) D. veitchii D. versipellis D. aurantiocaulis Parts used:…

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