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Litsea, Medasaka

ByAdam Tate

Litsea, Medasaka Indian Laurel, Gluey LitseaMaidah Lakri (Unani)Vardbari (Arabic)Medasaka (Ayurveda)Chan Gao Mu Jiang Zi (TCM) Litsea glutinosaFlora de Filipinas, 1880 Botanical name: Litsea glutinosa (syn. Neolitsea chinensis, Sebifera glutinosa, L. sebifera, L. chinensis) Parts used: BarkIn China, the Bark and/or Leaf have been used synonymously Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, BitterAvicenna said Warm and…

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Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha Horse GramKulatha (Ayurveda)Kollu (Siddha)Hab ul-Qilt (Arabic)Kulthi (Unani) Vigna unguiculataBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Horse gram(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Dolichos biflorus (syn. Vigna unguiculata) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry.   Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:-Edema, Fluid retention-Leukorrhea-Gravel, Stones (API)-also for Obesity (Porridge or soup…

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Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)Shi Dan Cao (TCM) Corallodiscus lanuginosusPhoto by Woudloper (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallodiscus spp. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata) C. kingianus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)-all types of Toxicity-Fever, Cough,…

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Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing 王不留行 Cowherb seedWang Bu Liu Xing, Mai Lan Cai (TCM) Vaccaria hispanica (as Isatis sylvestris Hispanica)Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Vaccaria segetalisMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2 (?) Vaccaria segetalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vaccaria segetalis (syn. V. hispanica, V. vaccaria, V….

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Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye 桑叶 Sang Ye (TCM）Sring Shing Lo Ma  སྲིང་ཤིང་ལོ་མ་མ་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly Moist. Bitter, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat: -Fever, Cold, Flu, sore Throat-nasal obstruction, Sinusitis-also to promote expression of rashes in…

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Abies webbiana, Talispatra PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abies webbiana, Talispatra Himalayan Silver FirTalisa, Talispatra (Ayurveda)Talispatri (Siddha)Talispattar (Unani)Zarnab, Talisfar (Arabic) Abies webbianaA.B. Lambert, Description of the genus Pinus and some other remarkable plants (1890) A manual of the Coniferae, Veitch, 1881 Botanical name: Abies webbiana (syn. A. spectabilis, Pinus webbiana) Parts used: Needles; also bark, oil, resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao 荷莲豆草 Tropical ChickweedHe Lian Dou Cao, Er Rui He Lian Dou (TCM) Drymaria diandraSwartz, O.P., Icones plantarum (1794) Drymaria cordata(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drymaria diandra (syn. D. cordata) Parts used: Herb; sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Jaundice, Acute Hepatitis-Edema,…

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Corydalis thyrisiflora, Stong zil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis meifolia, Stong zil སྟོང་ཟིལ Stong zil (Tibet) Corydalis meifoliaWallich, N., Tentamen florae Napalensis illustratae (1826) Corydalis gortschakoviiGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1885) Corydalis govanianaIllustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains, Royle, 1839 Corydalis cashmeriana(Photo by DoF CC-BY-X) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corydalis spp.Blue and Yellow-flowered varieties are mentioned in texts, the Blue regarded as…

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Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba ཁྲོག་ཆུང་བ་ Japanese GerberaKhrog chung ba (Tibet)Da Ding Cao (TCM) Leibnitzia anandria(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimeda) Botanical name: Leibnitzia anandria (syn. Gerbera anandria, Tussilago anandria) Parts used: Root (Tibet); Whole herb (TCM) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin: (Tibet, TCM)-Lung Heat Cough-Toxic Sores, Boils, Abscesses-Insect and…

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Artemisia anomala, Liu Ji Nu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia anomala, Liu Ji Nu 刘寄奴 Liu Ji Nu (TCM) Arternisia lactifloraLéveillé, H., Catalogue illustré et alphabetique des plantes du Seu Tchouen (1918) Arternisia lactiflora(Photo by Dominicus Johannes Bergsma) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Artemisia anomala (syn. Artemisia anomala var. anomala)Other species supplying this herb include A. lactiflora and A. argyi var. incana Parts used: Above-ground Herb…

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Medicated Leaven, Shen Qu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Medicated Leaven, Shen Qu 神曲 Shen Qu (TCM)Jian Qu (Medicated Leaven produced in Fujian) (TCM) Pharmaceutical name: Massa Medicata Fermentata Parts used: Fermented mixture of flour and medicinal Herbs. Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Aromatic Classification: O. Promotes Digestion Uses: 1. Promotes Digestion, Clears Food Stagnation:-Indigestion, Food Stagnation (abdominal distention, fullness, poor…

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Sarcandra, Zhong Jie Feng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sarcandra, Zhong Jie Feng 肿节风 Glabrous SarcandraZhong Jie Feng, Jiu Jie Cha (TCM) Sarcandra glabraNakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951) Sarcandra glabra(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Specimen of Sarcandra glabra at the Guangzhou TCM Museum (Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Sarcandra glabra (syn. Chloranthus glaber, Ardisia japonica) Parts used: Herb…

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