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Wax, Cera

ByAdam Tate

Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation:-mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the tendons,…

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Nummulite, Shadnaj

ByAdam Tate

Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….

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Rabbit Heart

ByAdam Tate

Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…

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Echinacea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Echinacea Cone-flower, Purple Cone-flower, Black Sampson Echinacea purpureaWitte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, 1868 Echinacea purpurea(Photo by James St. John) (Wikimedia) Echinacea rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Botanical name: Echinacea spp.  1. E. purpurea (syn. Rudbeckia purpurea)  2. E….

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Fagonia, Dhanvayasa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fagonia, Dhanvayasa Dhanvayasa (Ayurveda)Dhamasa (F. cretica); Badavarda (F. arabica) (Unani) Fagonia creticaG. Dyckman, Icones varianum plantarum [mss. (1501-1600) Fagonia creticaBotanical Magazine (Curtis), vol. 7. (1794) Fagonia cretica(Photo by Patrice78500) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Fagonia cretica (syn. F. erecta, F. deflexa, F. delongata, F. hispanica), F. arabica Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter“Cold…

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Aconitum chasmanthum, Vatsanabha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum chasmanthum, Vatsanabha Indian Napellus, Indian Aconite, Nepal Aconite (A. ferox)Vatsanabha, Visha, Bish (Ayurveda)Mohri (Hindi)Visha Navi (Siddha)Bong nga nag po  བོང་ང་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Sman chen (A spicatum, Tibetan)Beesh (Unani)Zhan Hua Wu Tou (A. chasmanthum, TCM)Ni Bo Er Wu Tou (A. ferox, TCM)Tie Bang Chui   铁棒锤  (A. flavum, A. pendulum, TCM) Aconitum feroxF.E. Kohler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3…

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Patrinia, Bai Jiang Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Patrinia, Bai Jiang Cao 败酱草 Bai Jiang Cao (TCM) Patrinia scabiosifolia Loddiges, C.L., botanical cabinet [C. Loddiges] (1828) Patrinia villosa(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Patrinia villosa, P. scabiosifolia (P. scabiosaefolia ) Parts used: Whole Herb (sometimes just the root is used) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and…

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Tinospora Starch, Giloy Satva

ByAdam Tate

Tinospora Starch, Giloy Satva Giloy Satva, Guduchi Satva, Giloe ka sat (Ayurveda) Tinospora cordifolia Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia and related species. (See Tinospora) Parts used: Starch extracted by water extract Temperature & Taste: Warm (Neutral), Sweet, BitterBalance Vata (Wind) and Pitta (Bile) Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach, Benefits Digestion:–Indigestion, malabsorption–Colic, bloating, abdominal distention–Heartburn, chronic Gastritis–clears…

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Jade, Yu

ByAdam Tate

Jade, Yu 玉 Lapis Nephriticus: Nephrite: Kidney StoneYu (TCM)Sangeyasab (Ayurveda, Sanskrit)Yasaba, Hajarul Yasaba (Arabic)Yashab (Unani)Yang tri (Tibetan) Jadeite (Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Two different minerals are called Jade: Nephrite–Amphibole group (most common) Jadeite–Pyroxene group Parts used: Prepared Green mineral Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Salty Properties:Hardness: Nephrite 5-6; Jadeite: 6.5-7.Refractive index: 1.66-1.68Density:…

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Angelica PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica Canda (Unani) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Left: Angelica sativa;  Right: Angelica sylvestrisKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kohlers Medizinal Pflanzen, Vol. 2, 1888 Angelica rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEEDSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Angelica archangelicaSeveral Wild species were…

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Halerpestes, Chu rug sbal lag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Halerpestes, Chu rug sbal lag ཆུ་རུག་སྦལ་ལག་ Chu rug sbal lag (TibetJian Mao Gen Shu 碱毛茛属 (TCM) Halerpestes cymbalariaOeder, G.C., Flora Danica (1761-1861) Halerpestes cymbalaria(Photo from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database) Halerpestes sarmentosa(Photo by Юлия, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Halerpestes spp. H. cymbalaria (syn. Ranunculus cymbalaria) H. tricuspis (syn. Ranunculus tricuspis) H. sarmentosa H. salsuginosa Other related species…

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Rooster

ByAdam Tate

Rooster (From Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts used: Whole Bird, Blood Uses: BILE (Slightly Cool. Bitter):-Heat-type Cough, Whooping Cough. (TCM, Asia)-Gravel. (TCM)-Applied to poor eyesight, conjunctivitis, ulcers and boils (TCM)-applied to various eye problems and eye growths in the West. BLOOD (Neutral, Salty):The blood from a Cocks Comb…

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