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Sideritis, Ironwort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sideritis, Ironwort Soldier’s Herb, Shepherd’s Tea, Heraclea, Militaris Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Sideritis montanaDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796 Sideritis syriacaPhoto by Kenraiz (wikimedia) Botanical name: Sideritis spp.A number of species are used the locally: S. montana (syn. Stachys bicolor) S. syriaca, S. scardica S. euboea S. raeseri Salmon listed 13 varieties in…

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Plantago ovata, Ispaghul

ByAdam Tate

Plantago ovata, Ispaghul, Psyllium Ispaghul, Ispaghula, Blonde PsylliumAshwagol (Ayurveda)Tukhm Aspghol (Unani) H.G.A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Plantaginaceae, vol. 269 (1937) Botanical name: Plantago spp.Two main species supply Psyllium or Ispaghul: Blonde, White, Indian Psyllium, or Ispaghul: P. ovata (syn. P. orbignyanus, P. decumbens, P. ispaghula) Black, French or Spanish Psyllium: P. psyllium and P. afra Parts used:…

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Callicarpa, Zi Zhu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Callicarpa, Zi Zhu 紫珠 Beauty Berry, Perfumed CherryZi Zhu (‘Purple Pearl’), Du Hong Hua (TCM)Priyangu (Ayurveda)Gnazhal (Siddha) Callicarpa fomosanaBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Callicarpa japonicaAddisonia (1918 Callicarpa dichotoma (Van Houtte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1858) Callicarpa bodonieri(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Callicarpa spp.A number of species are…

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Pisum, Peas

ByAdam Tate

Pisum, Peas Karsana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Pisum sativumSeveral varieties were known and used Parts used: Peas Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot from the first to the second degree and dry in the third degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1….

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Elsholtzia, Byi rug PRO

ByAdam Tate

Elsholtzia, Byi rug བྱི་རུག Byi rug, Phur nag (Tibet)Xiang Ru (E. splendens); Ban Bian Su (E. ciliata) (TCM) Elsholtzia ciliataSturm, J., Sturm, J.W., Deutschlands flora, 1845-1849 Elsholtzia ciliata(Photo by Leslie J. Mehrhoff) (Wikimedia) Elsholtzia splendens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Elsholtzia spp.Several species are used: E. calycocarpa (syn. Elsholtzia densa) is the typical plant used…

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Asphaltus, Bitumen

ByAdam Tate

Asphaltus, Bitumen Judaicum Judean Pitch, Jew’s Pitch, Resina TerraPissasphaltum is manufactured from Bitumen and PitchQafr al-Yahud (Avicenna) Minerological name: Bitumen Parts used: Traditionally from Judea (Dead Sea) and BabylonThe best was accounted purplish-black. However, other Bitumenous substances were commonly used in its place.‘It is found in the form of light black pieces which are fragile…

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Rosa, Rose PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花 Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog  སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and…

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Caesalpinia sappan, Pattanga, Su Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caesalpinia sappan, Pattanga, Su Mu 苏木 Sappan WoodPattanga (Ayurveda)Bakam (Unani)Bukam (Arabic)Patangam (Siddha)Su Mu (TCM) Caesalpinia sappanBen Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Caesalpinia sappanM. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Fresh sappanwood for sale at the Ereke market, northern Buton Island, Indonesia(Photo by David E Mead, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caesalpinia sappan Parts used: Heart wood Temperature…

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Sinomenium, Qing Feng Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sinomenium, Qing Feng Teng 青风藤 Qing Feng Teng (TCM) Iwasaki, T., Honzo zufu (1916-1921) Botanical name: Sinomenium acutum, Sinomenium acutum var. cinerum Parts used: Vine Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter, Pungent Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Stops Pain:-painful obstruction of the muscle and joints; Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis-edema, swelling and pain…

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Thlaspi, Treacle Mustard PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thlaspi, Treacle Mustard Thlaspi, Pennycress, Treacle Mustard, Mithridate MustardBre ga  བྲེ་ག  (Tibetan)Xi Ming, Bai Jiang Cao (TCM); Thlaspi arvenseFuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, 1543 Thlaspi arvense(«Bilder ur Nordens Flora», 1917) (Wikimedia) Patrinia scabiosaefolia(an alternate herb used in China)Sweet, R., British flower garden, vol. 2 (1823-1825) Thlaspi arvense(Photo by Enrico Blasutto) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thlaspi arvenseSalmon noted…

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Fossil Spirifer

ByAdam Tate

Fossil Spirifer Dove Stone, Swallow StoneShi Yan  石燕 (‘Swallow Stone’, TCM)Byi ‘u mgo  བྱི་འུ་ མགོ་ (‘Small Bird Head’, Tibetan Medicine) Fossilve Spirifer (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2016) Zoological name: Devonian fossil brachiopods including Spirifer disjunctus Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Salty, slightly Sweet Constituents: Mainly calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, small amount…

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Primula, Shang dril PRO

ByAdam Tate

Primula, Shang dril ཤང་དྲིལ་ Shang dril (Tibet) Primula secundifloraCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1914) Primula sikkimensisRegel, E.A. von, Gartenflora (1876) Botanical name: Primula spp.A number of species are used in Tibetan Medicine: Shang dril smug po (Brown): P. calderiana Shang dril dkar po (White): P. reidii, P. atrodentata Shang dril ser po: (Yellow): P. sikkimensis Shang…

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