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Phyla, Ya She Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phyla, Ya She Huang 鸭舌黄 Wild SageYa She Huang, Peng Lai Cao (TCM)Jalapippali (Ayurveda)Vashira (Sanskrit)Poduthalai, Potutalai (Siddha)Bukum (Unani) Phyla nodifloraSibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca (drawings) (1845-1847) Phyla nodiflora(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phyla nodiflora (syn. Lippia nodiflora, Verbena nodiflora) Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Slightly Toxic Classification:…

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Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony, Lang Ba Cao

ByAdam Tate

Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony, Lang Ba Cao 狼杷草 Water Agrimony, Bur Beggarsticks, Bur Marigold, Bastard HempHepatorum, EupatoriumLang Ba Cao (TCM) Bidens tripartitaKorsmo, E., Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planches des mauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer (1934) Botanical name: Bidens tripartita (syn. B. comosa, B. connata) Parts used: Whole Plant in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….

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Cremanthodium nepalense, Sngo sga PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cremanthodium nepalense, Sngo sga སྔོ་སྒ་ Nepalese ChrysanthemumSngo sga (Tibet)Nibo er Chui Tou Ju  尼泊尔垂头菊 (TCM) Cremanthodium reniforme(Photo by Krzysztof Golik) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cremanthodium spp.Two main types of Sngo sga are noted in Tibetans texts: Sngo sga: C. nepalense Sngo sga mi lpags ye shes: C. purpurea C. discoideum and C. reniforme are also said to…

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Pinus Lignum, Song Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pinus Lignum, Song Jie 松节 Chinese Red Pine, Knotty Pine WoodSong Jie (TCM) Pinus. massonianaLambert, A.B., description of the genus Pinusand some other remarkable plants (1828-1837) Botanical name: Pinus spp.  1. P. tabuliformis (syn. P. leucosperma)  2. P. massoniana (syn. P. sinensis)  3. P. yunnanensis Parts used: Wood Shavings / Branch nodes Temperature & Taste:…

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Polygonatum, Solomans Seal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygonatum, Soloman’s Seal, Yu Zhu 玉竹 Sigillum SalomonisYu Zhu (TCM)Ra mnye  ར་མཉེ  (Tibetan) P. sibiricum, Siberian Soloman’s Seal, Huang Jing 黄精 Narrow-leafed Soloman’s Seal, Siberian Soloman’s SealHuang Jing (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome)       Official Soloman’s Seal                                     Narrow-leaved Soloman’s Seal                Turners Herbal,…

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Stacte, Liquid Myrrh

ByAdam Tate

Stacte, Liquid Myrrh Commiphora myrrha Köhler, F.E., Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Commiphora myrrha Parts used: Liquid oily gum-resinTwo types were differentiated: Native: spontaneous liquid exudation of the Myrrh tree in an oily state Factitious: oil extracted from fresh Myrrh by mixing with a little water and pressing (Dioscorides) It is similar to Myrrh…

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Menispermum canadense, Yellow Parilla

ByAdam Tate

Menispermum canadense, Yellow Parilla Canadian Moonseed, Pisswort, Yellow Sarsaparilla, Texas Sarsaparilla Menispermum canadense,Addisonia, Vol. 8 (1916) Menispermum canadense rhizome and rootletsNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Menispermum canadense (syn. M. angulatum, M. smilacinum, Cissampelos smilacina) (America)M. dauricum of TCM is used similarly, but we have separated them. Parts used: Rhizome and root…

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Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy

ByAdam Tate

Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy Wild Poppy, Wind-Rose, Bastard Wild Poppy, Poppy Anemone, Crown AnemoneArgemonia, Concordia, Concordialis, Herba liburnica Two varieties of ArgemoneEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Anemone coronariaJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826) Botanical name: Anemone coronaria, A. fulgens, A. apennina Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo སྤངརྩི་དོ་བོ་ Spang rtsi do bo (Tibet)Yi Shao Cao 翼首草 (TCM) Pterocephalus hookeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1918 Botanical name: Pterocephalus hookeri (syn. Scabiosa hookeri) According to Tibetan literature, there are several types: Pterocephlaus hookeri (Spang rtsi ‘byar bag can) (primary medicine) Saussurea supberba (Lug rtsi do bo) Primula capitata Other species of Saussurea…

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Solanum indicum

ByAdam Tate

Solanum indicum, Bruhati Indian Nightshade, Poison BerryBruhati (Ayurveda)Tian Qie Zi (TCM) Solanum indicumPapillons de Surinam dessinés d’après nature”, plate 74, circa 1850 Solanum indicum(Photo by Muthukurussi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum indicum (syn. S. anguivi) Parts used: Root or Whole Plant; sometimes the Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm and…

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Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi 穿破石 Chuan Po Shi; Wei Zhi (TCM) Maclura cochinchinensisBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Cudrania tricuspidata(Photo by Plant Image Library) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cudrania spp.  1. C. cochinchinensis (syn. Maclura cochinchinensis)  2. C. tricuspidata Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: D. Clear Wind and…

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Spondias pinnata, Amrata PRO

ByAdam Tate

Spondias pinnata, Amrata Hog Plum, Wild MangoAmrata  (Bark); Amrataka (Fruit) (Ayurveda)Mambulichi (Siddha) Spondias pinnataN. Witsen, H. de Jager, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae anno MDCC (1700) Spondias pinnata fruit(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Spondias pinnata (syn. S. mangifera, S. acuminata)A ‘Greater’ variety is derived from S. cytherea Parts used: Principally the Stem-barkAlso…

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