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Madhuca, Madhuka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Madhuca, Madhuka Mahua tree, Butter treeMadhuka (Ayurveda)Mahua (Unani)Kattuiluppu (Siddha) Madhuca longifoliaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 1 (1795) Botanical name: Madhuca longifolia (syn. M. indica, M. latifolia, Bassia latifolia)M. butyracea (syn. Aisandra butyracea) is used synonymously in some parts of India. Parts used: Primarily Flower; also fruit, bark Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang 水丁香 Climbing Seed BoxShui Ding Xiang (TCM) Ludwigia prostrataGrandidier, A., Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, Atlas (1886-1903) Ludwigia prostrata(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ludwigia prostrataLudwigia octovalvis (Mao Cao Long) has similar effects. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promotes Urine Uses:…

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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber (Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa,…

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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Geum, Avens

ByAdam Tate

Geum, Avens G. urbanum: Herb Bennet, Benedict’s Herb, Colewort, Blessed Herb, Yellow Avens, Wood Avens, Avance, Anancia, Enancia, CaryophyllataG. rivale: Water Avens, Cure-All, Chocolate root Geum urbanumHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Geum urbanumDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Geum rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Geum spp.Several varieties are used, all with very similar…

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Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus རྒུ་དྲུས Rgu drus (Tibet) Corydalis dasypteraMaximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem Flora Tangutica, vol. 1 (1889) Botanical name: Corydalis dasypteraTwo types of Rgu drus are recongised: Superior: Swertia wolfangiana (Rgu drus mchog) Inferior: Corydalis dasyptera (Rgu drus dman pa) Swertia kingii is called Ser po Rgu…

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Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam Wild Yam (U.S.), Colic Root N.J. von Jacquin, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3 (1786-1793) C.F. Millspaugh, American medicinal plants, vol. 2 (1892) 1. Dioscorea villosa var. glabra2. Dioscorea villosa(King’s American Dispensatory, Felter & Lloyd, 18th Ed., 1898) 1, Portion of stem attached to the rhizome and a rhizomewhich is branched and…

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Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma ནད་མ་སྣུན་མ་ Hooked StinkseedNad ma snun ma (Tibet) Hackelia uncinata(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Hackelia uncinata closeup(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hackelia uncinata (syn. H. glochidiata, Cynoglossum uncinatum, C. laxum, Eritrichium uncinatum)Three types of Nad ma are differentiated in Tibetan Medicine: Nad ma ‘byar ma: Cynoglossum wallichii, C. lanceolatum Nad…

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Adonis, False Hellebore

ByAdam Tate

Adonis, False Hellebore Bohemian Orchid, Devil’s Eye, Goat Flower, Yellow Pheasant’s Eye Adonis vernalis(Source: Bilder ur Nordens Flora, Stockholm) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis(Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1812) Adonis vernalis(Photo by Marco Schmidt) (Wikimedia) Adonis amurensis(Photo by たね) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis root, leaf, flower and seed.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Adonis vernalisThe Chinese A….

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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao

ByAdam Tate

Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao 五指毛桃 Hispid Fig, Hairy Fig, Roughhair Fig, Fissured Fig, Coarse-leaf Fig, “Five-fingered Peach”Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM) Ficus simplicissimaThe botany of Captain Beechey’s voyage (1841) Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao(Adam 2024) Botanical name: Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially…

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Callerya, Niu Da Li

ByAdam Tate

Callerya, Niu Da Li 牛大力 “Cow Big Power”, Showy Millettia, Golden Bell Root, Mountain Lotus root Callerya speciosa Niu Da Li root(Photo by Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Callerya speciosa (syn. Millettia speciosa, Nanhaia speciosa) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Increases Qi:–Fatigue, deficiency–Chronic Hepatitis–Spermatorrhea–Leukorrhea–Anti-cancer–regarded as prolonging…

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