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Copper, Cuprum

ByAdam Tate

Cuprum, Copper, Cu VenusTamra (Ayurveda)Nuhas (Unani, Avicenna)Tong 铜 (TCM) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native CopperPhoto by Jonathan Zander (Digon3) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Cuprum Parts used: Oxide, BhasmaCopper Pyrite, Copper Sulphate, Verdigris and Malachite are also used. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry (Ayurveda, Dioscorides; some Vedic sources say Cool); Bitter, Pungent, Astringent, Sour, Sweet“Burnt copper is hot,…

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Thapsia, Scorching Fennel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thapsia, Scorching Fennel Deadly Carrot Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 3 varieties of Thapsia (Eicones plantarum, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590) T. garganica(Illustration by Ferdinand Bauer, 1787) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thapsia spp.It appears several species have been used:  1. T. garganica  2. T. villosa (‘Deadly Carrot’ or ‘Scorching Fennel’)  3. T. ascelpium (‘Narrow-leaved Carrot’)Varieties listed in Parkinson’s Herbal include,…

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Lepidium iberis, Pepper Grass

ByAdam Tate

Lepidium iberis, Pepper Grass Sciatica CressTudri Saifed, Bazr-ul-khumkhum (Unani)Kasis (Persian) Lepidium iberisDodoens [Dodonaeus ], R., Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX (1583) Lepidium iberisSharp, Helen, Water-color sketches of American plants, especially New England (1888-1910) Botanical name: Lepidium iberis (syn. L. virginicum) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1….

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Baeckea, Gang Song PRO

ByAdam Tate

Baeckea, Gang Song 岗松 Gang Song (TCM) Baeckea frutescens Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1828) Baeckea frutescens Photo by Wibowo Djatmiko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Baeckea frutescens Parts used: Whole plant; Leaf, Root, Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Move the Blood, Open Obstruction, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-has been used to induce Abortion-Bruising,…

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Brucea, Ya Dan Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Brucea, Ya Dan Zi 鸦胆子 Ya Dan Zi (TCM) Brucea javanicaRumphius (Rumpf), G.E., Herbarium amboinense, (1741) Brucea javanica(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Brucea javanica (syn. Rhus javanica) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter. Toxic Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Treats Dysentery:-special for chronic or…

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*Hippoglossum, Horsetongue

ByAdam Tate

Hippoglossum, Horsetongue Double-tongue, Tongue Blade, Tongue upon TongueBilingua (Latin) HippoglossumJ. Barrellier, Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae, (1714) Lesser HorsetongueSalmon, Botanologia, 1710 HippoglossumJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 10 (1840) Ruscus hypoglossum(Photo by Andrew Karpov) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ruscus hypoglossumGreater and Lesser varieties were known Parts used: Whole Herb; Root Temperature & Taste:…

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Chionanthus, Fringetree

ByAdam Tate

Chionanthus, Fringetree Fringe-tree, Old Man’s Beard, Flowering Ash Guimpel, F., Otto, F., Hayne, F.G., Abbildung der fremden, in Deutschland ausdauernden Holzarten (1809-1829) (Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Chionanthus barkSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Chionanthus virginicus Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Damp:-Headache,…

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Pratia, Tong Chui Yu Dai Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pratia, Tong Chui Yu Dai Cao 铜锤玉带草 PratiaTong Chiu Yu Dai Cao (TCM) Pratia nummulariaLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1830) Pratia nummularia(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pratia nummularia (syn. P. beonifolia, P. zeylanica, Lobelia nummularia) Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Wind and Damp:-Wind-Damp Rheumatic Pain…

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Euphorbia stracheyi, Khron bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphorbia stracheyi, Khron bu ཁྲོན་བུ་ Himalayan Prostrate SpurgeKhron bu (Tibet) Euphorbia longifoliaVentenat, E.P., Jardin de la Malmaison (1803-1805) Euphorbia himalayensis(Photo by Woudloper) (Wikimedia) Euphorbia sieboldiana(Photo by Keisotyo) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphorbia spp. E. stracheyi (syn. E. himalayensis) E. sieboldiana E. longifolia (syn. E. mellifera) Parts used: Prepared root Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet….

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子 Broom CypressDi Fu Zi (TCM) Kochia scopariaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919) Kochia scoparia(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:-urinary obstruction, difficult or…

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Clematis, Dbyi mong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clematis, Dbyi mong དབྱི་མོང༌ Dbyi mong  དབྱི་མོང༌ (Clematis spp)Dbyi mong khra po དབྱི་མོང་ཁྲ་པོ  (C. montana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong nag po  དབྱི་མོང་ནག་པོ  (C. tibetana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong dkar po  དབྱི་མོང་དཀར་པོ  (C. rehderianum) (Tibet)Dby mong ser po དབྱི་མོང་སེར་པོ (C. orientalis var. intricata) (Tibet)Chuan Mu Tong (C. montana) (TCM)Gan Qing Tie Xian Lian (C. tangutica) (TCM)Xi Zang Tie Xian Lian (C. tibetana)…

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Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua FREE

ByAdam Tate

Inula japonica, Xuan Fu Hua 旋覆花 Xuan Fu Hua (TCM) Inula britannicaBarrellier, J., Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae (?) Inula britannica(Photo by Repina Tatyana) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Inula spp. I. japonica I. britannica (Ou Ya Xuan Fu Hua) I. hupehensis (Hu Bei Xuan Fu Hua), used…

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