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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (“Sweet root”, TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Athimathuram (Siddha) Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Three varieties of Licorice root available on the…

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Myricaria, ‘Om bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myricaria, ‘Om bu འོམ་བུ False Tamarisk‘Om bu (Tibetan) Myricaria bracteataJ.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, vol. 2 (1839) Botanical name: Myricaria spp.Several species are used:  1. M. bracteata  2. M. squamosa  3. M. elegans (syn. M. hoffmeisteri)  4. M….

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Amaranthus spinosus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Amaranthus spinosus Spiny AmaranthChaulai (Ayurveda) Bonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum (1783-1816) Botanical name: Amaranthus spinosus, A. polygamus Parts used: Whole plant; Seeds; Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, Sweet. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (West, Ayurveda)-Poisons, Toxic Fever-Intoxication, alcoholism; drowsiness due to poison or intoxication-High Fever, Chicken Pox, malaria-Boils, Eczema-Bites of Insects, Rats,…

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Aspidistra, Zhi Zhu Bao Dan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aspidistra, Zhi Zhu Bao Dan 蜘蛛抱蛋 AspidistraZhi Zhu Bao Dan (TCM) Aspidistra elatiorAddisonia (1933) Aspidistra elatior(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aspidistra elatior Parts used: Whole herb or Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm (some sources say Cool), dry. Sweet, Pungent Constituents: Steroidal saponins, inc. aspidogenin Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Opens Obstructions, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea,…

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Gnaphalium, Shu Qu Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gnaphalium, Shu Qu Cao 鼠曲草 CudweedShu Qu Cao (TCM)Gandha bha dra (Tibet) Gnaphalium uliginosumDietrich, A.G., Flora regni Borussici (1843) Gnaphalium affine(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gnaphalium spp. G. affine (syn. G. multiceps) (TCM, Tibet) G. uliginosum has been used very similarly in the West. Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sour,…

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Tragacantha, Gum Tragacanth PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tragacantha, Gum Tragacanth Kateera, Katira (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Astragalus tragacanth(Photo by Aroche) (Wikimedia) Ribbons of Gum TragacanthNotes on PharmacognosyOtto Augustus Wall, 1902 BUY TRAGACANTH Botanical name: Astragalus spp.Standard species of Astragalus used include: A. tragacanth (Asia minor, Persia) A, gummifer (widely…

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Cimicifuga racemosa, Black Cohosh

ByAdam Tate

Cimicifuga racemosa, Black Cohosh Black Snakeroot Cimicifuga racemosaThe Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, 1845 Cimicifuga racemosa(Photo by SB Johnny, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cimicifuga racemosa (syn. Actaea racemosa) Parts used: Dried root and rhizome Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Pungent, Bitter Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Regulates Qi, Promotes Menstruation:-painful or delayed Menstruation;…

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Przewalskia, Thang phrom dkar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Przewalskia, Thang phrom dkar po ཐང་ཕྲོམ་དཀར་པོ་ Thang phrom dkar po (Tibet)Ma Niao Pao, Ma Sui Pao (TCM) Botanical name: Przewalskia tangutica (syn. P. roborowskii, Mandragora shebbearei)Various types of Thang phrom are used in Tibetan Medicine: Thang phrom dkar po (‘White’): Przewalskia tangutica Thang phrom: Datura stramonium Thang phrom nag po (‘Black’): Anisodus tanguiticus Thang phrom…

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Anthocephalus, Kadamba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anthocephalus, Kadamba Wild CinchonaKadamba (Ayurveda)Venkadambu (Siddha) Anthocephalus cadambaP.W. Korthals, Kruidkunde [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen; deel Botanie], (1839-1842) Botanical name: Anthocephalus cadamba (syn. A. indicus, A. chinensis, A. morindaefolius, Neolamarckia cadamba, Nauclea cadamba, Sarcocephalus cadamba) Parts used: Stem-bark; also fruits and flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool. Sweet, Salty, Pungent Uses: 1….

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Cynanchum paniculatum, Xu Chang Qing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cynanchum paniculatum, Xu Chang Qing 徐長卿 Paniculate Swallow-wortXu Chang Qing (TCM) Botanical name: Cynanchum paniculatum (syn. Vincetoxicum pycnostelma) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Moves the Blood, Relieves Pain: (TCM)-Wind-Damp painful obstruction of the Joints and Muscles-Arthritis, Rheumatism, Rheumatic arthralgia-Lower…

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Juncus, Deng Xin Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Juncus, Rush, Deng Xin Cao 灯心草 Common or Soft Rush, Green Bull RushDeng Xin Cao (TCM) Juncus effususSturm, J., Krause, E.H.L., Lutz, K.G., Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Zweite auflage (1900-1907) Juncus effusus(Photo by Christian Fischer) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Juncus effusus (TCM, West)The Rushes were used in the Western tradition too. Salmon…

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Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag སྤེན་ནག་ Bush CinquefoilSpen nag (Tibet) Potentilla fruticosaLindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1922) Potentilla fruticosa(Photo by Walter Siegmund) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Potentilla spp. Span nag: P. fruticosa (Yellow variety) (syn. Dasiphora fruticosa, Pentaphylloides fruticosa) Span dkar: P. dahurica (White variety) Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter,…

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