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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong 千日红 Globe AmaranthQian Ri Hong (TCM)Amlana (Ayurveda) Gomphrena globosa Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Gomphrena globosa (Photo by Carl Lewis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gomphrena globosa Parts used: Flowering tops or Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, slightly Salty Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Whooping…

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Prunus spinosa, Sloe

ByAdam Tate

Prunus spinosa, Sloe BlackthornGerman Acacia (dehydrated unripe fruit juice) Prunus spinosaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Prunus spinosa(Photo by Georg Buzin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Prunus spinosa (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Fruit, collected before fully ripe (strongest astringent)Also the Leaf, Flower, Bark: all have similar properties, except the flowers which are laxative. Temperature…

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Ursi / Bos Fel, Bear / Cow Bile

ByAdam Tate

Bear / Cow Bile Xiong Dan 熊胆 (Bear Bile, TCM)Niu Dan 牛胆 (Cow Bile, TCM)Dom mkhris  དོམ་མཁྲིས  (Bear Bile, Tibetan Medicine) Dried Cow Gall Bladder as used in Tibetan Medicine in place of Bear Bile. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Traditionally, Bear Bile has been used in both East and West:  1. Ursus arctos (European Brown…

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Pogostemon/Agastache, Huo Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pogostemon seu Agastache, Huo Xiang 藿香 Wrinkled Giant-Hyssop, Patchouli (Agastache)Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda) Agastache rugosaPhoto by Dalgial (Wikimedia) Pogostemon cablinPhoto by Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:  1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)  2….

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Portulaca, Purslane PRO

ByAdam Tate

Portulaca, Purslane, Ma Chi Xian 马齿苋 Kulfa (Ayurveda)Kharfah, Kulfa (Unani)Ma Chi Xian (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist….

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Clerodendron trichotomum, Chou Wu Tong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clerodendrum trichotomum, Chou Wu Tong 臭梧桐 Chou Wu Tong (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 107 (1881) Clerodendrum trichotomum(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum trichotomum (syn. Clerodendron)Other species used include C. bungei and C. fragrans Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1….

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Pyrola, Wintergeen, Lu Xian Cao

ByAdam Tate

Pyrola, Wintergreen, Lu Xian Cao 鹿衔草 Wintergreen, Wild BeetLu Xian Cao (TCM) Pyrola rotundifoliaNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Pyrola rotundifoliaKurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Pyrola rotundifoliaFlora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al],. 1816 Botanical name: Pyrola rotundifolia (Europe)Various local species are used including: P. rotundifolia var. chinensis (syn. P. calliantha), P. decorata (TCM) P. japonica (Japan, North-East China)…

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Armeniaca, Apricot FREE

ByAdam Tate

Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus armeniacaOther species used in TCM include:  1. P. sibirica  2. P. manshurica   3. P. armeniaca L. var ansu Parts used: Kernel; Oil; rarely the Fruit or FlowerSweet…

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Sarracenia, Pitcher Plant

ByAdam Tate

Sarracenia, Pitcher Plant Indian Cup, Small-Pox Plant, Saddle plant, Side-Saddle plantHuang Ping Zi Cao (S. flava, Yellow Pitcherplant) Sarracenia spp.Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Sarracenia purpurea(Photo by incidencematrix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sarracenia spp. S. purpurea (most commonly used species) S. flava S. variolatus Some claimed the only active species was S. pururea (Morris), while others suggested…

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Blatta, Cockroach

ByAdam Tate

Blatta, Cockroach Oriental Cockroach, Water Bug, Black BeetleZhang Lang (TCM)Bse spur (Tibet)Banat wardan (Unani) Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)Manual of Organic Materica Medica, Sayre, 1879 American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)(Principal Household Insects of theUnited States, Howard, 1896) Entomological name: Blatta orientalis (syn. Periplaneta orientalis, Stylopyga orientalis)The American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, appears to have been used similarly in…

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Iris, Dres ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Iris, Dres ma དྲེས་མ Dres ma (Tibetan)Cherachi (Ayurveda)Ku Men Yuan Wei (TCM) Iris bulleyanaW.R. Dykes, The genus Iris, (1912) Iris lacteaAnnales de flore et de pomone, (1817) Iris kemaonensisCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1887) Iris bulleyana(Photo by peganum) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Iris spp.There are four types recognised in Tibetan Medicine: Mo dres  མོ་དྲེས  ‘Male’: Iris bulleyana, I….

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