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Anisodus, Thang phrom nag po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anisodus, Thang phrom nag po ཐང་ཕྲོམ་ནག་པོ་ Thang phrom nag po (Tibet)Zang Qie (A. tanguiticus, TCM)Sai Lang Dang (A. luridus, TCM)San Fen San (A. acutangulus, TCM) Anisodus luridusLink, J.H.F., Otto, F., Icones plantarum selectarum (1828) Anisodus tanguticusPhoto by BIO341prj (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Anisodus spp: A. tanguticus (syn. Scopolia tangutica) (Tibet) A. luridus (Nepal) A. acutangulus In…

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Fox Lungs

ByAdam Tate

Fox Lungs Wa yi glo ba (Tibetan Medicine)Riat at talab (Arabic) (Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1890) Zoological name: Vulpes spp. Parts used: Dried Lungs Temperature & Taste: Neutral Uses: 1. Strengthens the Lungs, Stops Cough and Wheezing: (West, Tibetan)-Chronic Cough, Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, Wheezing, Breathlessness-Lohoch of Fox Lungs was commended ‘above all other remedies’ to…

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Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao

ByAdam Tate

Praying Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao 桑螵蛸 Sang Piao Xiao (TCM) Mantis religiosa Egg CasePhoto by Dhrm77 (Wikimedia) Above: Praying Mantis Egg Case for sale atthe Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Left: Mantis religiosa (Photo by Chaos) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Various species of Praying Mantis: Mantis religiosa (Bao Chi Tang Lang) Paratenodera sinensis (syn….

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Carissa carandas, Karamarda PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carissa carandas, Karamarda Karanda Karamarda (Ayurveda)Kalakkai (Siddha)Kakronda, Karaunda (Unani)Laaz (Arabic) Carissa carandasW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1795) Carissa carandas(Photo by Sakurai Midori, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Carissa carandasOthers reportedly used include Carissa spinarum, C. inermis (Syn. C. macrophylla) Parts used: Root; also leaf and fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter…

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Phellinus, Sang Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellinus, Sang Huang 桑黄 Black Hoof MushroomSang Huang (‘Mulberry Yellow’), Sang Huang Ling Zhi  (TCM)Meshima (Japan)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) Boletus igniarius (syn. Phellinus igniarius)Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (Sowerby, 1797–1809) Sang Huang from the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2018) Phellinus igniarius, photo by George Chernilevsky (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellinus…

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Sterculia, Pang Da Hai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sterculia, Pang Da Hai 胖大海 Pang Da Hai (TCM) Sterculia lychnophoraPierre, J.B.L., Flore forestiere de la Cochinchine (1890-1891) Sterculia lychnophora seeds(Photo by Daderot, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sterculia lychnophora (syn. Scaphium affine)Sterculia scaphigera (syn. Scaphium scaphigerum) is used similarly in India. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classification: P. Clear Hot Phlegm…

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Conch Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Conch ash, Shankh Bhasma Shankh Bhasma (Ayurveda)Shankh Kushta (Unani)Dung thal (Tibetan) Conch shell(Photo by Mario1952) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: A number of different species supply Conch shells.The typical species used in India is Turbinella pyrum Parts used: Usually used in Bhasma formThere are 2 main types recognised in India: Vama Varta (opening of the Shell is…

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