| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Ganoderma applanatum, Artists Conk PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ganoderma applanatum, Artist’s Conk Artist’s BracketShu She Ling Zhi  樹舌靈芝 (TCM)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) 2 local examples of Ganoderma (Adam, Victoria, 2019) Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of the U.S. are very similar in appearance…

| | | | | | | | | | |

Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu 苦木 Indian QuassiaKu Mu (TCM)Kashshing (Ayurveda) Picrasma quassioidesKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 2 (1918) Picrasma quassioides(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrasma quassioides Parts used: Branches and leaves (TCM)Wood and Bark (Ayurveda) Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Very Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Toxin:-Common Cold or…

| | | | | | | | | | |

Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang 檀香 Chanana (Ayurveda)Tan Xiang (TCM)Tsan Dan Dkar Po  ཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan)Sandal Safed (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Santalum album,Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Packaging for imported SandalwoodA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Australian Sandalwood available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (2010) BUY PREMIUM SANDALWOOD POWDER Botanical name: Santalum spp.  1….

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Levisticum, Lovage PRO

ByAdam Tate

Levisticum, Lovage HipposelinumSisaliyus (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Levisticum officinaleLigusticum chinensis (syn. L. sinensis, L. wallichi) is the Chinese Lovage Ligusticum Chuan Xiong. Parts used: Root; also the Seed and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent“Hot and Dry in the Second degree”…

| | | | | | | |

Lysmachia, Jin Qian Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lysimachia, Jin Qian Cao 金钱草 LysmachiaJin Qian Cao 金钱草, Guo Lu Huang 過路黄 (TCM) The closely related and similar looking Western Lysimachia nummulariaIcones Plantarum Medicinalium. 1788 Lysimachia christinae flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lysimachia christinae (syn . L. legendrei)A number of plants supply Jin Qian Cao on the…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Armeniaca, Apricot PRO

ByAdam Tate

Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 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 and Bitter varieties of Kernels are used….

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Myrtus, Myrtle

ByAdam Tate

Myrtus, Myrtle Myrtle, Clove Myrtle, Spanish MyrtleHabb-ul-Ass, Muurad (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MyrtusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Myrtus communis(Photo by Javier martin) (Wikimedia) Myrtle berries(Photo by Giancarlo Dessì) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Myrtus communis Parts used: Leaves, Fruit (‘berries’), SeedLeaf is more commonly used internally, berries mostly externally“Small…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Portulaca, Purslane FREE

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 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used:…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Arctium, Burdock PRO

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

| | | | | | | | |

Ferula sumbul, Musk root

ByAdam Tate

Ferula sumbul, Musk root Sumbul, SambalaRishah-i-kalafs (Unani) Sumbuluttib (Arabic) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Sumbul rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Ferula sumbul (syn. F. moschata) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Has a Musk-like odor Constituents:…

| | | | | | | | | | | |

Cleome, Ajagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cleome, Ajagandha Caravella; Spiderflower; Wild Mustard (Yellow-flowered)Tilaparni (White-flowered)Ajagandha (Yellow-flowered)Arkapushpi (Blue-flowered)Hurhur; Panwar (Yellow-flowered) (Unani)Kadugu, Nalvelai (Siddha)Bai Hua Cai Zi (TCM, Seed) White-flowered (C. gynandra)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 40 (1814) Yellow-flowered (Cleome viscosa)J. Martyn , F. Panzer, Abbildung und Beschreibung sellener Gewaechse neu übersetzt,systematisch bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von D. Georg Wolffgang Franz Panzer (1797)(From the…

| | | | | | | | | |

Polygala, Yuan Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala, Yuan Zhi 远志 Chinese Senega, Thinleaf MilkwortYuan Zhi (TCM)Byi ‘u srad ma  བྱི་འུ་ སྲད་མ་ (Herb, Tibetan Medicine) Colla., Icones plantarum rariorum herbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Polygala sibirica flower(Photo by Igorpysh) (Wikimedia Botanical name: Polygala spp. P. tenuifolia P. sibirica Parts used: Root. Classically, the root and leaf were often both used. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)…

End of content

End of content