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Anchusa officinalis, Bugloss

ByAdam Tate

Anchusa officinalis, Bugloss Oshsenzung (German) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Anchusa officinalis Parts used: Root; Herb; Flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist. Sweet, Bitter Uses: Use and Dose as for Borage Substitute: Borage Main Combinations: Often combined with Borage 1. Fever, Bugloss water, Plantain water, Syrup of…

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Morus Ramulus, Mulberry twig, Sang Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Ramulus, Mulberry Twig, Sang Zhi 桑枝 Sang Zhi (TCM） Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Twig Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter Classifications: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Damp, Clears the Channels, Benefits Joints: -wind-damp joint and muscle pain, especially of the upper body-Numbness of the extremities-Hemiplegia following Stroke-“good…

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Bauhinia, Kanchanara PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bauhinia, Kanchanara Mountain EbonyKanchanara (Ayurveda)Pita Kanchanara (Buds of B. racemosa)Cai Ban Yang Ti Jia (TCM) Bauhinia variegataCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1885) Bauhinia variegata(Photo by SAplants) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bauhinia variegata (syn. B. chinensis, B. decora, Phanera variegata), B. purpurescensB. racemosa (B. parviflora) is also used in Unani.Two varieties were mentioned in Ayurvedic classics; purple or rose-red…

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Cissampelos, Patha

ByAdam Tate

Cissampelos, Patha Velvet-Leaf Pareira Patha (Ayurveda)Patha (Unani)Apatta (Siddha)Ya Hu Nu (TCM) Cissampelos pareiraMedicinal Plants, Bentley and Triman, 1875 Cissampelos pareiraWeinmann, J.W., Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-1745) Botanical name: Cissampelos pareira, C. pareira var. hirsutaCyclea peltata is used as a source of Patha in South India. Parts used: Root; or the whole herb or leaf Temperature & Taste:…

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Stoechas FREE

ByAdam Tate

Stoechas, Stoechas CassidonieUstukhuddus (Unani) StoechasOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Stoechas(Photo by Carsten Niehaus) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lavandula stoechasSalmon listed 5 varieties. Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2U. SUPPURATIVE3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITIC4a. CEPHALIC.    4j….

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Brass Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Brass Bhasma Pittala Bhasma (Ayurveda)Rag thal (Tibetan) Minerological name: AerisBrass is prepared by smelting 2 parts of Copper with 1 part of Zinc. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood, Stops Bleeding:–Bleeding from various parts of the body–serious types of Anemia 2. Clears Wind and Damp, Resists Poison:–obstinate skin diseases inc….

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Amberboa ramosa, Badaward PRO

ByAdam Tate

Amberboa ramosa White Acanthus, Arabian ThornBadaward, Shukai (Unani)Shokat-al-Baida (Arabic)Sakayi (Hindi)Fen Zhi Po Ju (TCM) Amberboa ramosa as Volutarella divaricataKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 3 (?) Onopordum acanthium(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Amberboa ramosaSynonyms: Oligochaeta ramosa Centaurea divaricata Volutarella divaricata Microlonchus divaricatus Tricholepis procumbens Onopordum acanthium has also been equated…

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai FREE

ByAdam Tate

Phellodendron, Huang Bai 黄柏 Amur cork-tree barkHuang Bai (TCM) Phellodendron amurenseSargent, Trees and shrubs, illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, 1855 Phellodendron amurense(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Phellodendron chinense, P. amurense Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat…

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Shiraia, Zhu Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Shiraia, Zhu Huang 竹黄 Bamboo Mushroom, Bamboo Ginseng, Bamboo NotoginsengZhu Huang ‘Bamboo Yellow’ (TCM) Shiraia bambusicolaThis shows fungus still attached to branches of Bamboo. Botanical name: Shiraia bambusicola found on Bambusa, Chrysophyllum or Phyllostachys species. Parts used: Fleshy Stroma (Fungus) growing on Bamboo and spores Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops…

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Aconitum Anthora, Yellow Aconite

ByAdam Tate

Anthora, Yellow Aconite Antithora, Zedoaria Avicenna, Napellus Alexipharmicum Atlas der Alpenflora, Hartinger, 1882 Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Various Anthora rootsNew vollkommen Krauter-Buch, Theodorus, Bauhin Left: Anthora; Right: Anthora rootsKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 (Photo by Pipi69e) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aconitum anthora Parts used: root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent (Salmon said Hot…

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Quercus, the Oak PRO

ByAdam Tate

Quercus, the Oak Mon cha ra   མོན་ཆ་ར  (Tibetan) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Quercus spp.Q. robur, Q. alba, and Q. petraea are currently listed as official The Japanese use Q. dentata similarlyIn Tibetan Medicine, Q. lanuginosa and Q. acutissima are used Parts used: Bark; Leaf; Acorns and…

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Senecio, Ragwort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Senecio, Ragwort Tansy Ragwort, Ragweed; Jacobaea, Herb Jabobi, Herb James, St. James Wort, Stagger-wort, Segrum, Canker-wort Masclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2: 177? Lindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora, vol. 1 (1922-1926) Senecio jacobaea(Photo by Jonathan Billinger) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Senecio jacobaea (syn. Jacobaea vulgaris)Greater and Lesser types were known Parts used:…

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