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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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Earthworm, Di Long FREE

ByAdam Tate

Earthworm, Di Long 地龙 Di Long ‘Earth Dragon’ (TCM)Kharateen (Unani) Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Bulk Prepared Earthworm as available on the Chinese Market (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Dried Earthworm as used in Unani medicine (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Entomological name: Primarily Lumbricus and…

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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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Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui PRO

ByAdam Tate

Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui 龙葵 Garden NightshadeKakamachi, Kakahya (whole herb, Ayurveda)Brhati (dried root, Ayurveda)Mako (Unani)Long Kui (TCM)Manatakali (Siddha)  Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 SOLANUM FRUIT1. Fruits of variable size.  2. Pedicle and persistent calyx. 3. Sunken surface of the fruit. …

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Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren FREE

ByAdam Tate

Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 Yi Yi Ren (TCM) Coix lachrymaBonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, 1783-1816 Coix Yi Yi Ren Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Coix lachrymaCoix lachryma-jobi and Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen are official in TCM. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bland…

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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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Turpeth, Turbith PRO

ByAdam Tate

Turpeth, Turbith TurpethumTrivrita, Tri-vrta (Ayurveda)Nishoth (Hindi)Turbud, Turbud Mujaffif, Turbud Safed (Unani) Arabian TurbithOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Blackwell, Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1760 Turbith RootHerbario nuovo, 1667 Turpeth root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) BUY WHITE TURBITH POWDER Botanical name: Operculina spp.Two types are recognised, White and Black. White Turbith: O. turpethum (syn. Ipomoea turpethum,…

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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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Hemidesmus, Sariva PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hemidesmus, Sariva Indian SarsaparillaSariva, Anantamula (Ayurveda)Nannari (Siddha)Sugandhi (Hindi)Ushba (Unani) Witsen, N., Jager, H. de, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae’ (1700) Burman, J., Thesaurus Zeylanicus, (1737) Hemidesmus indicus(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hemidesmus indicus (syn. Periploca indicus)Traditional Ayurvedic texts described 2 varieties of Sariva: Black Variety: Cryptolepis buchananii White Variety: Hemidesmus indicus They…

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Dioscorea polystachya, Shan Yao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea polystachya, Shan Yao 山药 Chinese YamShan Yao (TCM) Dioscorea alataDescourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles, 1829 Dioscorea polystachya(Photo by James H. Miller) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dioscorea spp.D. polystachya is the standard species. Also used are D. persimilis, D. alata, D. fordii, D. batatasA number of texts list D. opposita,…

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Senna, Fan Xie Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Senna, Fan Xie Ye 番泻叶 Fan Xie Ye (TCM)Svarna-pattri, Markandi (Ayurveda)Sanna (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Indian Senna (C. angustifolia); Right: Alexandrian Senna (C. acutifolia)Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Cassia acutifoliaAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Cassia angustifoliaAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Alexandrian Senna(Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897) Botanical name: Cassia spp. Alexandrian Senna: C….

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Woodfordia, Dhataki

ByAdam Tate

Woodfordia Fire-Flame BushDhataki, Dhaatri (Ayurveda)Velakkai (Siddha) Woodfordia fruticosaThe Botanical Register, Edward’s 1815 Woodfordia fruticosa flower(Photo by Rohit Naniwadekar) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Woodfordia fruticosa, W. floribunda Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat:-Fever-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Erysipelas-Cough (paste of the Flowers)-also for Liver Heat 2. Strengthens the Heart, Moves the Blood:-regarded…

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