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Uva Ursi, Bearberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clear Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Cystitis,…

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Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu 石斛 Shi Hu (TCM)Pu shel rtse  པུ་ཤེལ་རྩི  (Tibet) Dendrobium nobileAtlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Above: Bunches of freshly harvested DendrobiumRight: fresh, stripped and bunched stems(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dendrobium spp.D. nobile, D. candidum, D. fimbriatum are listed in the Chinese…

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Brain, Cerebrum

ByAdam Tate

Cerebrum, Brain Zoological name: Dervied from various animals: Pig, Sheep, Cow Chicken Parts used: 1. Decoction2. Dried and prepared Brain3. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Brain:–Mental dullness or Mental deficiency–Poor or failing memory–‘Strengthens the Wit and Memory‘ (Chicken Brain)–Neurasthenia, melancholy, epilepsy, chorea, migraine, psychosis, insanity, hysteria…

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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sanguinaria, Bloodroot Bloodroot, Redroot, Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis The Botanical Magazine, Curtis, 1792 Mary Vaux Walcott, North American wild flowers (1925-1927) BloodrootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sanguinaria canadensis Parts used: Rhizome, root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Lung Heat:-Cough,…

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Aeginetia, Ye Gu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aeginetia, Ye Gu 野菰 Indian Aeginetia, Indian Broomrape, Ghost FlowerYe Gu, Guan Hen Huang (TCM)Ankuri Bankuri (Hindi) Wight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1846) Roxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795) Left:Aeginetia indica(Photo by Vinayaraj)(Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aeginetia indica (A. aeginetia, A. boninensis, A. japonica, Orobanche aeginetia) Parts used: Whole Herb, fresh…

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Deglued Deer Horn, Lu Jiao Shuang

ByAdam Tate

Deglued Deer Horn, Lu Jiao Shuang 鹿角霜 Lu Jiao Shuang (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Deglued Deer horn (Adam, 2016)  Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2. C. elaphus (Red Deer) Parts used: Horn…

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Bellis, Daisy

ByAdam Tate

Bellis, Daisy Consolida minor, Bruisewort Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Bellis perennisGreater and Lesser varieties were known and used. Parts used: Herb, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Stops Pain:-bruising from Trauma, all types of Swellings, Aches and Pains associated with Blood…

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Liriope, Shan Mai Dong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Liriope, Shan Mai Dong 山麦冬 Shan Mai Dong (TCM) Liriope spicata(Edwards, S.T., Botanical Register (1815-1828)) Liriope spicataCurstis’s Botanical Maagazine, Volume 88, 1862 Botanical name: Liriope L. spicata L. spicata var. prolifera L. platyphylla (Kuo Ye Shan Mai Dong) L. muscari (Duan Ting Shan Mai Dong) Parts used: Root (Tuber) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet…

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Cissus, Asthisamhara PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cissus, Asthisamhara Quadrangularis, Square Stalked Vine, Grape Leaf VineAsthisamhara, Vajravalli (Ayurveda)Pirandai (Siddha)Hadjoda (Unani) Cissus quadrangularis(Kolkata Botanical Gardens, Adam, 2019) Cissus quadrangularisPhoto by SAplants Botanical name: Cissus quadrangularis (syn. Vitex quadrangularis) Parts used: Stem, Tuber Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Uses: 1. Strengthens the Bones and Joints:-Fractures, Bone bone, Dislocations, Bone alignment problems (internally…

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Senecio scandens, Rgu drus dman pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Senecio scandens, Rgu drus dman pa རྒུ་དྲུས་དམན་པ་ Climbing Groundsel, Climbing SenecioRgu drus dman pa (Tibet)Qian Li Guang 千里光 (TCM) Senecio scandensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Senecio scandens(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Senecio scandens Parts used: Whole herb, Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists…

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Azadirachta, Neem PRO

ByAdam Tate

Azadirachta, Neem, Nimba Margosa treeNimba, Nimbaka, Arishta (Ayurveda)Neem, Aazaad-Darakht-e-Hindi (Unani)Vemmu, Vembu, Veppan (Siddha)Nim Pa  ནིམ་པ  (Tibetan) ‘Azeadarach’, Ortus sanitatisCube, Johann von, 1501 Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones,vol. 2 (1581) Prodromi fasciculi rariorum plantarum,Breyne (1739) (Photo by Jimmy tikhak) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Azadirachta indica (syn. Melia azadirachta)M. toosenden and M. azedarach are regarded as different…

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Rhododendron anthopogon, Dwa Li PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhododendron anthopogon, Dwa lis, དྭ་ལིས Savoury Rhododendron Dwa Li (Flower), Ba Lu (Leaf) (Tibetan)Xiao Ye Pi Pa, Lie Xiang Du Juan (TCM) Rhododendron setosumThe rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, Hooker, 1851 Rhododendron anthopogon subsp. hypenanthumPhoto by Ulf Eliasson (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rhododendron spp.Two varieties are used in Tibetan Medicine for Dwa Li: Dwa li dkar po (‘White’):…

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