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Adenanthera, Rakta Kambal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Adenanthera, Rakta Kambal Red Wood, Coral Wood, Sandal Bead-treeRakta Kambal, Rakta Kanchana (Ayurveda); Kamboji (Seed, Ayurveda)Anai gundumani (Siddha)Hai Hong Dou (TCM, Seed) Adenanthera pavonina N.J. von Jacquin, Collectanea Austriaca, vol. 4 (1790) Botanical name: Adenanthera pavonina Parts used: Leaf, bark, seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Bile diseases-skin diseases-Jaundice-heat-type Rheumatism…

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Tourmaline

ByAdam Tate

Tourmaline Schorl is the black varietyVaikranta (Sanskrit)Di Qi Shi (TCM) Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Tourmaline; Boron aluminosilicate Parts used: Prepared stoneThere are various colored Tourmaline but only black is used in medicine. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Salty. Tourmaline is said to have all 6 tastes in Ayurveda. Properties: Crystal system:…

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Moringa, Shigru PRO

ByAdam Tate

Moringa, Shigru ‘Miracle Tree’, Bean Oil Tree, Horse Radish Tree, Drumstick Plant, BenShigru, Sahunjana, Harita Chada (white-flowered variety) (Ayurveda)Sahajan (Unani)Murungai (Siddha)Pho ba ris dkar po (Tibetan) Moringa oleiferaF.P. Chaumeton, Flore médicale, vol. 2 (1829) Seed Cases (Glans ungentaria)M. de Lobel, Plantarum seu stirpium icones, vol. 2 (1581) Moringa seed(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Moringa oleifera (syn….

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Chili, Capsicum PRO

ByAdam Tate

Capsicum, Chili Chili Pepper, Hot PepperFilfil-i-Surkh (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 C. annuaAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893  Left: Fresh Chili;  Center: Dried Chili;  Right: Crushed Chili Botanical name: Capsicum spp. C. annum var. annum (longum type) C. frutescens (syn. C. minimum) C. baccatum C. chinensis C. pubescens Cayenne is a long variety…

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Cassia Fistula PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cassia fistula Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Cassia SolutivaAmaltas (Unani)Amaltas (Hindi)Arag-vadha (Sanskrit)Carakkonrai Puli (Siddha) Dong ga དོང་ག (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 CASSIA FISTULA1, 2. Grooves and ridges on one side of the fruit.3, Short stout pedicle. 3 (lower), Shows the cross partitionsand several seeds….

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Costus, Mu Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Costus, Mu Xiang 木香 Mu Xiang (‘Wood Fragrance’) (TCM)Kuth, Kushta (Ayurveda)Koddam (Siddha)Qust, Qust Shirin, Kuth (Unani)Ru Rta  རུ་རྟ  (Tibetan) Sweet and Bitter varieties of Costus(This is not Saussurea lappa)Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Arabian CostusA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 PseudocostusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Saussurea costus(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Herbarium, showing various Costus types, A. Bitter…

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Setaria Germinans, Su Ya

ByAdam Tate

Setaria Germinans, Su Ya 粟芽 Italian Millet SproutSu Ya (TCM)Khra ma  ཁྲ་མ་ (Tibet) Setaria italicaDodoens [Dodonaeus ], R., Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX (1583) Setaria italicaKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Setaria italica Parts used: Seed Sprout Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet and Bitter Classification: O. Promote Digestion. Uses: 1. Strengthens the Stomach,…

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Bull / Deer Pizzle / Testes

ByAdam Tate

Deer / Bull Pizzle / Testes Dried Deer Pizzle(Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017)​ Dried Deer Pizzle ornately packaged(Adam, 2017) Zoological name: Deer: Cervus spp.Bull: TaurusOther sources used include Pig, Fox, Horse, and in TCM, Dog (traditionally) and Seal Parts used: Dried Penis and/or TesticlesOften the entire Pizzle and Testes are dried and used, this being…

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Prunella, Self heal, Xia Ku Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Also called Consolida minorXia Ku Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Botanical name: Prunella vulgarisPrunella hispida is also used in parts of China. Parts used: Flowering tops; Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. (Warm in the…

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Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石

ByAdam Tate

Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi  (TCM)Cong Zhi  ཅོང་ཞི  (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Mineralogical name: CalcitumCalcium carbonate Parts Used:Various types and sources of ‘Calcite’ have been used. Some are related stones, for example, Red Gypsum is used for Calcite in North China and Limestone varieties may be also used. Tibetan Medicine…

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Centella, Pennywort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Centella, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao 积雪草 Indian Pennywort, Gotu KolaBrahmi, Mandukaparni (Ayurveda)Ji Xue Cao (TCM) Kirtikar, Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, 1918 Centella asiatica(Photo by Md. Siddiq Hasan) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centella asiatica (syn. Hydrocotyle asciatica)The European C. vulgaris has been used similarly.In India, Brahmi also encompasses Bacopa…

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Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi

ByAdam Tate

Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi Shi 阳起石 Amianthus, a type of Actinolite (traditionally Alumen plumbosum)Yang Qi Shi (TCM)Rdo chu, Rdo rul, Rdo skyur (Tibet) Amianthus and Asbestos treated together inMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 AmianthusA History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Actinolite (Heath Canyon, California, USA)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Mineralogical name: Green mineral of the amphibole group…

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