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Betonica, Betony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Betonica, Betony Chiron, Serratula Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Betonica officinalis Parts used: Herb; flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentdiscusses, attenuates, opens, cleanses Classification: 2G. CLEANSING.   2T. GLUTINATE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3M. ARTHRITIC.   3O….

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Cornus, Shan Zhu Yu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cornus, Shan Zhu Yu 山茱萸 Asciatica Cornelian CherryShan Zhu Yu (TCM) Cornus officinalisAddisonia, 1918 Cornus officinalis(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Cornus Shan Zhu Yu fruit(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cornus officinalis Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Sour Classifications: 2O. ASTRINGENTSTCM:R. Astringents Uses: 1. Stabilises the Kidneys,…

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Cucurbita, Pumpkin

ByAdam Tate

Cucurbita, Pumpkin PepoTukhm e Kadu (Unani)Nan Gua Zi 南瓜子, Bai Gua Zi  白瓜子 (TCM)Ka bed  ཀ་བད  (Tibetan) PepoKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo Parts used: Seeds; Fruit (as food) Temperature & Taste: Cool, Moist. Sweet, Bitter Classification: S. Worms and Parasites Uses: 1. One of the 4 Greater Cold…

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Schizonepeta, Jing Jie FREE

ByAdam Tate

Schizonepeta, Jing Jie 荆芥 Japanese Catnip, Fineleaf Schizonepeta SpikeJing Jie (TCM) Schizonepeta tenuifolia Schizonepeta multifida(Photo by Doronenko) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Schizonepeta tenuifolia (syn. Nepeta tenuifolia), S. multifida (syn. Nepeta multifida) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold,…

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Linum, Linseed FREE

ByAdam Tate

Linum, Linseed FlaxseedTukhm e Katan (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.   …

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Trichosanthes Semen, Gua Lou Ren FREE

ByAdam Tate

Trichosanthes Semen, Gua Lou Ren 瓜娄仁 Gua Lou Ren (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii, T.  rosthornii Parts used: Trichosanthes Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, moist. Sweet…

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Ophiopoglossum, Adder’s Tongue

ByAdam Tate

Ophioglossum, Adder’s Tongue Serpent’s Tongue, Christ’s Spear, Lancea Christi, Ophioglossum, Lingua SerpentinaPing Er Xiao Cao (TCM) L’Histoire des Plantes, Paris, 1584 OphioglossumBlackwell, E., Herbarium Blackwellianum, vol. 5 (1765) OphioglossumBilder ur Nordens Flora, Lindman, 1917 Ophioglossum vulgatum(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ophioglossum vulgatum Parts used: Roots, leaves Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Classifications: Cleansing, Alterative,…

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Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)Shi Dan Cao (TCM) Corallodiscus lanuginosusPhoto by Woudloper (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallodiscus spp. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata) C. kingianus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)-all types of Toxicity-Fever, Cough,…

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Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing 王不留行 Cowherb seedWang Bu Liu Xing, Mai Lan Cai (TCM) Vaccaria hispanica (as Isatis sylvestris Hispanica)Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Vaccaria segetalisMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2 (?) Vaccaria segetalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vaccaria segetalis (syn. V. hispanica, V. vaccaria, V….

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Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye 桑叶 Sang Ye (TCM）Sring Shing Lo Ma  སྲིང་ཤིང་ལོ་མ་མ་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly Moist. Bitter, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat: -Fever, Cold, Flu, sore Throat-nasal obstruction, Sinusitis-also to promote expression of rashes in…

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Lupulus, Hops PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lupulus, Hops Lupulus salictarius, Lupulus reptitius, Volubilis, Humulus, Habiola Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Humulus lupulus Parts used: FlowerLupulin is the powder from the glandular hairs of hop flowers. It is used similarly, but is…

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Abies webbiana, Talispatra PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abies webbiana, Talispatra Himalayan Silver FirTalisa, Talispatra (Ayurveda)Talispatri (Siddha)Talispattar (Unani)Zarnab, Talisfar (Arabic) Abies webbianaA.B. Lambert, Description of the genus Pinus and some other remarkable plants (1890) A manual of the Coniferae, Veitch, 1881 Botanical name: Abies webbiana (syn. A. spectabilis, Pinus webbiana) Parts used: Needles; also bark, oil, resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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