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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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Calcitum 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…

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Piper methysticum, Kava FREE

ByAdam Tate

Piper methysticum, Kava Kava KavaKa Wa Hu Jiao 卡瓦胡椒 (TCM) Image from Natural History Museum, London Piper methysticum (Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Piper methysticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter. Numbing Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Calms the…

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Sanicula, Sanicle

ByAdam Tate

Sanicula, Sanicle Wood Sanicle, Sanicula, Sennicula, Diapensia, Ferraria minor, Consolida minor Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Sanicula europaWirtzung described three separate herbs called and used for Sanicle: True (‘Male’) Sanicle Alpine Sanicle: fat leaves similar to Plantain, with flowers like Cowslip, blue or purple colored ‘Female’…

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Chlorophytum, Musali PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chlorophytum, Musali Shveta Musali (Ayurveda)Safed Musali (Unani)Vallai Musali (Siddha)Tibbati Ginseng (Folk) A. tuberosumRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 2 (1798) Chlorophytum tuberosum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chlorophytum spp. C. arundinaceum (official species) C. borivillianum C. tuberosum C. indicum (syn. C. attenuatum) This is one of the herbs used for White…

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Sargentodoxa, Da Xue Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sargentodoxa, Da Xue Teng 大血藤 Da Xue Teng, Hong Teng (TCM) Sargentodoxa cuneata (Photo by JohnJGasper2) (Wikimedia) Sargentodoxa Hong Teng (Adam, 2013) Botanical name: Sargentodoxa cuneata Parts used: Vine Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Slightly Cool. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Abscesses, Boils, Carbuncles, Toxic Swellings-Breast Abscess, Intestinal Abscess with…

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Ligusticum sinense, Gao Ben FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ligusticum sinense, Gao Ben 藁本 Chinese LovageGao Ben (TCM) Ligusticum sinenseHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum (1891) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ligusticum spp. L. sinense L. jeholense L. tenuissimum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the Exterior:-Wind-Cold…

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Coleus, Makandi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coleus, Makandi Country Borage Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 46 (1819) Botanical name: Coleus forskohlii (syn. C. barbatus, Plectranthus forskohlii, P. barbatus) Parts used: Primarily Root; also the Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Stops Spasms:-Spasms, Cramps, Convulsions-skin diseases with Itching-Hypertension (proven effect)-Glaucoma (proven effect) 2. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis,…

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Limonum, Lemon

ByAdam Tate

Limonum, Lemon Leemu (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Citrus limonum (syn. Citrus medica, Malus medica, Malum citrum) Parts used: Peel, Fruit Temperature & Taste: Peel: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sour, Aromatic; Fruit: Cool, dry. Sour, Sweet. Classifications: Fruit: B. Clears Heat Uses: PEEL:Peel is…

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Artemisia Scoparia, Yin Chen Hao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia scoparia, Yin Chen Hao 茵陈蒿 Virgate WormwoodYin Chen Hao (TCM)Tshar bong dkar po  ཚར་བོང་བོང་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Artemisia scopariaWaldstein & Kitaibel, Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia capillaris, A. scoparia Parts used: HerbAccording to Tibetan texts, the root is most effective, although the herb…

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Olibanum, Frankincense FREE

ByAdam Tate

Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香 Also called Thus, LibanosRu Xiang (TCM)Shallaki (Ayurveda)Kundur (Unani)Spos dkar  སྤོས་དཀར  (Tibetan) Left: Olibanum; Right: ThusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Boswellia SerrataMedical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640) Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 Frankincense (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Boswellia thurifera, B….

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Alstonia, Saptaparna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alstonia, Saptaparna Devil’s Tree, Shaitan or Chatiyan Wood, Dita Bark Saptaparna, Vishaal-tvak, Sharad (Ayurveda)Chattun, Chhativan, Satauna, Chatni (Unani)Pala, Ezhilaippali, Mukkam palai (Siddha) Alstonia scholaris M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Botanical name: Alstonia scholaris A. macrophylla is also used in Unani. Parts used: Primarily the Bark; also the flower, leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….

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Liquidambar, Lu Lu Tong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Liquidambar, Lu Lu Tong 路路通 Liquidambar, Fragrant MapleLu Lu Tong (TCM) Liquidambar formosana Hooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1867) Liquidambar formosana fruit(Photo by Yoiyoi kancho) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Liquidambar formosana Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter Classification: K. Move the Blood Uses: 1. Moves Qi and Blood, Opens Obstructions:-Abdominal…

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