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Alpinia Katsumadai Semen, Galangal Seed, Cao Dou Kou

ByAdam Tate

Alpinia katsumadai, Galangal Seed, Cao Dou Kou 草豆蔻 Katsumada Galangal seedCao Dou Kou (TCM) Alpinia hainanensis(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Alpinia Cao Dou Kou(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alpinia katsumadai (syn. Alpinia hainanensis) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Warms the Stomach, Moves Qi, Dries…

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Wax, Cera

ByAdam Tate

Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation:-mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the tendons,…

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Equisetum, Horsetai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater Horsetail, the right showing a spindle of wound Horsetail for selling.Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 4 different varieties of HorsetailNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Equisetum…

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Alectorius, Cock Stone

ByAdam Tate

Alectorius – Cock Stone Electorius Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 “In an old Cock you may find, when you have opened his gizzards and looked, a White Stone. sometimes more than one, never fewer. This being born about one add Valor, and makes one strong in…

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Nummulite, Shadnaj

ByAdam Tate

Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….

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Rhus, Sumac FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts…

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Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris FREE

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitteropens, discusses…

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Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong 肉苁蓉 Rou Cong Rong (TCM) von Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4: 1833 Bunches of Wild Cistanche at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2017) Cistanche tubulosa(Photo by Nikola, cropped) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cistanche deserticola is the official species.Other species used in China include:…

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Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod FREE

ByAdam Tate

Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod Saracens WoundwortConsolida aurea, Consolida rubra, Consolida Saracenia, Colsolida Regalis, CalcatrippaLiu Zhi Huang, Yi Zhi Huang Hua (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Solidago virgaurea var. leiocarpa(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solidago virgaureaS. virgaurea var. leiocapa is…

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Rabbit Heart

ByAdam Tate

Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…

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Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶 He Ye (TCM) Nelumbo nucifera Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat: -Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating-Restlessness,…

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Geranium, Lao Guan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Geranium, Li ga dur ལི་ག་དུར Cranesbill, Common Heron’s Bill,Lao Guan Cao  老鹳草 (TCM)Li Ga Dur  (Tibetan)Bhanda (Ayurveda, G. nepalense) Geranium carolinianumA.J. Cavanilles, Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem, (1787) Geranium wilfordii(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Geranium spp.A number of species are used: G. wilfordii G. carolinianum  G. sibiricum G. nepalense (syn. G. affine) (TCM, Tibetan) G….

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