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Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen 太子参 Prince Ginseng, False StarwortTai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child’s Ginseng) Pseudostellaria heterophylla(Photos by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pseudostellaria heterophylla (syn. Krascheninikovia heterophylla, Stellaria heterophylla) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm and moist), Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: N. Qi Tonic Uses: 1. Tonify the Spleen, Increase Qi:…

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Dictamnus, White Dittany, Bai Xian Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dictamnus, White Dittany, Bai Xian Pi 白鲜皮 Polemonium of the ancients; FraxinellaBai Xian Pi (Root-bark of the Chinese Dittany) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dictamnus alba (syn. D. fraxinella, Fraxinella dictamnus)D. dasycarpus and D. angustifolius are the Chinese Dittany Parts used: Root;…

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Ovis, Sheep

ByAdam Tate

Ovis, Sheep Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Zoological name: Ovis aries and related species Uses: BILE:    1. With Honey for Falling Sickness.2. Applied (with wool) to a child’s navel to loosen the belly.3. Also applied to Cancers: it ‘cures the Carcinoma (anointed)’. (Schroder, Salmon)4….

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Tinospora Starch, Giloy Satva

ByAdam Tate

Tinospora Starch, Giloy Satva Giloy Satva, Guduchi Satva, Giloe ka sat (Ayurveda) Tinospora cordifolia Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia and related species. (See Tinospora) Parts used: Starch extracted by water extract Temperature & Taste: Warm (Neutral), Sweet, BitterBalance Vata (Wind) and Pitta (Bile) Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach, Benefits Digestion:–Indigestion, malabsorption–Colic, bloating, abdominal distention–Heartburn, chronic Gastritis–clears…

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Allium, Garlic PRO

ByAdam Tate

Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM)Lashuna (Ayurveda)Lehsun (Unani)Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Botanical name: Allium sativum Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except Sour.Heat, dries, opens discusses, thins Classification: 2A…

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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi 五加皮 Wu Jia Pi (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 16 (?) Eleutherococcus henryiCurtis’s botanical magazine, vol. 136 (1801) Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (called ‘Narrow-leaf Wu Jia‘ in China)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1915 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Acanthopanax spp. (syn. Eleutherococcus spp.)  1. A. gracilistylus …

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Jade, Yu

ByAdam Tate

Jade, Yu 玉 Lapis Nephriticus: Nephrite: Kidney StoneYu (TCM)Sangeyasab (Ayurveda, Sanskrit)Yasaba, Hajarul Yasaba (Arabic)Yashab (Unani)Yang tri (Tibetan) Jadeite (Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Two different minerals are called Jade: Nephrite–Amphibole group (most common) Jadeite–Pyroxene group Parts used: Prepared Green mineral Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Salty Properties:Hardness: Nephrite 5-6; Jadeite: 6.5-7.Refractive index: 1.66-1.68Density:…

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Angelica FREE

ByAdam Tate

Angelica Canda (Unani) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEEDSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Angelica archangelica Parts used: Root; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 3A….

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Calendula officinalis FREE

ByAdam Tate

Calendula, Marigold CalthaMe tog gur gum མེ་ཏོག་གུརགུམ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Calendula officinalis Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2L. EMOLLIENT3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.   3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G….

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Angelica PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica Canda (Unani) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Left: Angelica sativa;  Right: Angelica sylvestrisKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kohlers Medizinal Pflanzen, Vol. 2, 1888 Angelica rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEEDSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Angelica archangelicaSeveral Wild species were…

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Halerpestes, Chu rug sbal lag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Halerpestes, Chu rug sbal lag ཆུ་རུག་སྦལ་ལག་ Chu rug sbal lag (TibetJian Mao Gen Shu 碱毛茛属 (TCM) Halerpestes cymbalariaOeder, G.C., Flora Danica (1761-1861) Halerpestes cymbalaria(Photo from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database) Halerpestes sarmentosa(Photo by Юлия, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Halerpestes spp. H. cymbalaria (syn. Ranunculus cymbalaria) H. tricuspis (syn. Ranunculus tricuspis) H. sarmentosa H. salsuginosa Other related species…

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Rooster

ByAdam Tate

Rooster (From Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts used: Whole Bird, Blood Uses: BILE (Slightly Cool. Bitter):-Heat-type Cough, Whooping Cough. (TCM, Asia)-Gravel. (TCM)-Applied to poor eyesight, conjunctivitis, ulcers and boils (TCM)-applied to various eye problems and eye growths in the West. BLOOD (Neutral, Salty):The blood from a Cocks Comb…

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