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Prunella, Self Heal, Xia Ku Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Also called Consolida minorXia Ku Cao (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunella vulgaris Parts used: Flowering tops; Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. (Warm in the West) Sweet, BitterBitter, Cleansing, Binding…

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nymphyae, Water Lilly Nenufar (Latin)Nilofar, Nasreen (Unani)Utpala (White-flolwered, Ayurveda)Nitopal (Blue-flowered, Ayurveda)Neelothpalam (Blue-flowered, Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Botanical name: Nymphea alba.Related species have been used. N. stellata (Indian Blue Water Lily) is used in Ayurveda, and both N. alba…

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Potentilla anserina, Gro lo sa ‘dzin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla anserina, Gro lo sa ‘dzin གྲོ་ལོ་ས་འཛིན་ Silverweed, Silver Cinquefoil, Wild TansyGro lo sa ‘dzin (Tibet)E Rong Wei Ling Cai (TCM) Potentilla anserinaKurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Potentilla anserinaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Potentilla anserina(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Potentilla anserina (syn. Argentina anserina)Potentilla fruticosa is said to be used synonymously…

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Evodia, Wu Zhu Yu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Evodia, Wu Zhu Yu 吴茱萸 EvodiaWu Zhu Yu (TCM) Evodia ruticarpaSiebold & Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, (1875) Evodia ruticarpaPhoto by Rudolphous (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Evodia ruticarpa (syn. E. rutaecarpa, E. officinalis), E. rutaecarpa var. oficinalis, E. rutaecarpa var. bodinieri Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Slightly Toxic Classification: M. Warm to Expel…

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Cynodon dactylon, Bermuda Grass

ByAdam Tate

Cynodon dactylon, Bermuda Grass Dog’s Tooth Grass, Dog’s Tooth Couch GrassDurva (Ayurveda)Arugampallu (Siddha)Duub, Doob (Unani)Dur Wa  དཱུར་ཝ  (Tibetan) Cynodon dactylonJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 1 (1806) Botanical name: Cynodon dactylon (syn. Panicum dactylon) Parts used: Herb (whole plant); Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes…

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Juncus, Deng Xin Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Juncus, Rush, Deng Xin Cao 灯心草 Common or Soft Rush, Green Bull RushDeng Xin Cao (TCM) Juncus effususSturm, J., Krause, E.H.L., Lutz, K.G., Flora von Deutschlandin Abbildungen nach der Natur, Zweite auflage (1900-1907) Juncus effusus(Photo by Christian Fischer) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Juncus effusus (TCM, West)The Rushes were used…

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Perilla, Perilla seed, Zi Su Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Perilla Semen, Perilla seed, Zi Su Zi 紫苏子 Perilla seedZi Su Zi (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Wheezing-fullness and stifling of the…

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Scordium, Water Germander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scordium, Water Germander Garlic GermanderSaqurdiun (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Teucrium scordium(Photo by Fornax) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Teucrium scordium (syn. T. palustre, T. arenarium, Chamaedrys scordium)Lesser and Greater varieties were known. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitterattenuates, cleanses Classifications: 3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS4f. SPLENETICA. Clear the Exterior…

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Crab

ByAdam Tate

Crabs & Crayfish Sdig srin  སྡིག་སྲིན  (Tibetan)Sartan (Unani)Sartan Behri Sokhta (Burnt Crab) (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Crab Shell and Crab Claws showing the Black Tips (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Cancer spp.Cancer marinus and othersAlso freshwater species of crayfish Parts used: 1….

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Agrimonia, Agrimony, Xian He Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Agrimonia, Agrimony Chinese Agrimony, Xian He Cao 仙鹤草 Xian He Cao (TCM)Ghafis (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarius Moguntinus, 1484 Agrimonia eupatoriaThomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, (1885) Agrimonia pilosa, used in TCMReichenbach, H.G.L., Iconographia botanica seu plantae criticae, (1823-1832) Agrimonia eupatoria(Photo by Ludwik Polak) (Wikimedia) Agrimonia pilosa(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia)…

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Sanguis Draconis, Dragons Blood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sanguis Draconis, Dragon’s Blood, Xue Jie 血竭 Xue Jie (TCM)Damm ul Akhwain (Unani)Raktaniryaas, Khoon-kharaba (Daemonorops draco, Ayurveda)Khoonkharaba, Heeradokhi (Dracaena cinnabari, Ayurveda) Sanguis DraconisOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Traditional source of Dragon’s Blood according toParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Dracaena cinnabariBalfour, I.B., Botany of Socotra, 1888 Daemonorops draco (syn. Calamus draco)Martius, C.F.P. von, Historia Naturalis Palmarum, 1826 Calamus…

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Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha FREE

ByAdam Tate

Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha 山楂 Oxyacantha, White ThornShan Zha (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 C. oxyacanthaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Chinese Hawthorn fruit slices (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Crataegus laevigata (formerly C. oxyacantha) and C. monogyna are the principle sources used in Europe.In TCM, C. cuneata…

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