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Lawsonia, Henna, Madayanti PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lawsonia, Henna, Madayanti Madayanti (Ayurveda)Hina, Mehndhi (Unani) HennaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Lawsonia inermis flower(Photo by Tu7uh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lawsonia inermis (syn. L. spinosa), L. alba Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter“Henna is Cold in the First degree and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Heat and…

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Oenanthe, Shui Qin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Oenanthe, Shui Qin 水芹 Java Water DropwortShui Qin (TCM)Jatera (Ayurveda) Bencao pinhui jingyao, 1505 (Welcome Collection) Oenanthe javanica(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Oenanthe spp.Several species are used: O. javanica (syn. O. stolonifera) – Shui Qin O. benghalensis O. rivularis O. decumbens Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Slightly Cool. Sweet, Pungent, Sour Uses:…

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Trogopterus, Wu Ling Zhi

ByAdam Tate

Trogopterus Feces, Wu Ling Zhi 五灵脂 Flying Squirrel Feces, Complex-Toothed Flying SquirrelWu Ling Zhi (TCM) Trogopterus xanthipesRecherches pour servir à l’histoire naturelle des mammifères, Milne-Edwards (1874) Botanical name: Trogopterus xanthipes or Pteromys volansOther species supply the market but they are considered adulterants. Parts used: Feces Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet, Pungent, Salty (some…

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Papaver rhoeas, Corn Poppy

ByAdam Tate

Papaver rhoeas, Corn Poppy Field Poppy, Red Poppy, Corn RoseRakta Posta (Ayurveda)Btsun pa me tog  བཙུན་པ་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibetan)Li Chun Hua (TCM) Papaver rhoeasKöhler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3 (1890) Botanical name: Papaver rhoeas (syn. P. commutatum), P. erraticum Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classifications: 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE Preparers and Purgers of Bile Uses: 1….

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Erinaceus, Hedgehog

ByAdam Tate

Erinaceus, Hedgehog Echinus, UrchinCi Wei Pi (Hide, TCM)Gild al-Qunfud (Unani)Byi Thur  བྱི་ཐུར་ (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Zoological name: Erinaceus europeus, E. marionus; Hemiechinus auritus Parts used: 1. Ashed or Dried Whole animal (West)2. Prepared Hide (TCM) Temperature & Taste: Hide: Neutral. Bitter (TCM)Some considered…

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Gentiana urnula, Gang ga chung PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana urnula, Gang ga chung གང་ག་ཆུང༌ Gang ga chung (Tibetan) Gentiana urnula from a Tibetan Thangka Gentiana depressa(Photo by Donald Macauley) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.Two separate species supply this medicine: G. urnula G. depressa (syn. G. don) Other sources have listed G. pseudosquarrosa, G. phyllocalyx, G. wardi as sources. Parts used: Flower; Whole herb…

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Viburnum, Crampbark

ByAdam Tate

Viburnum, Cramp-bark Black Haw, Wild Guelder Rose Viburnum prunifolium(Illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redouté) (Wikimedia) Viburnum prunifolium flowers(Photo by Famartin) (Wikimedia) Viburnum prunifolium bark Viburnum opulus bark Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Viburnum spp. V. opulus–Cramp Bark, High Cranberry, Wild Guelder Rose V. prunifolium–Black Haw The Indian V. foetidum is used very…

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Sassafras

ByAdam Tate

Sassafras Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 S. albidumMedizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Botanical name: Sassafras albidum (syn. Laurus sassafras), S. officinale Parts used: Root bark; Wood Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Slightly Toxic Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3M. ARTHRITICS4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Resists Poison:-good for all Catarrhs for which…

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Centaurea behen, White Behen

ByAdam Tate

Centaurea behen, White Behen Cornflower, Star ThistleBehman Safed (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 White BehenNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 White BehenDioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Lychnis sylvestris was also listed as a source of White Behen(Image from New York Public Library‘s Digital Library) (Wikimedia) White Behen(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Centaurea behen (syn. C…

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Delphinium grandiforum, Bya rkang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Delphinium grandiflorum, Bya rkang བྱ་རྐང༌ Bya rkang, བྱ་རྐང༌ (Tibetan)Dakhangu (Sanskrit); Asbarg (Hindi)D. grandiflorum: Cui Que Hua (TCM)D. kamaonense: Zhan Mao Cui Que Hua (TCM) Delphinium grandiflorum(The Botanical Register, Edward’s, 1820) Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Dwarf Blue Butterfly’(Photo by David Stang) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Delphinium grandiflorumThe Delphiniums are difficult to classify and have many varieties. Over 2 dozen…

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Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang 高良姜 Gao Liang Jiang (‘High Mountain Ginger’) (TCM)Kulanjana (Ayurveda) Perarattai (Siddha)Khulanjaan (Unani)Don gra  དོང་གྲ  (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Lesser Galangal, Alpina officinarumBotanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Kaempferia galangaRedouté, P.J., Les Liliacées, (1805-1816 Greater and Lesser Galangal rootHerbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 ALIPNA1. Annulate, wavy leaf bases or scars….

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Lapis Armenius, Azurite

ByAdam Tate

Lapis Armenius, Azurite Armenian StoneLapis Ligurius; MelochitesHajar Armani (Unani)Mthing sngon  མཐིང་སྔོན་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Azurite crystalsPhoto by Parent Gery (Wikimedia) Mineralogical name: Azuritum Parts used: Washed and prepared stone Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Dry. Sweet, Sour, slightly Toxic Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Phlegm, Calms the Mind and Spirit:-Apoplexy, Convulsions,…

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