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Agathosma, Buchu

ByAdam Tate

Agathosma, Buchu Agathosma betulinaKöhler, Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1883-1914) Agathosma betulina(Photo by Margriet B) (Wikimedia) Left: Short Buchu; Right: Long BuchuSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Agathosma betulina (syn. Barosma betulina, Diosma crenata)Three main varieties appear on the market:  1. A. betulina  2. A. serratifolia  3. A. cretulata Parts used: Leaf Temperature…

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Nelumbo Plumuia, Lotus Plumule, Lian Zi Xin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Plumuia, Lotus Plumule, Lian Zi Xin 莲子心 Lian Zi Xin (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Nelumbo nucifera Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Plumule Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heart Fire: -Fever…

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Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu

ByAdam Tate

Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu 灶心土 Old Oven Earth, Burnt Earth, Terra Flava Usta Khazaf: Oven Clay, Clay pottery (Unani)Zao Xin Tu (TCM) Clay Oven (Tabun)Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (Gustaf Dalman, 1935) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Terra flava usta (Burnt Yellow Earth) Parts used: Traditionally, the old burnt Earth used in the construction of…

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Sagittaria, Arrowhead

ByAdam Tate

Sagittaria, Arrowhead SagittalisCi Gu (TCM, Corm) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 A. Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 3: t. 310 (1893) Botanical name: Sagittaria sagittifolia (syn. Alisma saggitaria) Parts used: Herb; Seed; Corm Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in respect of dry/moist, Pungent Classifications: Alterative, Astringent, Abstersive, Incarnative, Glutinative, Traumatic or Vulnerary;Appropriated to the Spleen,…

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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Carduus benedictus (syn. Cnicus benedictus, Centaurea benedicta) Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is…

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Gmelina, Gambhari PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gmelina, Gambhari White Teak, Malay Bushbeech, Kashmir TreeGambhari, Kashmiri (Ayurveda)Kattanam, Kumizham (Siddha) GmelinaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1819) Gmelina arborea(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gmelina arborea (syn. Premna arborea) Parts used: Root-bark, Fruit Temperature & Taste: FRUIT: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour, astringentSTEM / STEM-BARK: Cool, dry. Sweet, BitterROOT: Cool, dry. Bitter…

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Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂

ByAdam Tate

Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂 Chrysocolla (‘Gold-glue’)Bauraq, Buraq, Burak (Arabic)Peng Sha (TCM)Tankana (Ayurveda)Tsha la  ཚ་ལ  (Tibetan Medicine) Borax crystals, Kramer Mine, CaliforniaPhoto by Rock Currier Minerological name: Hydrated Sodium borate Parts used: Purified Salt; Natural and Artificial Borax was used“Its best form is that which is brittle and extremely white (as ivory)”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Osteocolla

ByAdam Tate

Osteocolloa Ostrites, Bone-builder Osteocolla is a medicine whose identification was long obscure. It is a calcium tufa formed around plant stems or tree roots in sandy areas, usually coastlines. It is heavy, hard, white or pale grayish and brittle, usually with a hollow core where the organic matter has rotten away, therefore appearing quite similar…

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao, Hu Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot in the third degree and Dry in the…

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Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thamnolia, Dngul skud mchog དངུལ་སྐུད་ མཆོག་ Snow Tea, White Snow TeaDngul skud mchog (Tibet)Bai Xue Cha 白雪茶 (‘White Snow Tea’) (TCM) Thamnolia vermicularis(Photos by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thamnolia vermicularisT. subuliformis is classed as a source of Bai Xue ChaSaussurea graminifolia is regarded as an inferior type in Tibetan Medicine. Parts used: Entire plant…

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Frog

ByAdam Tate

Rana, Frog Qing Wa (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dried Frogs at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Packaged Frog Oviduct(Adam, 2024) NOTEAs stated elsewhere, MedicineTraditions does not support harvesting wild endangered animals for medicine. Frogs are becoming endangered in many parts of the World. However, Frogs are farmed for eating in many regions…

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Madhuca, Madhuka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Madhuca, Madhuka Mahua tree, Butter treeMadhuka (Ayurveda)Mahua (Unani)Kattuiluppu (Siddha) Madhuca longifoliaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 1 (1795) Botanical name: Madhuca longifolia (syn. M. indica, M. latifolia, Bassia latifolia)M. butyracea (syn. Aisandra butyracea) is used synonymously in some parts of India. Parts used: Primarily Flower; also fruit, bark Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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