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Zinziberis Recens, Fresh Ginger FREE

ByAdam Tate

Zinziberis Recens, Fresh Ginger, Sheng Jiang 生姜 Sheng Jiang (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used: Fresh Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet. Classifications: TCM:A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold     O. Promotes…

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Salix, Willow PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salix, Willow Bed Mushk, Gurba Bed (Unani)Skye yag  སྐྱེ་ཡག་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Salix albaThomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Salix fragilisMedical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Salix albaOther species used include S. penandria and S. fragilis, the last of which was claimed…

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Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ludwigia, Shui Ding Xiang 水丁香 Climbing Seed BoxShui Ding Xiang (TCM) Ludwigia prostrataGrandidier, A., Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, Atlas (1886-1903) Ludwigia prostrata(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ludwigia prostrataLudwigia octovalvis (Mao Cao Long) has similar effects. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promotes Urine Uses:…

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Hordeum, Barley PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hordeum, Barley Jau, Jao (Unani)Tsampa (Tibetan Highland Barley)Dai Mai 大麦 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Hordeum vulgare Parts used: Seed (grain), whole or husked (Pearl Barley)“Its peeled variety is termed as sult or Pearl Barley but both are similar in actions”. (Avicenna)…

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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜 Gan Jiang (TCM)Shunthi (Ayurveda)Chuku (Siddha)Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Chinese Ginger Culcutta Ginger Jamaica Ginger African Ginger Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts used:…

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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber (Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa,…

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Rhubarb, Da Huang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chutsu (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Large slices of Wild Rhubarb (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellodendron, Huang Bai 黄柏 Amur cork-tree barkHuang Bai (TCM) Sargent, Trees and shrubs, illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, 1855 Phellodendron amurense(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellodendron chinense, P. amurense Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat & Damp Uses: 1. Drains Damp-Heat:-purges Damp-Heat, especially…

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺

ByAdam Tate

Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺 Gandhaka (Ayurveda)Gandhak (Unani)Liu Huang (TCM)Mu Zi   མུ་ཟི  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Sulphur, from Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Sulphur crystalsPhoto by Oscar Lumps of Raw Tibetan Sulphur (Adam, 2009) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Sulphur, Sulfur Parts Used:Native (raw) Sulphur may be used externally; Purified Sulphur is better…

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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE…

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Ambergris PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ambergris Ambra greceAmber Ash-hab (Unani) AmbergrisOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1491 Sperm WhaleMedical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Ambergris, Skagway MuseumPhoto by Wmpearl, edited) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: waxy secretion from the Sperm Whale, Physeter spp. Parts used: Waxy secretion of the Sperm Whale“Grey coloured variety is considered best. Next in order of qulity are the…

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