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Guaiaci, Guaiacum PRO

ByAdam Tate

Guaiaci, Guaiacum Pock Wood, Lignum Sancti, Lignum Vitae Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 LEFT: GUAIACUM WOOD;  RIGHT: GUAIACUM GUM1.  Mass of chips showing white non-official pieces. 2.  Portion ofa boring from a bowling ball. 3,  Projecting fibers of the wood. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical…

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Parmelia, Rock Moss PRO

ByAdam Tate

Parmelia, Rock Moss Stone Flower, Rock MossParmelia tinctorum:–Rdo dreg  རྡོ་དྲེག  (Tibetan)–Mei Yi (TCM)–Ashmapushpa (, Ayurveda)Parmelia perlata:–Shaileya, Saileya, Charela (Ayurveda)–Ushna, Charela (Unani)–Karpasi, Kal Pasi (Siddha)Parmelia saxatilis:–Shi Hua (TCM) Parmelia perlata (as P. perforata)Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher;Nova acta physico-medica academiae caesareae leopoldino-carolinae naturae curiosorum (1841-1843) Parmelia saxatilis (top), P. perlata (bottom)Flora Batava of Afbeelding…

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Lavendula, Lavender PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lavendula, Lavender Spike Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Lavendula angustifoliaBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Botanical name: Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris) Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   …

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Elephantopus, Ding Shu Xiu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Elephantopus, Ding Shu Xiu 丁竖朽 Ding Shu Xiu, Ku Di Dan (TCM)Gojivha (Ayurveda)Yanaichhuvadi (Siddha) Elephantopus scaber Dillenius, J.J., Hortus Elthamensis (1732) Elephantopus scaber (Photo by Shyamal) (Wikimedia) Specimen of Elephantopus scaber at the Guangzhou TCM Museum (Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Elephantopus scaber Parts used: Whole Herb is most used in TCMRoot is most used in…

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Veronica ciliata, Ldum nag dom mkhris PRO

ByAdam Tate

Veronica ciliata, Ldum nag dom mkhris ལྡུམ་ནག་དོམ་མཁྲིས་ Ldum nag dom mkhris (Tibet) Veronica ciliata(Photo by Peter L Achuff) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Veronica ciliata (syn. V. chingii)Verionica incana appears to be used similarly in Mongolia. Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Moves the Blood, Stops…

Euphorbium, Official Spurge PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphorbium, Official Spurge Afarbiyun (Ayurveda)Fariyum, Afarbiyun (Unani) EuphorbiumParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 EuphorbiumMedical Botany, Stephenson & Churchill, 1831 Left: Euphorbium Antiquorum; Euphorbium of the Ancients;  Right: standard species of Euphorbium used in modern times.(Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757) EuphorbiumHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Euphorbia resinifera(Photo by Frank Vincentz) (Wikimedia) Gum Euphorbium (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Euphorbia resinifera (syn. Tithymalus resinifer) Parts…

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Desmos, Jiu Bing Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Desmos, Jiu Bing Ye 酒饼叶 Jia Ying Zhao, Jiu Bing Ye (TCM) Blume, C.L., Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium (1828-1851) Desmos chinensis(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Desmos cochinchinensis (syn. Desmos chinensis) Parts used: Leaf; less commonly the Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Regarded as slightly Toxic Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp:-Wind-Damp…

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Flemingia lineata, Yi Tiao Gen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Flemingia lineata, Yi Tiao Gen 一条根 MoghaniaYi Tiao Gen, Qian Jin Ba (TCM) Flemingia lineataBurman, N.L., Flora Indica (Burman) (1768) Flemingia macrophylla(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Flemingia spp. (syn Moghania spp.) F. lineata F. prostrata F. macrophylla (Guangdong, Guangxi) F. stricta is used in Ayurveda for joint disease and may be a synoymous herbs….

Prunus amygdala amara, Bitter Almond PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunus amygdala amara, Bitter Almond Maghz e Badam Talkh (Unani)Ku Xing Ren (TCM, usd for Bitter Apricot and Almond kernel) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Almond (Xing Ren) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Prunus amygdalus amara (formerly Amygdalus communis)Apricot kernels from P. armenica are used…

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Albizia Semen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Albizia Semen Siris treeShirish, Kapitana (Ayurveda)Tukhm e Siras (Seed, Unani)Darakht e Zakaria (Arabic)Vagai (Siddha) Albizia lebbeck(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Albizia seed(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Albizia lebbeckAs noted in the other Albizia monographs, A. julibrissin and A. odoritissima are considered equivalent plants; both have been used as a source in…

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Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen 丹参 Dan Shen (TCM) Salvia Dan Shen flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Salvia Dan Shen dried root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2015) Botanical name: Salvia miltiorrhiza Other species used include S. przewalskii, S. yunnanensis, S. digitaloides, S. trijuga, S. plectanthoides, S. bowleyan, S. pararniltiorrhiza Parts used: Root and rhizome Temperature…

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