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Balanites aegyptiaca, Ingudi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Balanites aegyptiaca, Ingudi Desert Date, Lebbek Tree, Egyptian Chebulic MyrobalanIngudi (Ayurveda)Nanjunda (Siddha)Hingan, Hanguul (Unani) P. Alpino, J. Vesling, De plantis Aegypti liber, editio altera emendatior, (1640) Fresh twigs and fruit of Balanites aegyptiaca(Photo by T.K. Naliaka) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Balanites aegyptiaca (syn. B. roxburghii) Parts used: Fruit; also Leaf, Bark, Seed, Temperature & Taste: Neutral….

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Caulophyllum, Blue Cohosh PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caulophyllum, Blue Cohosh Squaw root, Yellow Ginseng, Blue Ginseng Blue CohoshMillspaugh, C.F., American medicinal plants (1882-1887) (Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab) (Wikimedia) Blue Cohosh root and rhizomeSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Caulophyllum thalictroides Parts used: Root and Rhizome (fresh or dried) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet,…

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Ocimum, Basil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ocimum, Basil BasilicumBabuitulsi (Basil); Tusli (Sacred Basil) (Ayurveda)Kali Tulsi (Basil); Raihan (Sacred Basil) (Unani)Jiu Ceng Ta, Luo Le (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Clove Basil (Left);  Great Basil (Right)Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Chaumeton, Flore médicale (vol. 1), 1833 Botanical name: Ocimum spp. O. basilicum: Common or…

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Akebia Caulis, Mu Tong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Akebia Caulis, Mu Tong 木通 Chocolate VineMu Tong (TCM) Akebia quinataLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829-1847) Botanical name: Akebia spp.  1. A. quinata  2. A. trifoliata  3. A. trifoliata var. australis Parts used: Caulis Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: C. Clears Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Damp and Heat, Promotes Urine:-Damp-Heat obstructing…

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Saussurea superba, Sngo spyi bzhar PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saussurea superba, Sngo spyi bzhar སྔོ་སྤྱི་བཞར་ Hawkweed SaussureaSngo spyi bzhar (Tibet)Chang Mao Feng Mao Ju 长毛风毛菊 (TCM) Botanical name: Saussurea superba (syn. S. hieracioides, S. villosa) Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Purges Water: (Tibet, TCM)-Edema (general or localized; Kidney or Heart)-difficult urination, Cystitis-Ascites, Pleural…

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Euphoria, Longan, Long Yan Rou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphoria, Longan fruit, Long Yan Rou 龙眼肉 Longan FruitLong Yan Rou (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) Euphoria longanTransactions of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 2 (1822) Euphoria longan(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphoria longan (syn. Dimocarpus langan) Parts used: Fruit (flesh of…

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Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chu rtsa  ལྕུམ་རྩ  (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Wine prepared Rhubarb root (Shu Da Haung)(Adam,…

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Confection to Promote Sleep

ByAdam Tate

Confection to Promote Sleep Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Herb Name Poppy seedEndive seedLettuce seedPurslane seedMelon seedGourd seedPumpkin seedCucumber seedMandrake fruitSaffronCamomile Dill seedAloeswoodSugarHoney of Violet Latin Papaver somniferum Chicorium endiva Lactuosa sativa Portulaceae oleracea Citrullus vulgaris Lagenaria vulgaris Cucurbita pepo Cucumis sativus Mandragora officinalis Crocus sativus Matricaria recutita Anethum graveolens Aquillaria agallocha Saccharum Mel…

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Scutellaria, Huang Qin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scutellaria baicalensis, Huang Qin 黄芩 Huang Qin (TCM)Hong len ser po  ཧོང་ལེན་སེར་པོ་ (Tibetan) Ben Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao, 1505 (Welcome) Scutellaria baicalensis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1849 Scutellaria baicalensis (Photo: National Institute of Ecology, Korea) Botanical name: Scutellaria baicalensis Local varieties used include S. rehderiana (Gansu),  S. arnoena (Yunnan, Sichuan), S. hypericifolia (Sichuan) Parts used:…

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Saposhnikovia, Fang Feng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saposhnikovia, Fang Feng, 防风 Ledebouriella, Chinese SilerFang Feng (TCM) Saposhnikovia divaricata (syn. Siler divaricata)Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, 1829 Peucedanum terebinthaceum(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Saposhnikovia Fang Feng sliced root (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Saposhnikovia divaricata (syn. Siler divaricatum, Ledebouriella divaricata, Stenocoelium divaricatum, Ferula seseloides)Other local species used for Fang Feng include: Ligusticum brachylobum (Chuan Fang Feng–used…

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Eruca, Rocket PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eruca, Rocket Jirjir, Jirjeer (Unani) Garden (left) and Wild (right) RocketDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Wild RocketFuchs, New Kreuterbuch, 1543 Garden RocketSturm et al, Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungennach der Natur, Zweite auflage, vol. 6, 1902 Botanical name: Eruca spp. Garden Rocket: E. sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp, sativa, Brassica eruca) Wild Rocket: E….

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Carthamus, Safflower, Hong Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carthamus Flos, Safflower, Hong Hua 红花 Bastard or Wild Saffron; Cnicus, Crocus Saracenicus, CartamusKusumbha, Vahinshikha (Ayurveda)Qurtum, Asfar (Unani)Chendurakam (Siddha)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ་ (also used for Saffron)Rtsa Gur Gum རྩ་གུར་གུམ་ (Carthamus, Tibet)Hong Hua (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Safflower Left: dried whole Safflower flower (Adam, 2016, 2018) Botanical name: Carthamus tinctorius Parts…

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