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Cedrela, Xiang Chun PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cedrela, Xiang Chun 香椿 Chinese MahogonyXiang Chun, Zhong Guo Yang Chun (TCM)Xiang Chun Zi (Fruit, TCM) Revue horticole, sér. 4 (1875) Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)(Photo by KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)The Indian C. toona (syn. C. ciliata–Indian Mahogony tree or Indian Red Cedar) is used similarly, especially for Dysentery…

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Indigo, Qing Dai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Indigo, Qing Dai 青黛 Pigmentum IndicumQing Dai (TCM) The processing of Indigo(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) Indigofera tinctoriaAusländische Culturpflanzen in bunten Wand-Tafeln, (?) A Block of Indian Indigo(Photo by Palladian) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Several plants supply Indigo: Baphicacanthus cusia Polygonum tinctorium Isatis indigotica (syn Isatis tinctoria) Indigofera tinctoria, I. anil, I. argentea Parts used: Indigo extracted…

Aconitum, Fu Zi (Zhi Fu Zi) PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum napellus, Monkshood Monkshood, Helmet flower, European AconiteOu Wu Tou (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Bulliard, P., Herbier de la France (1780-1798) Masclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Dried Roots and cross-section.A.N. denotes A. napellus; A.C. denotes A. cammarum(Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902) Root and cross-section of the root, (Botanische…

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Myrica, Bayberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrica, Bayberry Myrica, Box Myrtle, Wax-Myrtle, Candleberry, WaxberryTuffah Alajaib, Ood al-Barg Tandol, Kaayaphal (Unani)Katphala (Ayurveda)Marudam (Siddha) The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 MYRICA ROOT-BARK1, Portion of the bark without the corky layer.  2. Piece of the corkylayer.  3, Cross-section of the bark.  4, A thick piece of the bark. Squibb’s Atlas of…

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Vitis, Grape Vine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vitis, Grape Vine VineDrakshadi (Raisins, Ayurveda)Pu Tao 葡萄 (TCM)Kishmish (Raisins, Unani)rgun brum  རྒུན་འབྲུམ (Raisins, Tibetan) Grapes                                                                                                          RaisinsOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Grape Vine and WineMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Grapes (Adam, 2017) Light (‘Golden Sultanas’) and Dark (‘Purple Raisins’) dried fruit (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Vitis…

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Anogeissus, Dhava PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anogeissus, Dhava Crane tree, Button treeDhava, Madhuravalka (Ayurveda) Dhava, Samagh-e-Hindi (Gum), Gond Zanana (Gum) (Unani)Vellaynaga (Siddha) Anogeissus latifolia J.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, Plates (1839) Botanical name: Anogeissus latifolia Parts used: Heartwood; Stem-bark; Gum-resin; Fruit Temperature &…

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Rhus, Sumac PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry….

Peucedanum, Hogfennel, Qian Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Peucedanum, Hog-fennel, Qian Hu 前胡 Sulphur-wortQian Hu (Chinese local species)Tang kun, lcha ba (Tibetan, local species) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Peucedanum officinaleFuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, (1543) Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Peucedanum officinale (West)TCM uses White and Purple flowered varieties including: P. decursivum (syn. Angelica decursiva)–official species P….

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Cremanthodium ellisii, Ming can nag po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cremanthodium ellisii, Ming can nag po མིང་ཅན་ནག་པོ་ Himalayan Mini SunflowerMing can nag po (Tibet)Kuai Gen Chui Tou Ju (TCM) Botanical name: Cremanthodium ellisii (syn. C. plantagineum) is the principle species.Two varieties of Ming can are mentioned in Tibetan texts: Black (Ming can nag po): C. ellisii, C. helianthus, C. bupleurifolium Yellow (Ming can ser po):…

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Thuja, Arbor Vitae PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thuja, Arbor Vitae Tree of Life, American Cedar, White Cedar Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, 1806 Hamilton, E., Flora homoeopathica, 1853 Thuja.1. A typical leafy twig.  2.Small twig showing threeof the four rows of leaves.3. Fruit attached to a youngtwig.  4. Seed.(Squibb’s Atlas of the OfficialDrugs, Mansfield, 1919) Botanical…

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Cnidium, She Chuang Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子 She Chuang Zi (TCM)La la phud ser po  ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ  (Tibetan Medicine) Jacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770) Botanical name: Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies Yang: -Impotence, Frigidity, Lack of Sex drive-Infertility (men…

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SolmsLaubachia, Sro lo smug po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Solms-Laubachia, Sro lo smug po སྲོ་ལོ་སྨུག་པོ Sro lo smug po (Tibetan) Solms-Laubachia eurycarpaC.J. Maximowicz, Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem,vol. 1, Flora Tangutica, vol. 1  (1889) Solms-laubachia flabellata(Photo by yakovlev.alexey, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa (syn. Solms-laubachia dolicocarpa, Solms-laubachia latifolia)In Tibetan Medicine it is one of the three Sro lo: Solms-Laubachia…

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