Anacardium, Marking Nut Marking NutBhallataka (Ayurveda)Bhilava, Baladur, Kaaju (Unani)Sorankotai (Siddha)Go bye གོ་བྱེ (Tibetan) Herbarium Amboinense, Rumpf, 1755 A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles, 1822 Dried Semecarpus anacardium(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Semecarpus anacardium Parts used: Detoxified Fruit; resinous juice contained in the seeds; oil Temperature &…
Cytisus, Broom Scotch Broom; Genista, Genesta, Genestra, Scoparius, Spartium Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 BROOM TOPS1. Stem showing the two wings ending in a node. 2. A large flower and aflower bud. 3. The hairy pistil.. 4. Fruit. 5. Three foliate leaves. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…
Veratrum album, White Hellebore Veratrum nigrum, Li Lu 藜芦 Li Lu 藜芦 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Veratrum albumFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Rhizome and rootlets of V.eratrum virideNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Veratrum albumOther species used include: V. nigrum (TCM) V. schindleri (TCM) V. grandiflorum (TCM, Sichuan) V. rnaackii (TCM,…
Animal Organs and By-products Animal Organs have long been used in Traditional Medicine. In fact there is a great overlap in the use of animal organs as food and medicine. The use of offal as food is common to all ancient cultures and is still common in many Traditional cultures. It has been common in…
Siegesbeckia, Xi Xian Cao 稀薟草 St. Paul’s WortXi Xian Cao (TCM) Siegesbeckia orientalisWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Siegesbeckia orientalis(Photo by Elouanne) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Siegesbeckia (Sigesbeckia) spp. S. orientalis S. pubescens S. glabrescens Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: D. Clear Wind & Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp,…
Dryopteris fragrans, Xiang Lin Mao Jue 香鳞毛蕨 Fragrant Shield Fern, Fragrant Wood FernXiang Lin Mao Jue (TCM)Ldum bu re ral ལྡུམ་བུ་རེ་རལ ‘Minister Fern’ (Tibetan Medicine) Dryopteris fragransOeder, G.C., Flora Danica, (1761-1883) Britton and Brown, Illustrated Flora, Vol. 1, 1913 Dryopteris fragrans(Photo by Superior National Forest) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dryopteris fragrans Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature…
Polycarpaea, Xing Se Cao 星色草 Bai Gu Ding, Xing Se Cao (TCM)Nilaisedachi (Siddha) Polycarpaea corymbosaWight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany (1840-1850) Polycarpaea corymbosa(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Polycarpaea corymbosa (syn. Polycarpea corymbosa, Achyranthes corymbosa, Celosia corymbosa, Mollia corymbosa) Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Diarrhea,…
Soroseris, Srol gong སྲོལ་གོང་ Srol gong (Tibet)Kong Tong Can 空桶参 (TCM) Soroseris hookeriana (or S. hirsuta)(Photo by Ed Shaw) (Flickr) Botanical name: Soroseris spp.Several herbs supply different varieties of Srol gong in Tibetan Medicine: Srol gong ser po (Yellow): Soroseris hookeriana, S. hirsuta Srol gong smug po (Blue): Syncalathium haulaguchi (S. kawaguchii?) Saussurea stella has…
Solanum lyratum Bai Ying 白英 Bai Ying, Bai Mao Teng, Shu Yang Quan (TCM) Solanum lyratumThunberg, C.P., Icones plantarum japonicarum (1794-1805) Solanum lyratum(Photo by harum.koh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum lyratum Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, slightly Toxic Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Edema, Strangury, Ascites-Jaundice–cholecystitis, cholelithiasis-Leukorrhea 2. Clears Wind-Damp:-Arthritis,…
Tephrosia, Sharapunkha Wild Indigo, Purple Tephrosia, Yellow ThitsleSharapunkha (Ayurveda)Kolingi (Siddha)Sarphoka, Sarphuka (Unani) Tephrosia purpureaJ. Moninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 8 (1682-1709) Tephrosia purpurea(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tephrosia purpurea (syn. T. hamiltonii, Cracca purpurea, Galega purpurea, Galiga purpurea)There are several species of Tephrosia used. The white variety of Sharpunkhaa is equated with Tephrosia procumbens,…
Berberis, Barberry Lycium (classical name)Barberry root:–Xiao Bo (TCM)–Daruharidra (Ayurveda)–Skyer pa སྐྱེར་པ (Tibetan)Bark:–Skyer shun སྐྱེར་ཤུན (Tibetan)Stem:–Maramancal (Siddha)Concentrated Extract of Bark/Stem:–Rasanjana (Ayurveda)–Rasaut (Unani)–Skyer ba’i khan ta སྐྱེར་པའི་ཁཎྜ (Tibetan)Fruit:–Zarishk (fruit, Unani)Seed:–Skyer ba’i ‘bru སྐྱེར་པའི་འབྲུ (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 B. vulgarisFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Barberry extract as available…
Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)Kadukkai (Siddha)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578…
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