Adhatoda vasica, Malabar nut Vasa, Vasaka, Adarushah (Ayurveda)Adathodai (Siddha)Ba sha ka བ་ཤ་ཀ (Tibetan)Arusa, Hashees-tussual (Unani)Da Bo Gu (TCM) Adhatoda vasicaWeinmann, Phytanthoza iconographia, 1739 Botanical name: Adhatoda vasica (syn. Justicia adhatoda) In Tibetan Medicine, several plants supply Ba Sha Ka. The medicine is divided into Superior and Inferior types, or according to other sources, there are…
Sophora, Ku Shen 苦参 Ku Shen (TCM) Sophora japonicaDuhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, vol. 3 (1806) Sophora flavescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Sophora Ku Shen from the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2023) Botanical name: Sophora flavescens (syn. S. alopecuroides, S. angustifoliola, S. chinensis, S. korolkowii)Other synonyms include Anagyris chinensis, Macrotropis…
Sarcandra, Zhong Jie Feng 肿节风 Glabrous SarcandraZhong Jie Feng, Jiu Jie Cha (TCM) Sarcandra glabraNakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951) Sarcandra glabra(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Specimen of Sarcandra glabra at the Guangzhou TCM Museum (Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Sarcandra glabra (syn. Chloranthus glaber, Ardisia japonica) Parts used: Herb…
Anemone rivularis, Srub ka སྲུབ་ཀ River Anemone, Brooklet AnemoneSrub ka, Sngo srub (Tibetan)Hu Zhang Cao (TCM) Anemone rivularis Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 28 (1842) Botanical name: Anemone rivularis (syn. A. dubia, A. geraniifolia, A. hispida, A. wightiana) Parts used: Root; whole plantRoot is used in TCM; Seed is used in Tibet Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….
Cicerbita et al., Rtsa mkhris རྩ་མཁྲིས Rtsa mkhris (Tibetan Medicine)Yan Shen (Cicerbita, TCM)Shan Ku Mai (Ixeris chinensis, TCM) ‘Superior type’Cicerbita macrorhizaEdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 32 (1846) ‘Inferior type’Ixeris chinensisJ.G. Gmelin, Flora sibirica, vol. 2 (1749) Botanical name: Cicerbita macrorhiza (“Superior type”)A number of types of Rtsa mkhris are recognised in Tibetan Medicine: Lactuca lessertiana (Rtsa…
Pinellia, Ban Xia 半夏 Prepared Pinellia, Zhi Ban Xia 制半夏 Ban Xia (TCM) Blume, Rumphia, 1835 Left: Lime-prepared Pinellia Right: Ginger-prepared Pinellia (Jiang Ban Xia) (Adam, 2017) Prepared Pinellia Fa Ban Xia as commonly used in the West (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pinellia ternata Parts used: Prepared Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….
Nepeta hindostana, Badranjboya Badranjboya (Unani) Nepeta hindostanaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Melissa parvifloraFlora Malesiana, vol. 8 (1978) Botanical name: Three plants are covered by the name Badranjboya in Unani medicine: Nepeta hindostana (syn. N. calaminthodea, N. ruderalis, Glechoma indica, G. hindostana, G. calaminthodea, Thymus nepetoides) Melissa parviflora (syn. M. axillaris) Nepeta cataria (Catnip…
Achillea, Yarrow Milfoil, MillefoliumBrinjasif, Biranjaasif (Unani)Al-Biranjaasf (Arabic)Yang Shi Cao (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 ‘Greater’ (left) and ‘Lesser’ (right) YarrowDella Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Achillea millefolium Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter“Cold and Moist in the First…
Pueraria tuberosa, Vidari Indian KudzuVidari (Ayurveda) (Vidarikanda is the Tuber)Kuai Jing Ge (TCM) Pueraria tuberosaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 2 (1918) Pueraria tuberosa(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two different species supply Vidari in India: Pueraria tuberosa (North) Ipomoea digitata (South) Pueraria is the standard drug listed in Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia…
Toxicodendron, Gan Qi 干漆 Chinese Lacquer treeGan Qi (TCM) Toxicodendron vernicifluumKämpher (Kaempfer), Amoenitatum exoticarum, (1712) Toxicodendron vernicifluum(Photo by Maghasito) (Wikimedia) Dried Toxicodendron Resin (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Toxicodendron vernicifluum (syn. Rhus verniciflua) Parts used: Resin Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Toxic Classification: K. Move the Blood Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis: -Amenorrhea-abdominal…
Lycopus, Bugleweed, Ze Lan 泽兰 Bugleweed, Gypsywort, Paul’s Betony, Water HorehoundZe Lan, Shiny Bugleweed TCM) Lycopus europaeus (used in both Europe and TCM)Lindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1922 Botanical name: Lycopus spp.The following species can be considered fairly synonymous in effect: L. europaeus (syn. L. vulgaris) (Europe, and in XinJiang, China as Ze Lan)…
Hemerocallis, Xuan Cao 萱草 Day LilyLilium Agreste Xuan Cao (TCM) HemerocallisNew Kreüterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Hemerocallis(Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596) Hemerocallis fulva Bonelli, G., Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum (1772-1793) Hemerocallis fulva(Photo b y George Chernilevsky) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hemerocallis spp. H. fulva H. minor H. lilio-asphodelus H. citrina is used very similarly. Parts…
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