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Rubus Idaeus, Raspberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubus Idaeus, Raspberry, Fu Pen Zi, 覆盆子 Fu Pen Zi (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Rubus idaeusThe Chinese Raspberry is R. chingii. However, a number of varieties are used including R. idaeopsis, R. coreanus, R. corchorifolius. R. idaeus is used in Hebei province, showing the species are synonymous with…

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Lentinus, Shiitake PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lentinus, Shiitake, Xiang Gu 香菇 Golden Oak Mushroom, Black Forest MushroomShiitake (Japan)Xiang Gu (TCM) Dried Shiitake Mushroom (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Lentinus edodes (syn. Lenticus edodes, Lentinan edodes, Lentinula edodes, Tricholomopsis edodes) Parts used: Mushroom, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Constituents: Lentinin (beta-D-glucan), Heteroglucan-protein Eritadenine Ergosterol, Nucleic acidsAll essential amino acids, rich…

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Choerospondias, Guang Zao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Choerospondias, Guang Zao 广枣 Hog Plum; Choerospondias fruitGuang Zao  广枣  (TCM)Snying Zho Sha  སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan) Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898) Choerospondias axillaris (Photo by Zhangzhugang) (Wikimedia) Choerospondias Guang Zao(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Choerospondias axillaris Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used synonymously in TCM. Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool. Sweet, Sour…

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Aurantium, Orange peel, Ju Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aurantium, Orange peel Orange Peel: Ju PiDried Bitter Orange Fruit: Zhi KeImmature Orange Fruit: Zhi Shi New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Bitter Orange peel: Left: in ribbons; Right: in quartersNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Citrus spp. C. aurantium C. wilsonii is also…

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Cypripedium, Khu byug pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cypripedium, Khu byug pa ཁུ་བྱུག་པ་ Himalayan Lady’s Slipper, Big Flower Lady’s Slipper (C. macranthos)Shao Lan (TCM)Da Hua Shao Lan (C. macranthos) (TCM)Khu byug pa (Tibet) Cypripedium macranthos(“L’Illustration horticole“, Lemaire, 1857) Cypripedium macranthosEdwards’s Botanical Register, 1832 Cypripedium himalaicum(Orchids of the Sikhim Himalaya, Robert, 1898) Cypripedium tibeticum(“Curtis’s Botanical Magazine” 1906) Cypripedium tibeticum(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cypripedium…

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*Petasites, Butterbur PRO

ByAdam Tate

Petasites, Butterbur Tussilago major Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Petasites; Right: White-flowered PetasitesKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Flora Batava, Kops, 1812 (Wikimedia) Petasites hybridus(Photo by Hannes Grobe) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Petasites hybridus (syn. Petasites vulgaris, Cineraria hybrida, Tussilago hybrida, T. petasites) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitterattenuates, opens, cleanses Classifications: 3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3D….

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Mucuna, Cowhage, Kapikachhu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mucuna, Cowhage, Kapikachhu CowhageKapikachhu, Atmagupta, Kavach (Ayurveda)Kaunch (Hindi)Konch, Habul-Kulai (Unani)Mkhal ma zho sha  མཁལ་མ་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan)Li Dou, Gou Zheng Dou, Bai Li Dou (TCM) Mucuna pruriensFlora de Filipinas, Blanco, 1880 Mucuna pruriens seed pods(Photo by Ton Rulkens) (Wikimedia) Mucuna seed(Photo by One World Thailand) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Mucuna pruriens (syn. M. prurita, Dolichos pruriens) Parts used:…

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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa  གཡེར་ཤིང་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Scrophularia nodosa(Photo by Franz Xaver) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Scrophularia spp. S. nodosa, S. umbrosa (“Water Betony”) (Europe) S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM) S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii, S. dentata (Tibetan) S. peregrina…

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Panax, Ren Shen, Ginseng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Panax, Ren Shen, Ginseng 人参 Ren Shen (TCM)Dpa bo chen po (Tibetan)Tapmari, Jenseng (Unani)Junsha, Panaxi (Arabic) Panax ginseng (as Aralia ginseng)Baillon, H.E., Histoire des plantes, vol. 7 (1877-1880) Red (left) and White (right) Ginseng (Adam, Chengdu Herb Market) Ginseng often forms man-like roots,hence its name RenShen  ‘Man root’.This is similar to the way Mandrakegot its…

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Lysmachia, Jin Qian Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lysmachia, Jin Qian Cao 金钱草 LysmachiaJin Qian Cao 金钱草, Guo Lu Huang 過路黄 (TCM) The closely related and similar looking Western L. nummulariaIcones Plantarum Medicinalium. 1788 Lysimachia christinae flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lysimachia christinae (syn . L. legendrei)A number of plants supply Jin Qian Cao on the Chinese Market: Desomodium styracifolium (Guan Jin…

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Catharanthus, Madagascar Periwinkle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Catharanthus, Madagascar Periwinkle Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosey Periwinkle, Rose PeriwinkleSadapushpa, Nayantara (Ayurveda)Nithiya kalyani , Sudukadu mallikai (Siddha)Sadabahar (Unani)Chang Chun Hua (TCM) Catharanthus roseusStep, E., Bois, D., Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse (1896) Catharanthus roseus(Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Catharanthus roseus (syn. Vinca rosea, Lochera rosea, Ammocallis rosea) Parts used: Herb; sometimes the root Temperature…

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Aconitum naviculare, Bong nga dmar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum naviculare, Bong nga dmar po བོང་ང་དམར་པོ Red Aconite, ‘Bang Ga’Bong nga dmar po, Bong dmar (Tibetan Medicine)Gan Qing Wu Tou (A. tanguticum, TCM)Chuan Kui Wu Tou 船盔乌头, Wu Tou Zhou Gu  乌头舟骨 Aconitum gymnandrum‘Red Aconite’ (Lesser variety)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1907) Botanical name: The first two listed are the primary species supply this medicine in Tibetan…

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