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Selaginella doederleinii, Shi Shang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selaginella, Shi Shang Bai 石上柏 SelaginellaShi Shang Bai (TCM) Selaginella doederleinii Photo by 天問 小窩 (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Selaginella doederleiniiSee also Selaginella pulvinata which may be an equivalent plant. Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool, dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Fever-Acute Sore Throat-Lung-Heat…

Convallaria, Lily of the Valley PRO

ByAdam Tate

Convallaria, Lily of the Valley Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Dried RootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Convallaria majalis Parts used: Root, Flower Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry. Bitter, SweetTabernaemontanus classed it as Warm and dry, while such as Lonicerus, classed…

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Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶 He Ye (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat: -Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating-Restlessness, Irritation (Da Ming)-Thirst due to Fever-especially for ‘Summer-heat’; acute…

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Boschniakia, Hui Chuan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Boschniakia, Hui Chun Cao 回春草 Hui Chuan Cao (‘Rejuvenation Herb’); Cao Cong Rong (TCM)Oniku (Japan) Orobanche spp. (2) and Boschniakia (3), showing the similarity of the two species.Komarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Boschniakia rossica(Photo by Malcolm Manners) (Wikimedia) Ther dried herb for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Boschniakia…

Corallina PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallina Sea Moss, Muscus maritimus, Muscus marinus Corallina, Muscus Marinus(New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563) CorallinaKreuter Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Two of four varieties described in Tabernaemontanus Muscus marinus, CorallinaKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Corallina officinalis(Photo by Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallina officinalis (syn. C. anglica) Parts used: Whole dried Seaweed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty…

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Polygala Senega PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala senega, Senega Snake root Polygala senegaDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Medizinal Pflanzen, Kohler, 1883 Whole Senega root and cross-sections of the root. (Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902) Botanical name: Polygala senegaTCM uses P. tenuifolia and P. sibirica; see Polygala Yuan Zhi Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent….

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Ficus religiosa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ficus religiosa Buddha tree, Sacred Fig, Peepal, Bot-treeAshvatha, Bodhidru, Peepal (Ayurveda)Peepal (Unani) Ficus religiosaFiguier, L., The vegetable world [Histoire des plantes], 1867 Ficus religiosaPhoto by Marshman (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ficus religiosa Parts used: Leaf, bark, fruit, root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: BARK:1. Astringes to Stops Leakage and Bleeding:-Diarrhea, Dysentery (including that with blood)-stops Bleeding,…

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Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine Terebinthina Veneta, Pini Laricis Terebinthina Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Larix occidentalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) (syn. L. europea, Pinus larix) Parts used: Turpentine collected by tapping the tree in Spring or Autumn.This is thinner than other Turpentines, thicker than oil,…

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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao 冬淩草 Japanese RabdosiaDong Ling Cao, Si Leng Gan (TCM)Yog Mo ཡོག་མོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Isodon rubescens(Photo by Lixiaozhuo123) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rabdosia spp. (syn Isodon spp.)  1. R. rubescens  2. R. japonica  3. R. rubescens var. glaucocalyxIn China there are a large number of Isodon and Rabdosia species that are used similarly….

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Coccinia grandis, Bimbi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coccinia grandis Ivy GourdBimbi (Ayurveda)Koovai (Siddha) Kanduri (Unani) M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Coccinia grandis(Photo by Eugene van der Pijll) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Coccinia grandis (syn. C. codifolia., C. indica, Cephalandra indica) Parts used: Leaf, Stem, Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter, AstringentGreen fruit is very Bitter, fresh Fruit is Sweet Uses:…

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Changium, Ming Dang Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Changium, Ming Dang Shen 明党参 Bright Changium rootMing Dang Shen (TCM) Botanical name: Changium smyrnioides (syn. Conopodium smyrnioides) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Moistens the Lungs, Transforms Phlegm:-Wind-Heat or Lung-heat Cough, Bronchitis with Yin deficiency-acute dry Cough with hard-to-clear Phlegm-can be used…

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Coriandrum, Coriander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coriandrum, Coriander Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)Koththumali Vitai (Siddha)‘U su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 CORIANDER FRUIT1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Coriandrum sativum…

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