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Earthworm, Di Long PRO

ByAdam Tate

Earthworm, Di Long 地龙 Di Long ‘Earth Dragon’ (TCM)Kharateen (Unani) Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Bulk Prepared Earthworm as available on the Chinese Market (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Dried Earthworm as used in Unani medicine (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Primarily Lumbricus and Pheretima spp: Lumbricus terrestris Pheretima vulgaris Pheretima aspergillium (‘Guang Di…

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Laurus, Baytree PRO

ByAdam Tate

Laurus, Bay-tree Bay tree, Sweet Bay, Bay Laurel; Baccum Lauri (berry)Ghar, Hab-el-Ghar, Dahmusht (Unani)Yue Gui Zi (Fruit) Yue Gui Ye (Leaf) TCM) LaurusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 LaurusDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 LaurusKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Laurus nobilisFlora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Laurus nobilisDioscorides described 2 varieties: Narrow-leaved and a Broad-leaved Parts used:…

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Linum, Linseed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Linum, Linseed FlaxseedTukhm e Katan (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent“It is Hot in the First degree and moderate in Moistness and Dryness….

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Saururus, San Bai Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saururus, San Bai Cao 三白草 Chinese LizardtailSan Bai Cao (TCM) Saururus chinensisRegel, E.A. von, Gartenflora (1852-1938) Saururus chinensis(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Saururus chinensis (syn. Saururus loureiroi) Parts used: Whole Herb, or Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Boil, Abscesses, Toxic Sores (internally and topically)-Rashes-Malarial Fever-Cancer (including Breast and…

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Fritillaria, Bei Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fritillaria, Bei Mu 贝母 Bei Mu (TCM)A bhi kha  ཨ་བི་ཁ་  (Tibetan, F. cirrhosa)A bhi sa mchog (Tibet, F. delavayi)Kshira Kaakoli (Ayurveda, F. cirrhosa) Fritillaria cirrhosa, Chuan Bei MuHooker, Icones Plantarum 1852 Fritillaria thunbergii, Zhe Bei MuThunberg, Icones plantarum japonicarum, 1800 Fritillaria thunbergii(Photo by Piropiro77) (Wikimedia) Grades of Fritillaria Bei Mu (Adam, 2017) Fritillaria Bei Mu (Chengdu Medicine Market. Adam,…

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Trachelospermum Caulis, Luo Shi Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trachelospermum Caulis, Luo Shi Teng 络石藤 Star Jasmine StemLuo Shi Teng (TCM) Trachelospermum jasminoidesGartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 8 (1859) Trachelospermum jasminoidesHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1850) Trachelospermum jasminoides flower(Photo by Jim Evans) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Trachelospermum jasminoidesOther species used include T. asiaticum, T. asiaticum var. intermedium Parts used:…

Cancer Prostate

ByAdam Tate

Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer is a common Cancer in men over the age of 50, being the most common male Cancer after Skin Cancer. In younger males, the normal Prostate is the size of a walnut, but it is usually much larger in older men. About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate…

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Turnera, Damiana PRO

ByAdam Tate

Turnera, Damiana Herba da la Pastora, Old Woman’s Broom Photo by Xavierserratm Turnera diffusaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 T. aphrodisiacaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Turnera diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca Parts used: Dried herb; leaf and steam Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Benefits…

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Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang 鼠尾癀 Shu Wei Huang (TCM) Rostellularia procumbensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Justicia procumbens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rostellularia procumbens (syn. Justicia procumbens) Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Cold and Influenza with Fever-Cough,…

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry BrambleUllaiq (Unani) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet“Bramble in general is cold and dry but its ripened fruit is somewhat…

Hellebori nigri, Black Hellebore PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hellebori nigri, Black Hellebore Christmas Rose; MelampodiumHelleboraster (H. foetidus)Kharbaq (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 H. nigerMesue, Opera de Medica, 1589 H. niger Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 H. nigerNouvelle iconographie fourragère, Atlas, (1865-1871) H. viridisHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 H. foetidusHerbarium Blackwellianum, 1750 H. orientalisAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants,Burnett, 1852 Roots of H. niger(Hortus…

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Careya arborea, Kumbhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Careya arborea, Kumbhi Kumbi, Wild Guava, Slow-Match TreeKumbhi, Kumbhikah (Seed) (Ayurveda)Kumbi (Siddha)Baokhumba, Bai Khumbi (Seed) (Unani) W. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Botanical name: Careya arborea, C. herbacea Parts used: Stem Bark; Seed; dried Fruit Temperature & Taste: BARK: Warm, dry.SEED: Warm, dry. Pungent, astringent Uses: STEM BARK:1. Clears Heat,…

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