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Teucrium polium, Poley Montane PRO

ByAdam Tate

Teucrium polium, Poley Montane Poley, Mountain Germander, Narrow-leaf GermanderKalpooreh (Unani)Hui Bai Shi Cao (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Left: Polium campestre;  Right: P. montanumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Common (left), Spanish (middle) and Lavender-leaved (right) Poley MontaneParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Teucrium polium(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Teucrium polium (syn. T. capitatum)Campestre (rural)…

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Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrrha, Myrrh, Mo Yao 没药 Mo Yao (TCM)Bola (Ayurveda)Mur (Unani)Gu gul nag po གུ་གུལ་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Myrrh tree and gumParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Myrrh (Adam, 2022) BUY PREMIUM MYRRH Botanical name: Commiphora spp. C. myrrha (syn. C. molmol)–Ethiopian Myrrh, found in Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia…

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Dracocephalum, Pri yang ku PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dracocephalum, Pri yang ku པྲི་ཡང་ཀུ DragonheadPri yang ku (D. tanguticum, Nodding Dragonhead) (Tibet)Faranjmushk (D. moldavicum) (Unani)Xiang Qing Lan (D. moldavicum); Yang Qing Lan (D. rupestre) (TCM) Dracocephalum moldavicumDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm  (1796) Botanical name: Dracocephalum tanguticum (Tibet); D. fruticulosum has also been mentionedDracocephalum moldavicum (syn. Nepeta moldavicum) (Unani) D. foetidum is listed as a…

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Angelica glauca, Lca ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica glauca, Lca ba ལྕ་བ Lca ba (Tibet)Coraka (Ayurveda) K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Botanical name: Angelica glaucaSome sources have listed A. sinensis, A. archangelica and A. dahurica for Lca ba. Parts used: Root, leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Uses: Generally used as for Angelica Archangelica 1. Warms…

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Abrotonum, Southernwood PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abrotonum, Southernwood Qaisum (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Botanical name: Artemisia abrotanum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Hot in the first and dry in the third degree.” (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Opens…

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Apium, Celery PRO

ByAdam Tate

Apium, Celery SmallageAjmoda (Seed, Ayurveda) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Garden Celery (Left), Wild Celery (Right)Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Kops, Flora Batava, 1822 Botanical name: Apium graveolensGarden, Wild and Mountain types were recognisedMacedonian Smallage is Macedonian Parsley (Italian Parsley) Parts used: Root; Seed; Juice Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent. Juice is Cool and…

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Ephedra, Ma Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ephedra, Ma Huang 麻黄 Ma Huang (TCM)Som Kalapna, Masania, Narom, Soma Kalpa (Unani)Mtshe ldum  མཚེ་ལྡུམ  (Tibetan) Ephedra spp.Alpini, P., De plantis exoticis libri duo, 1629 E. distachyaCamerarius, J., Hortus medicus et philosophicus, 1588 E. pachycladaTransactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany, (1887) Above: Ephedra growing wild near Urumqi, Xinjiang, ChinaRight: fresh Wild…

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Scorzonera PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scorzonera Garden or Spansih Scorzonera; Viper’s Grass, Black Salsify New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Scorzonera hispanicaFlora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Scorzonera hispanica(Photos by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Scorzonera spp. S. hispanica (Spanish Scorzonera) S. humilis (S. latifolia), Serpentaria, is also used but is more bitter and therefore, probably less tonifying. S….

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Trigonella, Fenugreek PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trigonella, Fenugreek, Hu Lu Ba 葫芦巴 Foenum GraecumHu Lu Ba (TCM)Hulba (Unani)Methi (Ayurveda)Venthayam (Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent“Hot in the last phase of the First degree and Dry in…

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Semiaquilegia, Tian Kui Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Semiaquilegia, Tian Kui Zi 天葵子 Muskroot-like Semiaquilegia RootTian Kui Zi (TCM) Semiaquilegia adoxoides (Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Semiaquilegia adoxoides Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Sores, Boils, Carbuncles, Furuncles, Scabies-Snake and Insect Bites, Rabid Dog bite-Toxic Wounds and…

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Mesua ferrea, Cobras Saffron PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mesua ferrea, Cobras Saffron Iron Wood treeNagakesara, Keshara (Ayurveda)Narmushk, Nag Kesar (Unani) Mesua ferreaDrakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, 1682 Mesua ferrea flower(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) Botanical name: Mesua ferrea (syn. M. nagassarium) Parts used: Flowers, Stamens, Flower budsalso Fruit, Root-bark and Seed Oil Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry.“hot and dry in the third degree” (Avicenna) Uses: 1….

Dryopteris seu Drynaria, Re Ral PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dryopteris seu Drynaria, Re Ral རེ་རལ Re Ral (Tibet) Dryopteris fragransFlora Danica (1761-1883) Drynaria sinicaH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum (1937) Dryopteris barbigeraR.H. Beddome, The ferns of British India, vol. 2 (1866) Adiantum pedatum(Photo by Nova) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: There several types of Re ral used in Tibetan Medicine: Re ral  རེ་རལ།: Adiantum pedatum,…

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