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Plantago Semen, Plantain Seed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Plantago Semen, Plantain Seed, Che Qian Zi 车前子 ArnoglossumChe Qian Zi (TCM)      Red Plantain (variety)                                          Greater Plantain       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Greater Plantain; Middle: Ribwort Plantain; Right: Buck’s-Horn PlantainNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563      Greater Plantain       …

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Platycladus Folium, Ce Bai Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Platycladus Folium, Ce Bai Ye 侧柏叶 Arbor VitaeCe Bai Ye (TCM) Platycladus orientalisL’ Illustration horticole, vol. 9 (1862) Platycladus orientalisMouillefert, Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, (1892-1898) Botanical name: Platycladus orientalisSynonyms include: Biota orientalis, B. chengii, Thuja orientalis, T. australis, Cupressus thuja, Retinispora decurvata Parts used: Young Leaf and twig Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry….

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Lawsonia, Henna, Madayanti PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lawsonia, Henna, Madayanti Madayanti (Ayurveda)Hina, Mehndhi (Unani) HennaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Lawsonia inermis flower(Photo by Tu7uh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lawsonia inermis (syn. L. spinosa), L. alba Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter“Henna is Cold in the First degree and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Heat and…

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Oenanthe, Shui Qin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Oenanthe, Shui Qin 水芹 Java Water DropwortShui Qin (TCM)Jatera (Ayurveda) Bencao pinhui jingyao, 1505 (Welcome Collection) Oenanthe javanica(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Oenanthe spp.Several species are used: O. javanica (syn. O. stolonifera) – Shui Qin O. benghalensis O. rivularis O. decumbens Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Slightly Cool. Sweet, Pungent, Sour Uses:…

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Gentiana urnula, Gang ga chung PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana urnula, Gang ga chung གང་ག་ཆུང༌ Gang ga chung (Tibetan) Gentiana urnula from a Tibetan Thangka Gentiana depressa(Photo by Donald Macauley) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.Two separate species supply this medicine: G. urnula G. depressa (syn. G. don) Other sources have listed G. pseudosquarrosa, G. phyllocalyx, G. wardi as sources. Parts used: Flower; Whole herb…

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Delphinium grandiforum, Bya rkang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Delphinium grandiflorum, Bya rkang བྱ་རྐང༌ Bya rkang, བྱ་རྐང༌ (Tibetan)Dakhangu (Sanskrit); Asbarg (Hindi)D. grandiflorum: Cui Que Hua (TCM)D. kamaonense: Zhan Mao Cui Que Hua (TCM) Delphinium grandiflorum(The Botanical Register, Edward’s, 1820) Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Dwarf Blue Butterfly’(Photo by David Stang) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Delphinium grandiflorumThe Delphiniums are difficult to classify and have many varieties. Over 2 dozen…

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Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Galangae, Galangal, Gao Liang Jiang 高良姜 Gao Liang Jiang (‘High Mountain Ginger’) (TCM)Kulanjana (Ayurveda) Perarattai (Siddha)Khulanjaan (Unani)Don gra  དོང་གྲ  (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Lesser Galangal, Alpina officinarumBotanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Kaempferia galangaRedouté, P.J., Les Liliacées, (1805-1816 Greater and Lesser Galangal rootHerbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 ALIPNA1. Annulate, wavy leaf bases or scars….

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Pluchea, Rasana PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pluchea, Rasana Rasana, Rasnika, Rasa (Ayurveda)Rasna, Rasan, Zanjbeel-Shaami (Unani) Pluchea indicaWight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany, or figures illustrative of each of the natural orders of Indian plants (1850) Pluchea. indica leaf(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pluchea lanceolataDifferent plants are used for Rasana in different parts of India: Pluchea lanceolata is…

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Hyssopus, Hyssop PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hyssopus, Hyssop Zoofa (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Hyssopus officinalisFive other European species have been used similarly: H. ambiguus, H. cuspidatus, H. latilabiatus, H. macranthus, and H. seravschanicusGarden and Wild types were traditionally differentiated. Parts used: Herb, flower Temperature & Taste:…

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Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng, Ci Wu Jia 刺五加 Russian Ginseng, Spiny Acanthopanax, Devil’s Shrub, Eleutherococcus GinsengCi Wu Jia (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Eleutherococcus senticosus(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Eleutherococcus senticosus (syn. Acanthopanax senticosus, Hedera senticosa)E. koreanum is used in Korea.Acanthopanax gracilistylus Wu Jia Pi is similar. Eleutherococcus senticosus was previously…

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Trichosanthes Fructus, Gua Lou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trichosanthes Fructus, Gua Lou 瓜蒌 Gua Lou (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii fruit(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii (syn. T. japonica), T.  rosthornii (syn. T. uniflora) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold,…

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Ruta, Rue PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ruta, Rue ‘Herb of Grace’Sudab (Unani)Sitav (Ayurveda) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Ruta graveolens Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Hot and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Considered Cold in TCM, although it is rarely used. Classifications: 2C INCIDERS.    2D ATTENUATERS…

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