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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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Powder Proven for Lung Defects and All Coughs (Galen)

ByAdam Tate

Powder Proven for Lung Defects and all Coughs Tradition: Western Source / Author: Galen (Omnia Quae extant in Latinum Sermonem Conversa, 1556) Herb Name Radish seedPellitoryElecampaneOrris * Black Pepper Latin Raphanus sativaAnacyclus pyrethrumInula helenium Iris spp.Piper nigrum Amount 1 dram ea. * The text lists Iridis Illyricae, Illyrian Orris from the region of Albania and Croatia….

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellodendron, Huang Bai 黄柏 Amur cork-tree barkHuang Bai (TCM) Sargent, Trees and shrubs, illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, 1855 Phellodendron amurense(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellodendron chinense, P. amurense Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat & Damp Uses: 1. Drains Damp-Heat:-purges Damp-Heat, especially…

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Ambergris PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ambergris Ambra greceAmber Ash-hab (Unani) AmbergrisOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1491 Sperm WhaleMedical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Ambergris, Skagway MuseumPhoto by Wmpearl, edited) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: waxy secretion from the Sperm Whale, Physeter spp. Parts used: Waxy secretion of the Sperm Whale“Grey coloured variety is considered best. Next in order of qulity are the…

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Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus རྒུ་དྲུས Rgu drus (Tibet) Corydalis dasypteraMaximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem Flora Tangutica, vol. 1 (1889) Botanical name: Corydalis dasypteraTwo types of Rgu drus are recongised: Superior: Swertia wolfangiana (Rgu drus mchog) Inferior: Corydalis dasyptera (Rgu drus dman pa) Swertia kingii is called Ser po Rgu…

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Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam Wild Yam (U.S.), Colic Root N.J. von Jacquin, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3 (1786-1793) C.F. Millspaugh, American medicinal plants, vol. 2 (1892) 1. Dioscorea villosa var. glabra2. Dioscorea villosa(King’s American Dispensatory, Felter & Lloyd, 18th Ed., 1898) 1, Portion of stem attached to the rhizome and a rhizomewhich is branched and…

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Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma ནད་མ་སྣུན་མ་ Hooked StinkseedNad ma snun ma (Tibet) Hackelia uncinata(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Hackelia uncinata closeup(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hackelia uncinata (syn. H. glochidiata, Cynoglossum uncinatum, C. laxum, Eritrichium uncinatum)Three types of Nad ma are differentiated in Tibetan Medicine: Nad ma ‘byar ma: Cynoglossum wallichii, C. lanceolatum Nad…

Hedera arborea, Ivy PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hedera, Ivy Hedera arborea (“Tree Ivy”) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Hedera helix Parts used: Leaf (most used); Berries; Gum Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Slightly Toxic Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing…

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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi, Karpokarici (Siddha)Babchi (Unani)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra ja  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Classification: N. Tonic Uses:…

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Angelica pubescens, Du Huo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica pubescens, Du Huo, 独活 Du Huo (TCM) Angelica pubescens flowerPhoto by Koichi Oda Botanical name: Angelica pubescens; others used include A. brevicaulis, A. polyclada, A. hemsleyanum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, bitter Classification: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clears Wind and Damp, Eases Pain:-acute and chronic painful obstruction,…

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Lilium brownii, Bai He PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lilium brownii, Bai He 百合 Brown’s Lily, Hong Kong LilyBai He (TCM) Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, (1845) Lilium browniiBury, E., A selection of Hexandrian plants, 1831 Lilium brownii(Photo by Denis Barthel) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lilium spp. L. brownii (syn. L. japonicum) L. lancifolium L. pumilum Other local varieties…

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Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉皮 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Tvak (Ayurveda)–Ilavankap Padtai (Siddha)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Cassia LigneaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 CinnamonOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal…

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