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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)Saunf (Ayurveda)Combu (Siddha)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie 藕节 Ou Jie (TCM)Tamarai Kizanku (Siddha) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Jiu Huang Ben Cao (The Famine Relief Herbal) (1593) Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Rhizome node Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Vomiting or…

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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu-“It relieves headache due to invading pathogenic Wind … expels exterior syndrome and induces…

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Sida, Bala PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Martius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa)Various species have supplied Bala in the past:  i. Batyalaka: S. cordifolia  ii. Mahabala: S. rhombidea (variety of S. rhombifolia)  iii. Atibala: S….

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Eriophyton, Spang tshan pu ru PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eriophyton, Spang tshan pu ru སྤང་ཚན་སྤུ་རུ Spang tshan pu ru (Tibetan)Mao Yao Cao 毛药草, Mian Shen 綿參 (Eriophyton, TCM) Alajja rhomboideaV. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832, (1844) Marmoritis rotundifolia (syn. Nepeta thibeticaV. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832 (1844) Botanical name: A number of herbs have been…

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Rehmannia, Shu Di Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rehmannia, Shu Di Huang 熟地黄 Prepared Chinese Foxglove rootShu Di Huang (TCM) Edwards’s Botanical Register (1837) Rehmannia glutinosa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rehmannia glutinosa Parts used: Prepared Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classification: N. Blood Tonic     N. Yin Tonic Uses: 1. Tonifies the Blood:-weakness, pale face and tongue, deficient and thin…

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Thapsia, Scorching Fennel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thapsia, Scorching Fennel Deadly Carrot Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 3 varieties of Thapsia (Eicones plantarum, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590) T. garganica(Illustration by Ferdinand Bauer, 1787) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Thapsia spp.It appears several species have been used:  1. T. garganica  2. T. villosa (‘Deadly Carrot’ or ‘Scorching Fennel’)  3. T. ascelpium (‘Narrow-leaved Carrot’)Varieties listed in Parkinson’s Herbal include,…

Scutellaria barbata, Bai Zhi Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scutellaria barbata, Ban Zhi Lian 半枝莲 Barbat SkullcapBan Zhi Lian (TCM) Scutellaria barbata(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Dried Herb of Scutellaria Ban Zhi Lian (Adam, 2023) Botanical name: Scutellaria barbata (syn. S. rivularis) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxins,…

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Artemisia, Mugwort, Ai Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda)Birenjafif (Unani)Khan nag འཁན་ནག་ (Tibet) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known.The Chinese Mugwort is principally…

Argyreia PRO

ByAdam Tate

Argyreia Elephant Creeper, Woolly Morning Glory, Small Wood RoseVridhadara (Ayurveda)Samandarkapat (Hindi)Samudrapatra (Sanskrit)Samandar Sokh (Unani)Ambgar (Siddha) Lowis, L., Familiar Indian flowers, 1881 Argyreia speciosa(Photo by Jkadavoor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Argyreia speciosa (syn. A. nervosa, Convolvulus speciosus, Ipomoea speciosa, Lettsomia nervosa, Rivea nervosa) Parts used: Leaf, root, seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Root: Bitter Uses: ROOT:1….

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Glehnia, Bei Sha Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Glehnia, Bei Sha Shen 北沙参 Adenophora, Nan Sha Shen 南沙参 Glehnia littoralisKomorov, V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 17 Glehnia littoralisPhoto by Pieria Adenophora strictaPhoto by Kenraiz (Wikimedia) Botanical name: There are two main varieties of Sha Shen: Bei Sha Shen: Glehnia littoralis (Northern China) Nan Sha Shen: Adenophora tetraphylla, A. stricta (Southern China) The two…

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