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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. pubescens A. minor (syn. A. fissa)Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. alpina Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best);…

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Withania, Ashwaganda PRO

ByAdam Tate

Withania, Ashwaganda Winter CherryAshwaganda (Ayurveda)Asgandh (Unani)Amukura (Siddha)Ba spru wa, A sho gandha (Tibetan) De plantis exoticis libri duo, Alpini, 1629 Flora Graeca, Sibthrop, Smith, 1819 Withania somnifera(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Withania root (Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Withania somnifera (syn. Physalis somniferum) Parts used: RootThere are 4 Grades commonly differentiated on the market:  A. 7cm or…

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Kochia, Di Fu Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子 Broom CypressDi Fu Zi (TCM) Kochia scopariaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919) Kochia scoparia(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: C. Clear Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:-urinary obstruction, difficult or…

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Clematis, Dbyi mong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clematis, Dbyi mong དབྱི་མོང༌ Dbyi mong  དབྱི་མོང༌ (Clematis spp)Dbyi mong khra po དབྱི་མོང་ཁྲ་པོ  (C. montana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong nag po  དབྱི་མོང་ནག་པོ  (C. tibetana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong dkar po  དབྱི་མོང་དཀར་པོ  (C. rehderianum) (Tibet)Dby mong ser po དབྱི་མོང་སེར་པོ (C. orientalis var. intricata) (Tibet)Chuan Mu Tong (C. montana) (TCM)Gan Qing Tie Xian Lian (C. tangutica) (TCM)Xi Zang Tie Xian Lian (C. tibetana)…

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Cordyceps, Caterpillar Fungus, Dong Chong Xia Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cordyceps, Caterpillar Fungus, Dong Chong Xia Cao 冬虫夏草 Dong Chong Xia Cao (‘Winter Worm, Summer Herb’, TCM)dByar rtswa dgun ‘bu  དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ་ (Tibet) Dried Cordyceps as available on the Chinese market.(Photo by Rafti Institute) (Wikimedia) Left: uncleaned and cleansed fresh Cordyceps; Right: bunches of graded Cordyceps as sold on the Chinese Market. See also More Photos…

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Securinega, Yi Ye Qiu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Securinega, Yi Ye Qiu 一叶秋 Yi Ye Qiu (TCM)Vellaippula (Siddha) Securinega suffruticosaPallas, P.S., Lamarck, Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieursprovinces de l’empire de Russie et dans l’Asie septentrionale, éd. 2, atlas (?) Securinega suffruticosa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Securinega suffruticosa (syn. S. ramiflora, Flueggea suffruticosa, Pharnaceum suffruticosum, Chenopodium suffruticosum)Securinega virosa is also used. Parts…

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Artemisia santolinifolia, Phur nag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia santolinifolia, Phur nag ཕུར་ནག Phur nag (Tibetan) Artemisia sacrorum (Russian Wormwood)J.G. Gmelin, Flora sibirica, vol. 2 (1749) Botanical name: Artemisia spp.Several species have been identified as supplying Phur nag: A. santolinifolia (syn. A. sacrorum var. minor) A. gmelinii (North-West Tibet) A. vestita (West Himalayas) A. sacrorum–Russian Wormwood (West Tibet) This is one of three…

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag  དབང་ལག  (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Dactylorhiza spp. D. hatagirea…

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Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Crataegus, Hawthorn, Shan Zha 山楂 Oxyacantha, White ThornShan Zha (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 C. oxyacanthaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 C. monogynaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Chinese Hawthorn fruit slices (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Crataegus spp.In Europe: C. laevigata (formerly C. oxyacantha); Branched Hawthorn C. monogyna; Single Hawthorn C. pentagyna; Five-headaed Hawthorn…

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Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce ཀྱི་ལྕེ Kyi lce  ཀྱི་ལྕེ  Trayamana (Ayurveda)Xi Zang Qin Jiao  西藏秦艽 (G. tibetica) (TCM)Tian Shan Qin Jiao  天山秦艽 (G. tianschanica) (TCM) Genitana tibeticaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1897) Gentian Flower for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.Several varieties of the plant are used: Kyi lce dkar po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དཀར་པོ …

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Incarvillea, Ug chos PRO

ByAdam Tate

Incarvillea, Ug chos ཨུག་ཆོས Ug chos (Tibetan) Incarvillea compactaGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1882) Incarvillea younghusbandii(Photo by Chao Shi [Chao7]) (Inaturalist) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Incarvillea spp.There are 3 types of Incarvillea used: White variety: Ug chos dkar po  ཨུག་ཆོས་དཀར་པོ : Incarvillea compacta Red variety: Ug chos dmar po   ཨུག་ཆོས་དམར་པོ : Incarvillea younghusbandii Yellow variety: Ug…

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Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao 山葡萄 Mountain Grape, Wild Grape, Amur GrapeShan Pu Tao (TCM) Vitis amurensis(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vitis amurensis (syn. Vitis vinifera var. amurensis)Vitis adstricta Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clears Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Urinary Tract Infection,…

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