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Catechu, Er Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Catechu, Er Cha 儿茶 Er Cha (TCM)Khi la wa ri (Tibetan)Khadira (Ayurveda) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Uncaria Gambir (used as an alternate source in TCM)Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Catechu (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Acacia catechu (Black Catechu)TCM uses Uncaria gambir…

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Citrus medica, Citron PRO

ByAdam Tate

Citrus medica, Citron C. medica var. sarcodactylis, Finger Citron, Fo Shou 佛手 Poma CitrinaCitron Peel: Ju Yuan (TCM)Finger Citron peel: Fo Shou (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Botanical name: Citrus medica, C. wilsonii.In addition, TCM uses Citron Fo Shou (Finger Citron), C. medica var….

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Ganoderma applanatum, Artists Conk PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ganoderma applanatum, Artist’s Conk Artist’s BracketShu She Ling Zhi  樹舌靈芝 (TCM)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) 2 local examples of Ganoderma (Adam, Victoria, 2019) Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of the U.S. are very similar in appearance…

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Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu 苦木 Indian QuassiaKu Mu (TCM)Kashshing (Ayurveda) Picrasma quassioidesKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 2 (1918) Picrasma quassioides(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrasma quassioides Parts used: Branches and leaves (TCM)Wood and Bark (Ayurveda) Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Very Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Toxin:-Common Cold or…

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Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang 檀香 Chanana (Ayurveda)Tan Xiang (TCM)Tsan Dan Dkar Po  ཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan)Sandal Safed (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Santalum album,Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Packaging for imported SandalwoodA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Australian Sandalwood available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (2010) BUY PREMIUM SANDALWOOD POWDER Botanical name: Santalum spp.  1….

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Levisticum, Lovage PRO

ByAdam Tate

Levisticum, Lovage HipposelinumSisaliyus (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Levisticum officinaleLigusticum chinensis (syn. L. sinensis, L. wallichi) is the Chinese Lovage Ligusticum Chuan Xiong. Parts used: Root; also the Seed and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent“Hot and Dry in the Second degree”…

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Armeniaca, Apricot PRO

ByAdam Tate

Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Prunus armeniacaOther species used in TCM include:  1. P. sibirica  2. P. manshurica   3. P. armeniaca L. var ansu Parts used: Kernel; Oil; rarely the Fruit or FlowerSweet and Bitter varieties of Kernels are used….

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Arctium, Burdock PRO

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Cleome, Ajagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cleome, Ajagandha Caravella; Spiderflower; Wild Mustard (Yellow-flowered)Tilaparni (White-flowered)Ajagandha (Yellow-flowered)Arkapushpi (Blue-flowered)Hurhur; Panwar (Yellow-flowered) (Unani)Kadugu, Nalvelai (Siddha)Bai Hua Cai Zi (TCM, Seed) White-flowered (C. gynandra)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 40 (1814) Yellow-flowered (Cleome viscosa)J. Martyn , F. Panzer, Abbildung und Beschreibung sellener Gewaechse neu übersetzt,systematisch bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von D. Georg Wolffgang Franz Panzer (1797)(From the…

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala, Yuan Zhi 远志 Chinese Senega, Thinleaf MilkwortYuan Zhi (TCM)Byi ‘u srad ma  བྱི་འུ་ སྲད་མ་ (Herb, Tibetan Medicine) Colla., Icones plantarum rariorum herbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Polygala sibirica flower(Photo by Igorpysh) (Wikimedia Botanical name: Polygala spp. P. tenuifolia P. sibirica Parts used: Root. Classically, the root and leaf were often both used. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis)A number of local species have been used including H. humifusum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

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Dalbergia, Jiang Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dalbergia, Rosewood, Jiang Xiang 降香 Indian Rosewood, Sisau TreeJiang Xiang (TCM)Shimshapa, Krishna-shimshapa (Ayurveda)Seesham (Unani)Irupoolai (Siddha) Dalbergia sissooBeddome, The flora sylvatica of southern India, vol. 1 (1869-1874) Dalbergia sissoo(Photo by Bijay Chaurasia) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dalbergia odorifera, D. sissoo Parts used: Heart woodThe leaves are also used in India Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly…

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