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Anisodus, Thang phrom nag po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anisodus, Thang phrom nag po ཐང་ཕྲོམ་ནག་པོ་ Thang phrom nag po (Tibet)Zang Qie (A. tanguiticus, TCM)Sai Lang Dang (A. luridus, TCM)San Fen San (A. acutangulus, TCM) Anisodus luridusLink, J.H.F., Otto, F., Icones plantarum selectarum (1828) Anisodus tanguticusPhoto by BIO341prj (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Anisodus spp: A. tanguticus (syn. Scopolia tangutica) (Tibet) A. luridus (Nepal) A. acutangulus In…

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Mentha, Mint, Bo He PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mentha, Mint, Bo He 薄荷 Bo He (TCM)Pudina (Unani)Gur tig གུར་ཏིག་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: ‘Greater’ and Right ‘Lesser’ MintsDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 M. piperitaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 M. viridisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Mentha spp.Various types are used: Peppermint: M x piperita, M. arvensis var….

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Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao 龙胆草 Ghaafis, Jantiana (Unani)related species:–In TCM G. gabra (Long Dan Cao)–In Ayurveda, G. kurroo (Trayamana)–In Tibet G. robusta (Kyi lce) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Greater and Lesser GentiansDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome) Gentiana luteaFlora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Gentiana purpureaFlora von Deutschland…

Selaginella pulvinata, Chu srin sder mo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selaginella pulvinata, Chu srin sder mo ཆུ་སྲིན་སྡེར་མོ SpikemossChu srin sder mo (Tibetan Medicine)Juan Bai (TCM)Hatha Jodi (Ayurveda) Selaginella tamariscinaGartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 28 (1879) Selaginella tamariscina(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Selaginella Juan Bai as available on the Chinese market (GuanDong)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Selaginella spp. S. pulvinata (syn. S. japonica, Lycopodium pulvinata, L. involvens)…

Prostatitis

ByAdam Tate

Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Prostatitis is an inflammation of the Prostate Gland. It may be Bacterial or Chronic in nature. Prostatitis is believed to affect 30–50% of men with approximately 8% having symptoms. Men under 35 are more prone to bacterial Prostatitis whereas men over 50 typically have some degree of prostate enlargement or…

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Scilla, Squill PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scilla, Squill Isqeel (Unani)Vana-Pataandu, Korikanda (Ayurveda, S. indica)Kattu Velvengayam (Siddha, S. indica) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Left: South Indian Squill, S. indica; Right: Indian Squill, Urginea indicaFigures of Indian Plants, Wight, 1853 SQUILL1. Concentric slices of Squill bulb.  2….

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Carissa carandas, Karamarda PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carissa carandas, Karamarda Karanda Karamarda (Ayurveda)Kalakkai (Siddha)Kakronda, Karaunda (Unani)Laaz (Arabic) Carissa carandasW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1795) Carissa carandas(Photo by Sakurai Midori, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Carissa carandasOthers reportedly used include Carissa spinarum, C. inermis (Syn. C. macrophylla) Parts used: Root; also leaf and fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter…

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Phellinus, Sang Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellinus, Sang Huang 桑黄 Black Hoof MushroomSang Huang (‘Mulberry Yellow’), Sang Huang Ling Zhi  (TCM)Meshima (Japan)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) Boletus igniarius (syn. Phellinus igniarius)Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (Sowerby, 1797–1809) Sang Huang from the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2018) Phellinus igniarius, photo by George Chernilevsky (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellinus…

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Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui PRO

ByAdam Tate

Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui 龙葵 Garden NightshadeKakamachi, Kakahya (whole herb, Ayurveda)Brhati (dried root, Ayurveda)Mako (Unani)Long Kui (TCM)Manatakali (Siddha)  Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 SOLANUM FRUIT1. Fruits of variable size.  2. Pedicle and persistent calyx. 3. Sunken surface of the fruit. …

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Sterculia, Pang Da Hai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sterculia, Pang Da Hai 胖大海 Pang Da Hai (TCM) Sterculia lychnophoraPierre, J.B.L., Flore forestiere de la Cochinchine (1890-1891) Sterculia lychnophora seeds(Photo by Daderot, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sterculia lychnophora (syn. Scaphium affine)Sterculia scaphigera (syn. Scaphium scaphigerum) is used similarly in India. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classification: P. Clear Hot Phlegm…

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Turpeth, Turbith PRO

ByAdam Tate

Turpeth, Turbith TurpethumTrivrita, Tri-vrta (Ayurveda)Nishoth (Hindi)Turbud, Turbud Mujaffif, Turbud Safed (Unani) Arabian TurbithOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Blackwell, Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1760 Turbith RootHerbario nuovo, 1667 Turpeth root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) BUY WHITE TURBITH POWDER Botanical name: Operculina spp.Two types are recognised, White and Black. White Turbith: O. turpethum (syn. Ipomoea turpethum,…

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Hemidesmus, Sariva PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hemidesmus, Sariva Indian SarsaparillaSariva, Anantamula (Ayurveda)Nannari (Siddha)Sugandhi (Hindi)Ushba (Unani) Witsen, N., Jager, H. de, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae’ (1700) Burman, J., Thesaurus Zeylanicus, (1737) Hemidesmus indicus(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hemidesmus indicus (syn. Periploca indicus)Traditional Ayurvedic texts described 2 varieties of Sariva: Black Variety: Cryptolepis buchananii White Variety: Hemidesmus indicus They…

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