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Paeoniae suffruticosa, Tree Peony rootbark, Mu Dan Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po  ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosaP. delavayi (syn. P. lutea) is a yellow-flowered Tree…

Conium, Hemlock PRO

ByAdam Tate

Conium, Hemlock CicutaKhardmana, Shuk Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Conium maculatum Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Cold, dry. Bitter. Toxic.“Cold and Dry from the Third to the Fourth degree”. (Avicenna) Classification: 2B ATTENUATERS 2R. NARCOTICS & HYPNOTICS4k. ARTHRITIC TCM:T. External Medicines Uses: 1….

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Aster himalaicus, Me tog lug mig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aster himalaicus, Me tog lug mig མེ་ཏོག་ལུག་མིག Alpine AsterMe tog lug mig, Chu De Wa (Tibetan) Aster flaccidusCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1913) Aster himalaicus(Photo by Krzysztof Ziarnek) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aster spp.Several species have been listed as a source of Me tog lug mig: A. himalaicus A. souliei Lug Mig is differentiated into 3 categories based…

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Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying PRO

ByAdam Tate

Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying 蒲公英 Pu Gong Ying  (whole herb, TCM)Gong Ying Gen  公英根  (root, TCM)Khur mong  ཁུར་མོང༌ (Tibetan) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Dandelion root(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Various Dandelion roots,(Text Book of Pharmacognosy, Youngken, 1921) Dandelion…

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Amaranthus hypochondriacus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Amaranthus hypochondriacus Princes Feather, Red Cockscomb. Spleen Amaranth Survaali (Unani); Tukhm-e-Survaali (Seed, Unani)Shitivaraka (Ayurveda) Amaranthus hypochondriacus E. Blackwell, A curious herbal, vol. 2 (1739) Botanical name: Amaranthus hypochondriacus Parts used: Seeds, flowering tops Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: 1. Benefits the Kidneys, Astringes:-Spermatorrhea-increases Sperm; Sexual Debility-frequent Urination-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Seed is used (Unani) 2. Clears Heat,…

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Boehmeria, Zhu Ma Gen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Boehmeria, Zhu Ma Gen 苎麻根 Ramie, False NettleZhu Ma Gen (TCM) Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Boehmeria nivea (Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Boehmeria nivea Parts used: Root and RhizomeFresh herb and juice is also used, especially externally Temperature & Taste: Cold, Moist. Sweet Classification: L. Stops Bleeding Uses: 1. Clears…

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Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu 石斛 Shi Hu (TCM)Pu shel rtse  པུ་ཤེལ་རྩི  (Tibet) Dendobium nobileAtlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Above: Bunches of freshly harvested DendrobiumRight: fresh, stripped and bunched stems(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Dendrobium spp.D. nobile, D. candidum, D. fimbriatum are listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.The sources for Dendrobium Shi Hu are…

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Arum, Cuckoopint, Tian Nan Xing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Arum, Cuckoo-pint, Tian Nan Xing 天南星 Aron, Wake Robin, Serpentaria Minorus, Dracontia MinorisDa Ba  ད་བ  (Tibetan Medicine)Chinese Arum (Arisaema):–Tian Nan Xing, Hu Zhang–Zhi Tian Nan Xing (prepared)–Dan Nan Xing (Bile-prepared) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Arum maculatumHerbarum vivae eicones, 1532 Arum maculatumIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Arum maculatumHortus Medicus, Graves,…

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Morinda, Ba Ji Tian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morinda, Ba Ji Tian 巴戟天 Indian MulberryBa Ji Tian (TCM) Morinda in Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Imperial Encyclopedia, early 18th century) Botanical name: Morinda officinalis Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: N. Yang Tonics Uses: 1. Strengthens Kidneys, Tonifies Yang:-Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, Spermatorrhea-Urinary frequency, Incontinence-Infertility in male or female, irregular Menstruation-Menopausal…

Abelmoschus esculentus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Abelmoschus esculentus, Okra Bhandi, Bhindaka (Ayurveda)Bhindi, Bamiya (Unani) Moninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 2: 1682-1709 Botanical name: Abelmoschus esculentus (syn. Hibiscus esculentus) Parts used: Immature pods; Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Nourishes Yin:-Emollient, demulcent (like Marshmallow)-heat and dryness of the Throat, Lungs, Stomach, Kidneys or Bowels-Cough, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis-griping, colic,…

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Coral, Shan Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Bassad, Besed, Bassath (Arabic)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Red Coral necklaceKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Red Coral; Center top: Coral Trunk; Center…

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Tanacetum vulgare, Tansy PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tanacetum, Tansy Athanasia, Tanasia, Herba immortalis Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861 Botanical name: Tanacetum vulgare (syn. Chrysanthemum vulgare)Two types were known: the sweet, and that without scent; the Sweet was divided into the common yellow, curly leaved, small white, and that from the Alps; that without scent is also…

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