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Fibroids

ByAdam Tate

Fibroid Tumors Fibroid Tumors are a classic Melancholy-type Tumor in the Western Tradition. It is analogous to Phlegm-Damp and Blood-stagnation Masses of TCM. It requires a combination of Blood-moving Medicines and medicines to clear Damp and Melancholy. Diet include foods which are easily digestible, avoiding foods hard to digest including meat of old animals Many…

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Cowrie shell

ByAdam Tate

Cowrie shell Concha venerisKarpardaka, Kapardik (Ayurveda)‘gron bu  འགྲོན་བུ  (Tibetan Medicine)Zi Bei Chi 紫貝齒 or Bei Zi (TCM)Kharmohra (Unani)Kawry (Arabic) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Cypraea moneta (Money Cowrie)Photo by Liez   Zoological name: Cypraea spp. / Mauritia spp.Ayurvedic texts mention 3 types of Cowrie: White, Red, Yellow. A Purple variety is preferred in TCM.A number of different…

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Smyrnium, Alexander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Smyrnium, Alexander Black Lovage, Hipposelinum, Smyrnium, ZirnabumXiao Mei Wei Qin (TCM) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Smyrnium olusatrumFlora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Smyrnium olusatrum(Photo by tato grasso) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Smyrnium olusatrumOther related species used include S. perfoliatum, S. rotundifolium (Alexander of Candy) Parts used: Seeds; sometimes the root. The herb was eaten as a vegetable….

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Acorus, Calamus FREE

ByAdam Tate

Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 Sweet FlagVacha (Ayurveda)Vasambu (Siddha)Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 (TCM)Shu Dag  ཤུ་དག  (Tibetan)Waj e Turki (Unani) Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578  PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Local variety of Calamus used in Tibetan Medicine. (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…

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Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen 太子参 Prince GinsengTai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child’s Ginseng) Pseudostellaria heterophylla(Photos by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pseudostellaria heterophylla (syn. Krascheninikovia heterophylla, Stellaria heterophylla) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm and moist), Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: N. Qi Tonic Uses: 1….

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Tussilago, Coltsfoot PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tussilago, Coltsfoot, Kuan Dong Hua 款冬花 CoughwortFarfara, Ungula Caballina (‘Horses Hoof’)Kuan Dong Hua (Flower) (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Coltsfoot(Photo by Andreas Trepte) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tussilago farfara Parts used: Leaf; Flower; rarely the Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, sweet.Warm…

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Olea, Olive tree

ByAdam Tate

Olea, Olive tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Wild and Domestic OliveDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Olea europea Parts used: Fruit (pickled); Leaf; Expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: LEAF: Cool and dry, BitterOIL: Warm and Moist….

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Pyrethrum, Pellitory

ByAdam Tate

Pyrethrum, Pellitory Spanish Camomile, Pellitory of Spain; BertramAaqarqarha, Ood al-qarh (Unani)Akarkara, Aakarakarabha (Ayurveda)Akirakaram (Siddha) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Left: Greater Pyrethrum; Right: Lesser PyrethrumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586  Medical Botany, Stephenson & Churchill, 1836(Image by Rawpixel) (Wikimedia) 1, Broken surface showing radiate ridges. 2. Tuft of white fibers in…

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Punica Fructus, Pomegranate Fruit PRO

ByAdam Tate

Punica Fructus, Pomegranate fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru  སེ་འབྲུ  (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan Medicine and Ayurveda.Unani…

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Heracleum candicans, Spru dkar PRO

ByAdam Tate

Heracleum candicans, Spru dkar སྤྲུ་དཀར་ Spru dkar (Tibet)Ruan Mao Du Huo (H. lanatum, TCM) Heracleum lanatumIllustrated Flors of the US, Canada, and the British Possessions, Britton & Brown, 1913 Heracleum lanatum(Photo by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Heracleum candicans, H. nepalense, H. lanatum (Masterwort)H. lanatum and H. hemsleyanum are used as alternate sources of…

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Lobelia

ByAdam Tate

Lobelia Indian Tobacco, Pukeweed, Asthma Weed, Emetic rootDevanala (Ayurveda) Lobelia inflataAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 1. Channeled and winged stems. 2. Mass of leaves and stems. 3. Inflated calyx.  4. Three typesof leaves.  5. Raceme of flowers(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs,Mansfield, 1919) Botanical name: Lobelia inflata Parts used: Whole Herb; Dried aerial…

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Lycoris, Red Spider Lily, Shi Suan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lycoris, Red Spider Lily, Shi Suan 石蒜 Shorttube Lycoris Shi Suan (“Stone Garlic”, TCM) Lycoris radiata(Kerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens, 1795-1830) Lycoris radiata(Herbert, 1822) (Wikimedia) Lycoris radiata(Photo by Kakidai) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lycoris spp. L. radiata (syn. Amaryllis radiata) L. chinensis Parts used: Bulb; occasionally the aerial parts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet. Slightly…

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