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Cirsium japonicum, Da Ji

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Crisium japonicum, Da Ji 大蓟 Japanese Thistle, Large ThistleDa Ji (TCM) Cirsium japonicum(Photo by OgreBot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cirsium japonicumIn Tibetan Medicine several species of Cirsium are used including C. verutum Parts used: Root. Sometimes the whole fresh plant is used Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: L. Stop Bleeding Uses: 1. Cools…

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Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang 丁香 Caryophyllatus aromaticusAnthophyllum: Mother Cloves: Mature ClovesLavanga (Ayurveda)Kirambu (Siddha)Ding Xiang (TCM); Mother Clove is Mu Ding Xiang (literally “Mother Clove”)Li Shi  ལི་ཤི  (Tibetan)Qaranful (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Anthophyllum or ‘Mother Clove’Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Above: Clove (Adam, 2016) 1,…

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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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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi (Siddha)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra ja  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Psoralea corylifoliaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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Styrax, Storax FREE

ByAdam Tate

Styrax, Storax, Su He Xiang 苏合香 Rosa MallasSu He Xiang (TCM)Salaras, Asl Labni (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Styrax officinalis (ancient source); Center & Right: Liquidamber (modern source)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Styrax officinalisMedical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Liquidambar orientalis, the modern source of StoraxKöhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897 Styrax officinalis(Photo by Davidbena) (Wikimedia) Liquidambar orientalis(Photo by Rohit…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best); sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate…

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Curculigo, Xian Mao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Curculigo, Xian Mao 仙茅 Xian Mao (TCM)Talpatri, Krishna Musali, Musali Kanda, Sveta Musali (‘Black Musali’) (Ayurveda)Musali Siyah (Unani)Nilappanan Kizhangu (Siddha) Kerner, Hortus sempervirens, 1806 Curculigo orchioides(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Curculigo Xian Mao dried root (Adam 2023) Botanical name: Curculigo orchioides Parts used: Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent, Slightly Toxic Classifications: 3J. INCREASE SEMENN….

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Cinnabar, Zhu Sha

ByAdam Tate

Cinnabar, Zhu Sha 朱砂 Zhu Sha (TCM)Hingula (Ayurveda)Mtshal  མཚལ  (Tibetan)Hingula, Zanjafar (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Native Cinnabar in crystal formExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Different grades of Natural and Artificial Cinnabar / Vermillion. (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Grains of Natural Cinnabar Vermillion; man-made red sulphide of Mercury Mineralogical name: Cinnabar; Native Red Mercury Sulphide;Vermillion…

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Tanacetum Parthenium, Feverfew PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tanacetum Parthenium, Feverfew Parthenium, Matricaria, FebrifugaUqhuwan (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Tanacetum parthenium (previously Chrysanthemum parthenium, Matricaria parthenium, Pyrethrum parthenium) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in the West), dry. Bitter, Pungent Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD3G. EMMENAGOGUE4i….

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Myrobalan, Belleric

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Belleric Bibhitaki (Ayurveda)Thandrikkai (Siddha)Bahera (Unani)Ba Ru Ra བ་རུ་ར (Tibetan)Mao He Zi 毛诃子 (TCM) Belleric MyrobalanIllustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right:…

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Stoechas PRO

ByAdam Tate

Stoechas, Stoechas CassidonieUstukhuddus (Unani) Arabian StoechasGart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 StoechasOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 (Photo by Carsten Niehaus) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lavandula stoechasSalmon listed 5 varieties. Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2U. SUPPURATIVE3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M. ARTHRITIC4a. CEPHALIC.    4j. NERVINEPreparers…

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