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Oroxylum, Mu Hu Die PRO

ByAdam Tate

Oroxylum, Mu Hu Die 木蝴蝶 Indian TrumperflowerMu Hu Die (TCM, Seed)Shoyanaka, Shoynka, Balluka (Ayurveda, Root-bark)Tsampa Ka  ཙམ་པ་ཀ་ (Tibetan) Oroxylum indicumBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Oroxylum indicum(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Oroxylum indicum (syn. Bignonia indica) Parts used: Seed; Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classifications: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: SEED:1….

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Herpetospermum, Gser Gyi Me Tog PRO

ByAdam Tate

Herpetospermum, Gser Gyi Me Tog གསེར་གྱི་མེ་ཏོག Himalayan Bitter GourdGser Gyi Me Tog (Tibetan)Bo Leng Gua Zi (TCM)Beej Karela (Hindi) Herpetospermum pedunculosum(Photo by Max Antheunisse) (plantillustrations) Herpetospermum seed(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Herpetospermum pedunculosum (syn. Bryonia pedunculosa, Herpetospermun caudigerum, H, grandiflorum) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver…

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Piper Longum, Long Pepper PRO

ByAdam Tate

Piper longum, Long Pepper, Bi Ba 荜茇 Bi Ba (TCM)Pippali (Ayurveda)Thippili (Siddha)Filfil Daraz, Peepal (Unani)Pi pi ling  པི་པི་ལིང༌  (Tibetan)The root of Long Pepper is called Peepalmool (Unani), Thippiliver (Siddha) Long Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper longumWoodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 1832 Long Pepper (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Piper spp. P. longum P. officinum Classical…

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Hydrastis, Golden Seal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hydrastis, Golden Seal Koehler’s Medicinal Plants, 1887 Hydrastis canadensis(Photo by James Steakley) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hydrastis canadensis Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea-Catarrh, Sinusitis from Heat and Damp-Jaundice 2. Clears Liver Heat:-Eczema, skin diseases from heat in the Blood and Liver-red, sore,…

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Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu PRO

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  (A. calamus, Tibetan)Waj, Waj e Turki (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578  PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Acorus calamusKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 The ‘True’ (original) Acorus…

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Taxus, Yew tree PRO

ByAdam Tate

Taxus, Yew tree Milax (Dioscorides)Sthauneya (Ayurveda)Thuner, Talispatr (Unani)Jiang Guo Zi Shan (TCM)Nan Fang Hong Dou Shan: Taxus wallichiana var. mairei (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Taxus baccataMouillefert, P., Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas, t. 32 (0) Taxus baccata(Photo by Jebulon) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Taxus spp. T. baccata (European or English Yew) T wallichiana. (syn….

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Cnidium, She Chuang Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子 She Chuang Zi (TCM)La la phud ser po  ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ  (Tibetan Medicine) Cnidium monnieriJacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies…

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Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭

ByAdam Tate

Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭 Shui Zhi (TCM)Jonk, Pichchian, Jonkan (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Dried Leech as used in TCM.(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2009) See also Leeching Entomological name: Hirudo and Whitmania spp.In TCM, the Official species used are: Hirudo nipponica Whitmania acranulata W. pigra There are…

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Album Graecum, White Dog Dung

ByAdam Tate

Album Graecum, White Dog Dung Zoological name: Canine spp. Parts used: White sun-bleached Dog Dung Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry Uses: 1. Resists Poison, Resolves Inflammation:-Sore Throat, Tonsillitis as a gargle-Swelling or falling down of the palate of the mouth (gargle)-used as a plaster to the neck, also used in gargles, or the powder blown…

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Uva Ursi, Bearberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clear Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Cystitis,…

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Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

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

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Brain, Cerebrum

ByAdam Tate

Cerebrum, Brain Zoological name: Dervied from various animals: Pig, Sheep, Cow Chicken Parts used: 1. Decoction2. Dried and prepared Brain3. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Brain:–Mental dullness or Mental deficiency–Poor or failing memory–‘Strengthens the Wit and Memory‘ (Chicken Brain)–Neurasthenia, melancholy, epilepsy, chorea, migraine, psychosis, insanity, hysteria…

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