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Polipodium, Polypody PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599   Official Polypody                                              …

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Aconitum carmichaeli, Wu Tuo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum carmichaeli, Wu Tuo 乌涂 Aconitum, Chuan Wu 川乌 Aconitum, Cao Wu 草乌 Chuan Wu, Cao Wu, Wu Tuo (TCM) Aconitum carmichaeliCurtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1841) Left: Aconitum Cao Wu (prepared); Right: Aconitum Chuan Wu (prepared)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Aconitum spp.  1. A. carmichaeli (Chuan Wu, Wu Tuo)  2. A. kusnezoffii (Cao Wu)Over 20…

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Torreya, Fei Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Torreya, Fei Zi 榧子 Chinese Nutmeg Yew, Chinese TorreyaFe Zi (TCM) Torreya grandisRevue horticole, serié 4 (1879) Torreya grandis(Photo by VoDeTan2) (Wikimedia) Torreya grandis seed(Photo by VoDeTan2) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Torreya grandis (syn. T. nucifera) Parts used: Seed collected when ripe in Autumn, remove shell (testa) and break into pieces. Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist….

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Arctium, Burdock FREE

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Verbena, Vervain FREE

ByAdam Tate

Verbena, Vervain, Ma Bian Cao 马鞭草 Sacra Herba, Sideritis, Herba Sanguinalis, ColumbinaMa Bian Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Verbena officinalisSeveral different varieties were noted including ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Parts used: Root, herb in flower Temperature…

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Ononis, Restharrow

ByAdam Tate

Ononis, Restharrow Cammock, Spiny Restharrow, Wild Licorice, Onomia OnonisOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Common Restharrow; Right: Yellow-flowered RestharrowKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Ononis spinosaAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Ononis spinosa(Photo by C T Johansson) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ononis spinosaA number of varieties were recognised including Great Yellow, Lesser Yellow, Yellow Prickly, and Purple Restharrows Parts…

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Angelica gigas, Korean Angelica PRO

ByAdam Tate

Angelica gigas, Korean Angelica Gigantic Angelica, Korean Dang GuiChao Xian Dang Gui (TCM) Angelica gigas(Photo by Emma Forsberg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Angelica gigasUsed similarly to Dang Gui, but is not synonymous. Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Regulates Menstruation:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Irregular Menstruation-Menopause 2. Moves the Blood,…

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Porrum, Leeks, Jiu Cai Zi

ByAdam Tate

Porrum, Leek, Jiu Cai Zi 韭菜籽 Leek SeedJiu Cai Zi (Seed, TCM)Kurrath (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Botanical name: Allium porrumIn TCM, the seed of A. tuberosum (Chinese Leek) is used similarly.Allium ascalonicum is the Shallot, the seed of which is used very…

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Nux Pinea, Pine nuts PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nux Pinea, Pine nuts StrobilorumSong Zi (TCM)Chilghoza (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Pine nuts in the shell (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pinus gerardianaLocal species are used in various parts. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet“The larger variety i.e. neozapine is moderately Hot and excessively Moist but the edible pine is Hot and…

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Pastinacae, Garden Parsnips

ByAdam Tate

Pastinacae, Garden Parsnips Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Botanical name: Pastinaca sativa Parts used: Root; Seed; HerbSalmon (Seplasium) said the Seed have the virtues of the herb, but are more powerful Temperature & Taste: Herb and Root is Neutral (slightly Warm) and Moist, SweetSeed is Warm, dry Classifications: 2M….

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Armenian Earth, Bole Armeniac, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂

ByAdam Tate

Armenian Earth, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂 Bole Armeniac, Armenian BoleBura Armani (Unani)Chi Shi Zhi (TCM, related Earth)Suvarnagairika (Ayurveda)Gairika is Red Ochre, used in Ayurveda. Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Red Earth (Adam, 2016) BUY RED EARTH Mineralogical name: Hydrated Aluminium Silicate with small amounts of iron oxide.Two main types can be recognised: Kaolinitum rubrum; Halloysitum…

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Donkeyhide Gelatin, E Jiao 阿胶

ByAdam Tate

Donkey-hide Gelatin, E Jiao 阿胶 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Donkey Hide Gelatin (E Jiao) Zoological name: Equus asinus Parts used: Gelatin prepared from boiling ass or donkey skin Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: N. Blood Tonic Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood:-paleness, dizziness, weakness, feels the cold-anemia with dizziness (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)-palpitations associated with Blood deficiency-Muscular…

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