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Chamedrys, Germander FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2C INCIDERS.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC Uses:…

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Myrobalan, Chebula FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra  ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) 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…

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Dactylorhiza, Finger root FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag  དབང་ལག  (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Pill Millipede

ByAdam Tate

Pill Millipede, Shu Fu 鼠妇 Wood Lice, Wood Louse, Hog Lice, Sow Lice, Pill bug, SlaterShu Fu  (TCM) Pill Millipedes (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Pill MillipedeDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Hager, 1878 Pill Millipedes (Armadillidium vulgare) (Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Entomological name: Two distinct but related genus supplied…

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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补 Fortune’s Drynaria RhizomeGu Sui Bu (TCM)Be ljang re ral  བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Drynaria fortuneiH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937) Aglaomorpha coronans(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)The correct name (since 2016) is Aglaomorpha fortunei, although most TCM texts…

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Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角

ByAdam Tate

Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao (TCM)Rgya  རྒྱ  (Tibetan) Saiga tatarica(Photo by Andrey Giljov) (Wikimedia) Antelope horn used in TCM. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Saiga tatarica is the Traditional and official species.However, due to the endangered nature and the fact that a number of similar horns and related animals can be used…

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Notoginseng, San Qi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Notoginseng, San Qi 三七 Pseudoginseng rootSan Qi, Tian Qi (TCM) The structure of Panax notoginseng, Chinese Flora, 1959 San Qi (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2018) Botanical name: Panax notoginseng (syn. Panax pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classifications: K. Move the Blood     L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1….

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Silybum, Mary’s Thistle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Silybum, Milk Thistle Mary’s Thistle, Carduus Mariae, Carduus lacteus New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Silybum marianum (syn. Carduus marianus) Parts used: Seed; herb; rarely the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate, dry. Bittercuts, opens, gently binds Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1….

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Nelumbo Semen, Lotus Seed, Lian Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Semen, Lotus Seed, Lian Zi 莲子 Lian Zi (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), dry. Sweet Classification: R. Astringents Uses: 1. Strengthens the Spleen,…

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Rosmarinus, Rosemary PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rosmarinus, Rosemary Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 Botanical name: Rosmarinus officinalis Parts used: Herb in flower; Flower. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2B ATTENUATER.     2C INCIDERS.     2G. CLEANSING.    2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3E. DIURETIC.   …

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Dalbergia, Jiang Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Dalbergia, Rosewood, Jiang Xiang 降香 Indian Rosewood, Sisau TreeJiang Xiang (TCM)Shimshapa, Krishna-shimshapa (Ayurveda)Seesham (Unani)Irupoolai (Siddha) Dalbergia sissooBeddome, The flora sylvatica of southern India, vol. 1 (1869-1874) Dalbergia sissoo(Photo by Bijay Chaurasia) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dalbergia odorifera, D. sissoo Parts used: Heart woodThe leaves are also used in India…

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Phaseolus, Kidney Bean

ByAdam Tate

Phaseolus, Kidney bean French Bean New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris Parts used: Seed (bean); Bean pods Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classifications: Suppurative, AstringentNephritic, Spermatogenic, Alterative Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys:–Culpeper said it is ‘As great a strengthener of the Kidneys as…

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