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Gynura, San Qi Cao

ByAdam Tate

Gynura, San Qi Cao 三七草 Canton San Qi, Canton Tu San QiSan Qi Cao, Ju Ye San Qi (TCM) Gynura japonicaSiebold, P.F. von, Zuccarini, J.G., Flora Japonica (1842-1870) Gynura pseudochina(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gynura japonica (syn. G. segetum, Porophyllum japonicum)Related species appear to be used similarly: G. pseudochina (syn. G. nudicaulis) appears…

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Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tabasheer, Tian Zhu Huang 天竺黄 Bamboo Silica, Bamboo Manna, Bamboo Salt, Bamboo CamphorTian Zhu Huang (TCM)Vasalocana (Ayurveda)Cu Gan (Tibetan)Tabaashir (Unani)Bansalochan (Persian)Qasab (Arabic) Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 B. arundinacea (as Arundo bambos)Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum Icones ad vivum coloratae, vol. 5 (1792) Two varieties of Tabasheer available on the market, Blue and…

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Entada scandens, Gla gor zho sha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Entada scandens, Gla gor zho sha གླ་གོར་ཞོ་ཤ Elephant Creeper, Matchbox Bean, Climbing EntadaGil (Ayurveda)Chillu (Siddha)Gla gor zho sha  གླ་གོར་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan)Gai Teng Zi  盖藤子 (TCM) Entada scandensM.E. Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles (1827) Entada scandens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Entada scandens (syn. E. phaseoloides. E. pursaetha; Lens phaseoloides, Mimosa entada) Parts used: Seed, collected when ripe…

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Gardenia fruit, Zhi Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gardenia fruit, Zhi Zi 执子 Cape Jasmine fruitZhi Zi (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1842 Gardenia Fruit, Zhi Zi (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Gardenia jasminoides Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears Heat:-Fever with restlessness (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)-insomnia, irritability, delirious speech-damp-heat or heat sores of…

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Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping

ByAdam Tate

Lemna, Duckweed, Fu Ping 浮萍 Lens palustris, Lens lacustris, L. aquatica, Muscus palustrisFu Ping (TCM)Tuhlab (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 4 different varieties of Duckweed (Lemna)Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora, vol. 2 (1922-1926) Botanical name: Lemna spp., including L. minorThere are a number of…

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Cardamine, Chu rug PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cardamine, Chu rug ཆུ་རུག་ Ladies Smock, Cuckoo flower, Sinapis alteraChu rug (Tibet) Cardamine macrophylla (as Sinapis altera)Colonna, F., Phytobasanos, sive plantarum aliquot historia (1592) Cardamine macrophylla(Photo by Oleg Kosterin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cardamine macrophyllaThere are several varieties of Chu rug in Tibetan Medicine: Chu rug: Cardamine macrophylla Chu rug sbal lag: Ranunculus tricuspis Cardamine pratensis…

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Euryale, Qian Shi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Euryale, Qian Shi 芡实 Fox nut, Euryale SeedQian Shi (TCM) Euryale feroxHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 8 (1853) Euryale ferox(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Euryale ferox Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: R. Astringents Uses: 1….

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Agaricus, Agaric PRO

ByAdam Tate

Agaricus, Agaric AgarikonGhariqoon (Unani)Ku Bai Tie  苦白蹄; A Li Hong  阿里红 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 True ‘Larch Agaric’New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 AgaricKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 ‘Agaricus albus’Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Polyporus officinalis (Nees von Esenbeck,T.F.L., Plantae officinales, vol. 2, 1828-1833) Polyporus officinalisKoehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Polyporus ignarius, probably the lesser, ‘Male’…

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Ophiopogon japonicus, Mai Men Dong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ophiopogon japonicus, Mai Men Dong 麦门冬 Mai Men Dong (TCM) Ophiopogon japonicusCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 27: 1808 Ophiopogon japonicus(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Ophiopogon root (Adam, 2023) Botanical name: Ophiopogon japonicusIn parts of China other species are used including O. bodinieri. Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter. (Some said it was…

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Petroselinum, Parsley PRO

ByAdam Tate

Petroselinum, Parsley Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 ParsleyNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Macedonian ParsleyNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1861 PARSLEY ROOT1, Longitudinal section with recurved cortex and ridge of pith. 2. Annulate surface. 3. Transverse section showing round resin cavities. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Petroselinum spp. …

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Artemisia, Mkhan pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia, Mkhan pa མཁན་པ Mkhan pa (Tibetan)Qing Hao (A. annua) (TCM)Bai Hao (A. siversiana) (TCM) Artemisia annuaKops et al., J., Flora Batava (1906) Botanical name: Artemisia spp.4 types of Mkhan pa are recognised in Tibetan Medicine:  1. Mkhan nag: ‘Black’ variety; A. annua (Artemisia Qing Hao of TCM)  2. Mkhan skya: A. sieveriana   3. Mkhan…

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Sinapi, Mustard FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sinapi, Mustard Khardal, Rai (Black Mustard, Unani)Safaid Sarson (White Mustard, Ayurveda)Yungs Dkar  ཡུངས་དཀར  (White Mustard, Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Two varieties of MustardDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Brassica nigraKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: There are 2 types of Mustard:  1. Sinapsis alba (White, syn. Brassica…

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