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Cow & Bull

ByAdam Tate

Bos, Cow Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Cow (right) Peraldus (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Zoological name: Bos taurusRelated species are also used Parts used: Bile, Hoof, Horn, Heart, Lungs, Liver, Kidney, Pizzle, Testes, Blood, Bone, Fat Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: BILE: ‘The best of all Beasts’1. Clears Heat, Alleviate Thirst:-Convulsions…

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Honey, Mel, Feng Mi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Honey, Mel, Feng Mi 蜂蜜 Feng Mi (TCM)Asl (Unani)Sbrang rtsi  སྦྲང་རྩི  (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Entomological name: Apis spp. A. mellifera, Western Honey Bee, A. cerana, Eastern Honey Bee These are the two main species of domesticated Honey Bees. Other wild and Stingless Bee species have…

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Gastrodia, Tian Ma FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gastrodia, Tian Ma 天麻 Tian Ma (TCM) Sichuan Tian Ma root (Adam, 2016) Sliced fresh Tian Ma available at the Chengdu Medicine Market. Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Gastrodia elataThe best quality is Winter Gastrodia from Yunnan and Sichuan Parts used: RootCollected from Winter to Spring; washed well, steamed, then sliced…

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Acute, Epidemic and Infectious Diseases

ByAdam Tate

Acute, Epidemic & Infectious Diseases Due to the fact that the TCM system of Acute and Infectious Diseases (Wen-Re Bing) is so well organised, we will give special attention here. TCM regards acute diseases as an attack from an external pathogen, usually Heat or Cold, which is moved into the body by Wind; therefore, Wind-Heat…

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*Argemone mexicana, Mexican Poppy

ByAdam Tate

Argemone mexicana, Mexican Poppy Prickly Poppy, Yellow ThistleShialkanta, Swarnaksiri (Ayurveda)Satyanasi (Unani)Piramathandu (Siddha)Ji Ying Su (TCM) Millspaugh, C.F., American medicinal plants, vol. 1 (1892) Botanical name: Argemone mexicana Parts used: 1. Seed; Expressed Oil of the Seed2. Whole plant; Plant latex Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Constituents: Alkaloids:Seed: sanguinarine, dihydrosanguinarine Latex: berberine (0.74%), protopine…

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Manna

ByAdam Tate

Manna Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash)Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash, Manna Ash) and F. rotundifoliaFraxinus excelsior and other species also supply some Manna Manna has been collected from several other plants, used synonymously: Persian or…

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China root, Tu Fu Ling

ByAdam Tate

China root, Tu Fu Ling, 土茯苓 Tu Fu Ling (TCM)Thu pu ling  ཐུ་པུ་ལིང་ལིང་ (Tibetan)Chopachini (Ayurveda)Paranki Cakkai (Siddha)Chob Chini (Unani) A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 CHINA ROOTNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Smilax glabraOthers used include S. ovalifolia, S. zeylanica, S….

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Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coix, Job’s Tear, Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 Lachryma JobiYi Yi Ren (TCM) Rariorum Plantarum Historia, Clusius, 1601 Bonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum, 1783-1816 Coix Yi Yi Ren Botanical name: Coix lachryma;Coix lachryma-jobi and Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen are official in TCM. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bland Classification: C….

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Tinospora, Guduchi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Tinospora, Guduchi Guduchi (Ayurveda)Gilo (Unani)Zet al-Roomi, Zet al-Buta (Arabic)Sle Tres  སླེ་ཏྲེས  (Tibetan)Kuan Jin Teng (TCM) Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora cordifolia with fruit(Photo by Sanu N) (Wikimedia) Tinospora cordifolia stems as used in Tibetan Medicine.(Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia (syn. Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius)Related species used similarly include T. crispa,…

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Clitoria ternatea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clitoria ternatea Butterfly pea, Asian Pigeonwings, Wing-leaved Clitoris, Indian MezereonHu Die Hua Dou (Seed, TCM)Aparajita (Ayurveda)Kakkanam, Kakkana Ver (Root, Siddha)Mezereon Hindii (Root, Unani)Battikh Hindi (Arabic) Clitoria ternateaPaxton’s Magazine of Botany, 1840 Clitoria ternatea flower(Photo by Wilfredor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea Parts used: Root, Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry, Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1….

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Ligusticum chuanxiong, Chuan Xiong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ligusticum chuanxiong, Chuan Xiong 川芎 Sichuan LovageChuan Xiong (TCM) Sichuan Lovage Chuan Xiong whole and sliced root (Adam 2017) Botanical name: Ligusticum chuanxiong (syn. L. wallichi, L. striatum) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: K. Medicines which Move the Blood Uses: 1. Moves Blood and Qi, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-difficult Labor; retained…

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Aspongopus, Stink Bug

ByAdam Tate

Aspongopus, Stink Bug, Jiu Xiang Chong 九香虫 Jiu Xiang Chong (TCM) Aspongopus spissusSchouteden, Genera Insectorum 153rd fascicule 1913 (Image from Wikimedia) Stink Bug (Menecles insertus)(Photo by Katja Schulz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aspongopus chinensis and others are used in ChinaMenecles spp. are also sources of Stink Bug.Related species can probably be used synonymously.A. nepalensis is used…

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