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Strengthening and Tonic Formulas

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Strengthening and Tonic Formula Strengthening and Tonic herbs and formulas are used either to strengthen the body when weak, support the body during chronic disease and old age, or as a health tonic.  A list of various Tonic Medicines used in the various systems can be found here Here. Tonic Recipes:1. Rice boiled with Milk….

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Lithospermum, Gromwell, Zi Cao PRO

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Lithospermum, Gromwell, Zi Cao 紫草 Milium Solis, GrommelZi Cao (TCM) Milium solisHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Greater and Lesser GromwellDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater and Lesser LithospermumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Lithospermum officinaleOeder, G.C., Flora Danica (1761-1861) Lithospermum erythrorhizon(Photo by Doronenko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lithospermum spp.  1. L. officinale  2. L. erythrorhizon (syn. Lithospermum officinale L. subsp….

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Euphrasia, Eyebright FREE

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Euphrasia, Eyebright Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, 1893 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Euphrasia officinalis Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in the west), dry. Pungentastringes, discusses Classifications: 2S. STRENGTHENING4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyesight: (West, Tibet)-sore,…

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Lycium Fructus, Gou Qi Zi PRO

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Lycium Fructus, Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 ‘Goji’; Chinese WolfberryGou Qi Zi (TCM)Chirchita (Ayurveda)‘Dre tsher ma འདྲེ་ཚེར་མ་, ‘Phang ‘bras  འཕང་འབྲས  (Tibet) L. barbarumDuhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition 1800-1803 Gou Qi (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Lycium chinense, L. barbarum.There are a number of Lycium species that supply the market. Parts used: FruitThe…

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Gastrodia, Tian Ma PRO

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Gastrodia, Tian Ma 天麻 Tian Ma (TCM) Gastrodia elata(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Sichuan Gastrodia Tian Ma root (Adam, 2016)  Above: Sliced fresh Tian Ma available at the Chengdu MedicineMarket. (Adam, 2018) Gastrodia, Collection des Orchidées … Indien et du Japon, 1858 Botanical name: Gastrodia elataThe best quality is Winter Gastrodia from Yunnan and Sichuan Parts…

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Artemisia pontici, Pontic Wormwood

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Artemisia pontici, Pontic Wormwood Roman Wormwood, Roman Mugwort Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Vietz, F.B., Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum, vol. 1 (1800) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, (1543) Botanical name: Artemisia ponticum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bittercuts, binds, discusses, resists putrefaction, purges Bile (Choler) Uses: -Generally used the same as Wormwood, but was regarded as…

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Crotalaria, Sana PRO

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Crotalaria, Sana Sunn HempSana (Seed, Ayurveda)Sanal (Siddha)Tukhm Sun (Unani) Crotalaria juncea(Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1800) Crotalaria juncea(Photo by A16898) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Crotalaria juncea Parts used: Primarily Seed; also the leaf and Root (TCM) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sour, Pungent, Bitter. Toxic Uses: 1. Warms the Stomach:-Indigestion, Loss of appetite 2. Clears Toxin from the…

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Euphorbia thymifolia, Dudhi PRO

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Euphorbia thymifolia, Dudhi Asthma plant, Pill-bearing Spurge, Small EuphorbiaLesser variety (E. thymifolia):–Thyme-leaved Euphorbia–Dudhi, Chhoti Dudhi (Ayurveda)–Thar nu (Tibetan)–Sittrapaladi (Siddha)–Dudhi Khurd (Unani)–Shabram (Arabic)Greater variety (E. hirta, E. pilulifera):–Small Euphorbia–Badi Dudhi (Ayurveda)–Ammanptharisi (Siddha)–Dudhi Kalan (Unani)–Laban Maghrabi (Arabic)–Da Fei Yang Cao (TCM)E. prostrata:–Dagdhika (Ayurveda) Euphorbia thymifoliaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 5: t. 847 (1918) Euphorbia…

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Polipodium, Polypody FREE

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Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Polypody root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Polypodium vulgare (TCM, West); P. virginianum is also…

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Cubeba, Cubebs

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Cubeba, Cubeb Bi Cheng Qie (TCM)Kankola, Kokola, Kankola, Takkola, Kolaka (Ayurveda)Kabanchini, Kababah, Habb-ul-Uruus (Unani)Valmilaku (Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Medical Botany, Bohn, 1832 CUBEB1. Many fruits.  2. Large fruits.  3. Small fruits.  4. Seed in the pericarp. 5.  Stems. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Piper cubeba (primary)Litsea cubeba Parts used:…

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺 Gandhaka (Ayurveda)Gandhak (Unani)Liu Huang (TCM)Mu Zi   མུ་ཟི  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Sulphur, from Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Sulphur crystalsPhoto by Oscar Lumps of Raw Tibetan Sulphur (Adam, 2009) Mineralogical Name: Sulphur, Sulfur Parts Used:Native (raw) Sulphur may be used externally; Purified Sulphur is better for internal use.The names of the several…

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Clerodendrum serratum, Bharangi PRO

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Clerodendrum serratum, Bharangi Serrate GlorybowerBharangi (Ayurveda)Kandoorbarangi (Siddha) San Tai Hong Hua (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 52 (1825) Clerodendrum serratum(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum serratum (syn. Clerodendron serratum, Rotheca serrata)In TCM, Clerodendrum serratum var. amplexifolium is also used. In parts of India, C. indicum (syn. C. siphonanthus) is used synomymously. Parts used: Root…

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