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Saussurea superba, Sngo spyi bzhar PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saussurea superba, Sngo spyi bzhar སྔོ་སྤྱི་བཞར་ Hawkweed SaussureaSngo spyi bzhar (Tibet)Chang Mao Feng Mao Ju 长毛风毛菊 (TCM) Botanical name: Saussurea superba (syn. S. hieracioides, S. villosa) Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Purges Water: (Tibet, TCM)-Edema (general or localized; Kidney or Heart)-difficult urination, Cystitis-Ascites, Pleural…

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Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark

ByAdam Tate

Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark Post Bekh e Anar (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Bark, especially Root-Bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Classification: 3Q. ANTHELMINTIC Uses: 1. Kills Worms:-Tape-, Round-, and Pin-worms and Ascaris-this is the primary action of the Bark 2. Astringes to Stop…

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Spongia Marina, Sponge FREE

ByAdam Tate

Spongii, Sponge Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Spongia officinalisPhoto by Liez Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Phylum poriferaSpongia officinalisSpongia lacinulosa (of the Red Sea, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean was said to be most used). Many sponges have been used. Parts used: whole dried Sponge; Sponge ashes; Sponge stone, a stone at the center…

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Euphoria, Longan, Long Yan Rou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphoria, Longan fruit, Long Yan Rou 龙眼肉 Longan FruitLong Yan Rou (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) Euphoria longanTransactions of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 2 (1822) Euphoria longan(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphoria longan (syn. Dimocarpus langan) Parts used: Fruit (flesh of…

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Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chu rtsa  ལྕུམ་རྩ  (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Wine prepared Rhubarb root (Shu Da Haung)(Adam,…

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SoftShelled Turtle Shell, Bie Jia 鳖甲

ByAdam Tate

Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell, Bie Jia 鳖甲 TerrapinBie Jia (TCM) Soft-Shelled TurtleIllustrated natural history of the animal kingdom, Goodrich, 1859 Soft-Shelled Turtle shell, Bie Jia Zoological name: Trionyx sinensis Parts used: Dorsal aspect of shell Temperature & Taste: Cool, Salty. Uses: 1. Nourish the Yin, Calms the Rising Yang:-night sweats, chronic low-grade and tidal fever.-various joint…

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Stellaria holostea, Stitchwort

ByAdam Tate

Stellaria holostea, Stitchwort Holosteum, All Bones Greater StitchwortBotanologia, Salmon, 1710 Bulliard, P., Flora Parisiensis, vol. 2 (1776-1781) Stellaria holostea(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stellaria holostea Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Seed: Warm, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Eases Pain:-stitches, pain in the sides; flowers have been chewed for stitches-muscular…

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Sabina, Savin

ByAdam Tate

Sabina, Savin Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Male SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Female SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Juniperus sabina Parts used: Leaf; sometimes the Fruit (Fruit is used in Persian Medicine) Temperature & Taste: Very…

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Trichosanthes Pericarpium, Gua Lou Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Trichosanthes Pericarpium, Gua Lou Pi 瓜娄皮 Gua Lou Pi (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii, T.  rosthornii Parts used: Trichosanthes fruit peel Temperature & Taste: Cold, Sweet…

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Scutellaria, Huang Qin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scutellaria baicalensis, Huang Qin 黄芩 Huang Qin (TCM)Hong len ser po  ཧོང་ལེན་སེར་པོ་ (Tibetan) Ben Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao, 1505 (Welcome) Scutellaria baicalensis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1849 Scutellaria baicalensis (Photo: National Institute of Ecology, Korea) Botanical name: Scutellaria baicalensis Local varieties used include S. rehderiana (Gansu),  S. arnoena (Yunnan, Sichuan), S. hypericifolia (Sichuan) Parts used:…

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Saposhnikovia, Fang Feng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saposhnikovia, Fang Feng, 防风 Ledebouriella, Chinese SilerFang Feng (TCM) Saposhnikovia divaricata (syn. Siler divaricata)Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, 1829 Peucedanum terebinthaceum(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Saposhnikovia Fang Feng sliced root (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Saposhnikovia divaricata (syn. Siler divaricatum, Ledebouriella divaricata, Stenocoelium divaricatum, Ferula seseloides)Other local species used for Fang Feng include: Ligusticum brachylobum (Chuan Fang Feng–used…

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale,Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweetconfected Walnuts are Warm, moist…

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