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Actiniopteris, Mayurashikhaa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Actiniopteris, Mayurashikhaa Peacock’s TailMayurashikha, Sahastrahi (Ayurveda) Actiniopteris radiataL. van Houtte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1845) Botanical name: Actiniopteris radiata (syn. A. dichotoma, A. australia) Parts used: Root; according to some sources, the whole plant is used. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Benefits Fertility, Astringes Essence:-promotes conception; used for infertility-classically…

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Camptotheca, Xi Shu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Camptotheca, Xi Shu 喜树 Happy TreeXi Shu (TCM) Camptotheca acuminataManual of Vascular Plants of the Lower Yangtze Valley China (Wikimedia) Camptotheca mature fruit(Photo by Syrio) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Camptotheca acuminata Parts used: Fruit; Root bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Toxic Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Herpes, Psoriasis (topical)-Toxic Sores–Hepatosplenomegaly caused by…

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Orchis, Satyrion PRO

ByAdam Tate

Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Male (Orchis)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female (Dactylorhiza)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Several different species from Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Varieties of OrchisNew Kreuterbuch,…

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Malva, Mallow FREE

ByAdam Tate

Malva, Mallow Khubbazi (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Malva sylvestris (syn. M. vulgaris)A number of related Malva species are used similarly: Musk Mallow (M. verticillata…

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Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong FREE

ByAdam Tate

Velvet Deer Horn, Lu Rong 鹿茸 Harts Horn, Velvet hornLu Rong (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Whole Velvet Deer horn (Chengdu 2009) Velvet Deer Horn slices; note the purplish colored marrow in the centerindicating young horn that was stilling growing when cut. Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number…

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Bupleurum, Chai Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bupleurum, Chai Hu, 柴胡 Hare’s Ear, ThoroghwaxChai Hu (TCM) B. falcatumIllustration by James Sowerby (Wikimedia) Bupleurum scorzonerifolium(Photo by Лобачев Владимир) (Wikimedia) Cut Bupleurum Chai Hu (Adam 2023) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Bupleurum chinense, B. scorzonerifoliumLocal varieties used include: B. marginatum, B. bicaule, B. sibiricum, B. longicaule, B. smithii Parts used:…

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Cuscuta semen, Dodder, Tu Si Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cuscuta Semen, Dodder seed, Tu Si Zi 菟丝子 Tu Si Zi (TCM)Kasoos (Unani)Sbrul zhags སྦྲུལ་ཞགས (Tibet) Left: Dodder, Cuscuta ; Right: Dodder of Thyme, EpithymumKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 C. europeaBritish Phaenogamous Botany, Baxter, 1834 C. vulgaris (syn. C. epilinum)Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cuscuta spp.European is…

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Silkworm Cocoon

ByAdam Tate

Silkworm Cocoon Abresham (Unani)Za og bsregs thal (Burnt Silk, Tibetan) Silkworm farmingMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Silkworm, Silkworm Cocoon, SilkInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Raw Silkworm Cocoons (Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Types of raw Silk available on the Indian market:1 & 2 (Far Left & Left): Assamese Cocoons: Samia cynthia Red and White; 3:…

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Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum fischeri, Bong nga ser po, བོང་ང་སེར་པོ Bong nga ser po (Tibetan Medicine)Bao ye wu tou  薄叶乌头  (A. fischerii, TCM)Gong bu wu tou  工布乌头  (A. kongboense, TCM) Aconitum tauricumF.G. Hayne, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse, vol. 12 (1833) Aconitum fischeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 116 (1890) Botanical name: Several Aconitum spp….

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Bistorta, Bistort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Bistorta, Bistort Also called Snakeweed, Snake-root; Columbrina, Serpentaria, Serpentaria vulgaris, DracunculusQuan Shen  拳参 (TCM)Gla sgang  གླ་སྒང༌  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Hortus Medicus, Graves, 1834 Bistort rootNotes on Pharmacognosy,Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bistort rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Polygonum bistorta (syn. Persicaria bistorta)…

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Tremors and Shaking

ByAdam Tate

Tremors and Shaking Tremors and Shaking are classed as Wind disorders in Traditional Medicine, so other medicines used for Wind diseases may also be applicable. Shaking with loss of sense was traditionally called Shaking Palsy and overlaps the modern diagnosis of Parkinsonism. Warming Pearl Powder was viewed as an especially effective medicine for Shaking Palsy….

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Lead Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Lead Bhasma Naga Bhasma (Ayurveda) Minerological name: Plumbum Parts used: Lead ash Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. SweetLead Bhasma principally settles Vata (Wind) and Kapha (Phlegm). Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Kidneys, Benefits Yin:–Diabetes–obstinate Urinary diseases–Aphrodisiac–Seminal debility–Spermatorrhea, Premature Ejaculation–has a testicular regenerative and protective effect–Night Sweats, Consumption 2. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:–Paralysis, Facial Paralysis–Convulsions, Epilepsy–Lock Jaw,…

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