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Adonis, False Hellebore

ByAdam Tate

Adonis, False Hellebore Bohemian Orchid, Devil’s Eye, Goat Flower, Yellow Pheasant’s Eye Adonis vernalis(Source: Bilder ur Nordens Flora, Stockholm) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis(Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1812) Adonis vernalis(Photo by Marco Schmidt) (Wikimedia) Adonis amurensis(Photo by たね) (Wikimedia) Adonis vernalis root, leaf, flower and seed.Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Adonis vernalisThe Chinese A….

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Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉皮 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Tvak (Ayurveda)–Ilavankap Padtai (Siddha)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Cassia LigneaOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 CinnamonOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal…

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Galls, Wu Bei Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gall, Wu Bei Zi 五倍子 Oak or Aleppo Gall–Mazu (Unani)–Majuphalaka, Mayaphala (Ayurveda)–Mo Shi Zi (TCM)Chinese Gall (Rhus): Galla chinensis–Wu Bei Zi (TCM)–Karkatashringe (Ayurveda)–Kakrasingi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Quercus infectoria(New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563) Oak Galls (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: A number of Galls have been used:  1. Oak, ‘True’,…

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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)Saunf (Ayurveda)Combu (Siddha)La la phud  ལ་ལ་ཕུད  (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Rhizoma, Lotus Rhizome, Ou Jie 藕节 Ou Jie (TCM)Tamarai Kizanku (Siddha) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Jiu Huang Ben Cao (The Famine Relief Herbal) (1593) Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Rhizome node Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Sweet Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Vomiting or…

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Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Centipeda, E Bu Shi Cao 鹅不食草 SneezewortE Bu Shi Cao (TCM)Nakchikni (Unani) Kshavaka, Chikini, Chikkika (Ayurveda) Centipeda minimaKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates (1918) Centipeda minima(Photo by Mark Marathon) (Wikimedia) Centipeda minima closeup(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Centipeda minima (syn. C. elatinoides, C. orbicularis) Parts used: Herb (TCM); Seed has been used…

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Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu-“It relieves headache due to invading pathogenic Wind … expels exterior syndrome and induces…

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Rehmannia, Shu Di Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rehmannia, Shu Di Huang 熟地黄 Prepared Chinese Foxglove rootShu Di Huang (TCM) Edwards’s Botanical Register (1837) Rehmannia glutinosa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rehmannia glutinosa Parts used: Prepared Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classification: N. Blood Tonic     N. Yin Tonic Uses: 1. Tonifies the Blood:-weakness, pale face and tongue, deficient and thin…

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Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao

ByAdam Tate

Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao 五指毛桃 Hispid Fig, Hairy Fig, Roughhair Fig, Fissured Fig, Coarse-leaf Fig, “Five-fingered Peach”Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM) Ficus simplicissimaThe botany of Captain Beechey’s voyage (1841) Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao(Adam 2024) Botanical name: Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially…

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Swallows Nest

ByAdam Tate

Swallows Nest, Yan Wo 燕窝 Yan Wo (TCM) Swallows Nest; right is ‘Red Blood Birds Next’, the most expensive (Chengdu Herb Market, 2015) Zoological name: White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus);Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus Parts used: Nest Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Constituents: The nest contains mucopolysaccharides, and good levels of calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium as…

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Stellaria, Chickweed

ByAdam Tate

Stellaria, Chickweed Dodoens, A Niewe Herball (1578) English botany, or coloured figures of British plants,, J.E. Sowerby (1864) Botanical name: Stellaria media (syn. Alsine media) Parts used: Whole Herb (preferably fresh) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clears Heat Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resists Poison:-Liver heat with red eyes, headache, bitter…

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Callerya, Niu Da Li

ByAdam Tate

Callerya, Niu Da Li 牛大力 “Cow Big Power”, Showy Millettia, Golden Bell Root, Mountain Lotus root Callerya speciosa Niu Da Li root(Photo by Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Callerya speciosa (syn. Millettia speciosa, Nanhaia speciosa) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Increases Qi:–Fatigue, deficiency–Chronic Hepatitis–Spermatorrhea–Leukorrhea–Anti-cancer–regarded as prolonging…

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