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Tinospora, Guduchi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tinospora, Guduchi Guduchi (Ayurveda)Cinthil Thandu (Siddha) 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) Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia (syn. Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius)Related species used similarly include T. crispa, T. malabarica (syn. T….

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Cassia tora, Jue Ming Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cassia tora, Jue Ming Zi 决明子 Cassia seed, Foetid Cassia seedJue Ming Zi (TCM)Chakramarda (Ayurveda)Thal ka rdo rje  ཐལ་ཀ་རྡོ་རྗེ (Tibetan) Cassia toraBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, 1875 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cassia tora; also used are C. obtusifolia, C. occidentalis, C. sophera Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist….

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Santonicum, Wormseed

ByAdam Tate

Santonicum, Wormseed Semen Sanctum, Semen Cinae, Semen Cynae, Semen Contra Vermes, Semen Lumbricorum Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Waldstein, F. de Paula Adam von, Kitaibel, P., Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Botanical name: Artemisia santonicum Parts used: SeedTraditionally, three types supplied the market: 1. Aleppo; 2. East Indian; 3. Barberry Temperature…

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Benincasa Exocarpium, Dong Gua Pi

ByAdam Tate

Benincasa Exocarpium, Dong Gua Pi 冬瓜皮 Winter Melon, Wax Gourd, White GourdDong Gua Pi (TCM) BenincasaRevue horticole, serié 4, vol. 59: (1887) Botanical name: Benincasa hispida (syn. B. cerifera) Parts used: Fruit peel Temperature & Taste: Cool, Sweet. Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:-Edema, Urinary difficulty, Strangury-Abdominal distention 2. Clears Summer-Heat: -used for Summer-heat (Heat…

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Euphorbia stracheyi, Khron bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphorbia stracheyi, Khron bu ཁྲོན་བུ་ Himalayan Prostrate SpurgeKhron bu (Tibet) Euphorbia longifoliaVentenat, E.P., Jardin de la Malmaison (1803-1805) Euphorbia himalayensis(Photo by Woudloper) (Wikimedia) Euphorbia sieboldiana(Photo by Keisotyo) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphorbia spp. E. stracheyi (syn. E. himalayensis) E. sieboldiana E. longifolia (syn. E. mellifera) Parts used: Prepared root Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet….

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Dioscorea hypoglauca, Bi Xie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea hypoglauca, Bi Xie 萆薢 Tokoro, Fish-Poison Yam Dioscorea Bi XieGujin Tushu Jicheng (古今圖書集成) (1700-1725)(Uploaded by 維基小霸王) (Wikimedia) Dioscorea tokoro(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglaucaRelated species used include: D. futschauensis (Fu Zhou Mian Bi Xie) D. gracillima (Xian Xi Shu Yu) D. septemloba (Mian Bi Xie) D. tokoro (Shan Bi Xie)…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. pubescens A. minor (syn. A. fissa)Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 A. alpina Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best);…

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Withania, Ashwaganda PRO

ByAdam Tate

Withania, Ashwaganda Winter CherryAshwaganda (Ayurveda)Asgandh (Unani)Amukura (Siddha)Ba spru wa, A sho gandha (Tibetan) De plantis exoticis libri duo, Alpini, 1629 Flora Graeca, Sibthrop, Smith, 1819 Withania somnifera(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Withania root (Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Withania somnifera (syn. Physalis somniferum) Parts used: RootThere are 4 Grades commonly differentiated on the market:  A. 7cm or…

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Asarum, Asarabacca, Xi Xin

ByAdam Tate

Asarum, Asarabacca, Xi Xin 细辛 Asarabacca, Wild Spikenard, HazelwortAsaroon (Unani)Xi Xin (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Asarum europeum,Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Chinese Asarum Xi Xin (A. sieboldi) Asarum Xi Xin root Botanical name: Asarum spp.. A. europeum (syn. A. officinale,…

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Stemona, Bai Bu

ByAdam Tate

Stemona, Bai Bu 百部 Bai Bu (TCM) Stemona tuberosaRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795) Stemona tuberosaKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens, vol. 47  (1819) Stemona tuberosa(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stemona spp.Several species are used: S. sessifolia S. japonica S. tuberosa Parts used: Root, Prepared Root Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, Dry. Sweet,…

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Clematis, Dbyi mong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clematis, Dbyi mong དབྱི་མོང༌ Dbyi mong  དབྱི་མོང༌ (Clematis spp)Dbyi mong khra po དབྱི་མོང་ཁྲ་པོ  (C. montana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong nag po  དབྱི་མོང་ནག་པོ  (C. tibetana) (Tibet)Dbyi mong dkar po  དབྱི་མོང་དཀར་པོ  (C. rehderianum) (Tibet)Dby mong ser po དབྱི་མོང་སེར་པོ (C. orientalis var. intricata) (Tibet)Chuan Mu Tong (C. montana) (TCM)Gan Qing Tie Xian Lian (C. tangutica) (TCM)Xi Zang Tie Xian Lian (C. tibetana)…

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Pinellia, Ban Xia FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pinellia, Ban Xia 半夏 Prepared Pinellia, Zhi Ban Xia 制半夏 Ban Xia (TCM) Pinellia ternataBlume, Rumphia, 1835 Left: Lime-prepared Pinellia   Right: Ginger-prepared Pinellia (Jiang Ban Xia) (Adam, 2017) Prepared Pinellia Fa Ban Xia as commonly used in the West (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pinellia ternata Parts used:…

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