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Incarvillea, Ug chos PRO

ByAdam Tate

Incarvillea, Ug chos ཨུག་ཆོས Ug chos (Tibetan) Incarvillea compactaGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1882) Incarvillea younghusbandii(Photo by Chao Shi [Chao7]) (Inaturalist) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Incarvillea spp.There are 3 types of Incarvillea used: White variety: Ug chos dkar po  ཨུག་ཆོས་དཀར་པོ : Incarvillea compacta Red variety: Ug chos dmar po   ཨུག་ཆོས་དམར་པོ : Incarvillea younghusbandii Yellow variety: Ug…

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Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao 山葡萄 Mountain Grape, Wild Grape, Amur GrapeShan Pu Tao (TCM) Vitis amurensis(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vitis amurensis (syn. Vitis vinifera var. amurensis)Vitis adstricta Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clears Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Urinary Tract Infection,…

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Pegasus, Sea Moth

ByAdam Tate

Pegasus, Sea Moth, Hai E 海蛾 Seamoth, Dragon FishHai E; Hai Ma Que (“Sea Sparrow”) (TCM) Sea Moth (Pegasus laternarius)(Adam 2016) Zoological name: Pegasus laternariusOther species are also used. Parts used: Whole dried animal Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Salty (Som,e sources say Cold) Classification: Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:a seminal and male…

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Glossopetra, Fossil Shark Teeth

ByAdam Tate

Glossopetra, Fossil Shark Teeth Tongue-stones, Ungues Melitenses (Maltese tongues) Museum Wormianum, 1655 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Zoological name: Fossil teeth of lamniform sharks, including Megladon. Parts used: Fossil teeth Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Astringent Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Snake Bite, both to treat, and as an amulet to prevent-Epidemic Fevers including Small…

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Agaricus, Agaric FREE

ByAdam Tate

Agaricus, Agaric AgarikonGhariqoon (Unani)Ku Bai Tie  苦白蹄; A Li Hong  阿里红 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 True ‘Larch Agaric’New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 AgaricKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Polyporus officinalis (Nees von Esenbeck,T.F.L., Plantae officinales, vol. 2, 1828-1833) Polyporus officinalisKoehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Laricifomes officinalis (as Fomitopsis officinalis)(Photo by Steph Jarvis) (Wikimedia) 2 Different samples…

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Indigofera tinctoria, Nila PRO

ByAdam Tate

Indigofera tinctoria, Nila Dyers IndigoNila (Ayurveda)Nili, Avuri (Plant); Avuri Ver (Root) (Siddha)Habb-ul-Neel, Nil (Unani) Indigofera tinctoriaC.J. Trew, G.D. Ehret, Plantae selectae, vol. 6 (1760) Indigofera tinctoria(Photo by Pancrat) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Indigofera tinctoriaI. suffruticosa (syn. I. anil) and I. oblongifolia (syn. I. paucifolia) have also been usedThis is one of the sources of Indigo Parts…

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Deer Horn Gelatin, Lu Jiao Jiao

ByAdam Tate

Deer Horn Gelatin, Lu Jiao Jiao 鹿角胶 Deer Horn Jelly, Deer Horn GlueLu Jiao Jiao (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Commercial Deer Horn gelatin (Lu Jiao Jiao) from 2 different manufacturers in China. Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are: …

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Gold Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Gold Bhasma Gold AshSvarna Bhasma (Ayurveda)Gser thal (Tibet) Minerological name: Aurum cini Parts used: Prepared Gold Temperature & Taste: Mildly Warm, dry. Bitter and Sweet Unani says Gold is neither Hot or Cold, Classification: Uses: 1. Increases Qi, Nourishes Essence: (West, Ayurveda, Tibet)–Rasayana (tonifies 7 Body Constituents) (Ayurveda)–Tonic to the Heart, Brain, Liver and all Body…

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Blessed Thistle, Carduus benedictus FREE

ByAdam Tate

Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Carduus benedictus Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is cordial Classification: 2F. PURIFYING3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.  …

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Lophatherum, Dan Zhu Ye

ByAdam Tate

Lophatherum, Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹叶 Dan Zhu Ye (TCM) Lophatherum gracile Duperrey, L.I., Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette deS.M. La Coquille, pendant les années 1822-1825, Atlas (1826) Botanical name: Lophatherum gracile Parts used: Leaf and stem Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears…

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Clerodendrum paniculatum, Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clerodendrum paniculatum, Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou 白龙船花头 Scarlet Glory Bower, Red Pagoda TreeBai Long Chuan Hua Tou, Long Chuan Hua (TCM) Clerodendrum paniculatumAndrews, H.C., botanist’s repository (1810) Clerodendrum paniculatum(Photo by Renjusplace) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum paniculatum (syn. Clerodendron paniculatum) Parts used: Root; leaf is also used Temperature & Taste: Warm (some sources say Cool),…

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Cibotium, Gou Ji PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cibotium, Gou Ji 狗脊 ‘Golden Chicken Fern’Gou Ji (TCM) Cibotium barometz Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Cibotium barometz rhizome(Photo by Mokkie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cibotium barometz (syn. Aspidium barometz, Dicksonia barometz, Nephrodium baromez, Polypodium barometz) Parts used: Rhizome, either dried, or steamed, then sliced and dried. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet…

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