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Mercury, Quicksilver, Argentum Vivum, Shui Yin 水银

ByAdam Tate

Argentum Vivum, Mercury, Shui Yin 水银 Hydrargyrum: Quicksilver: older names include: Alohar: Altaris: Alozet: Azoch: Azet: Besech: Besec;  Argentum VivumRasa, Para, Parada (Ayurveda)Shui Yin (TCM)Prepared Mercury:–Tsothel, Btso thal (Tibetan Medicine)–Zuotai (TCM) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 MercuryPhoto by Dnn87 Minerological name: Hydrargyrum Parts used: Purified Mercury.Most commonly used internally in all Traditions is a Sulphide form:  1….

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Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, Star Bu སྟར་བུ Star Bu  (Tibetan)Sha Ji  沙棘 (TCM) Sea BuckthornFlora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Hippophae rhamnoides(Photo by AnRo0002) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hippophae spp.Three types are used in Tibetan Medicine: H. rhamnoides (Large Star bu) H. salicifolia (Medium Star bu) H. tibetana (Small Star…

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Zedoaria, Zedoary, E Zhu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zedoaria, Zedoary, E Zhu 莪术 E Zhu (TCM)Karchura (Ayurveda)Kachuri, Zaranbad (Unani) Medizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Long and Round ZedoaryMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Long and Round ZedoaryParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 ZEDOARY1, Large transverse section of the rhizome. 2. Longitudinal section of the rhizome. 3. Top of the rhizomeshowing concentric leaf scars. 4. Cross-section showing sunken tissue inside…

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Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm

ByAdam Tate

Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm Red Elm C.S. Sargent, The Silva of North America, (1898) F.A. Michaux, The North American sylva, vol. 3 (1819) Slippery Elm bark 1, Outer surface of the peeled bark with adhering patches of cork. 2, Fibers showing at the broken ends. 3, The long, coarsely striated inner surface. (Squibb’s Atlas of…

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Sarsaparilla FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sarsaparilla Ushba (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Smilax sarsaparilla (syn. S. glauca)The related Smilax glabra, ‘China root’ (and others) from China are also used. See China root, Tu Fu Ling Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING3A….

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Schizonepeta, Jing Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Schizonepeta, Jing Jie 荆芥 Japanese Catnip, Fineleaf Schizonepeta SpikeJing Jie (TCM) Schizonepeta tenuifolia Schizonepeta multifida(Photo by Doronenko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Schizonepeta tenuifolia (syn. Nepeta tenuifolia), S. multifida (syn. Nepeta multifida) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:  -Cold, Flu, Fever with Headache,…

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Platycodon, Jie Geng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Platycodon, Jie Geng 桔梗 Balloon Flower rootJie Geng (TCM) Platycodon grandiflorumHoutte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 22 (1845) Platycodon grandiflorumPhoto by Kurt Stueber (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Platycodon grandiflorum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter, PungentSome claimed it Cold, others said Warm. Classification: P. Clears Cold Phlegm Uses: 1. Stops…

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Potentilla chinensis, Wei Ling Cai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla chinensis, Wei Ling Cai 委陵菜 Rgyu mkhris  རྒྱུ་མཁྲིས  (Tibetan Medicine)Wei Ling Cai (P. chinensis, TCM)An Hong Wei Ling Cai (P. atrosanguinea, TCM) Potentilla atrosanguineaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 63 (1836) Botanical name: Potentilla spp.Several species supply Wei Ling Cai of TCM (Bensky): P. chinensis (Wei Ling Cai) P. anserina (E Rong Wei Ling Cai) P….

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Canarium, Qing Guo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Canarium, Qing Guo 青果 Chinese White OliveQing Guo, Gan Lan (TCM) Green Canarium fruit Qing Guo Botanical name: Canarium album Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; also fresh fruit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Sour Classification: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Fluids, Benefits the Throat:-Wind-Heat and Heat-Toxin conditions of…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (“Sweet root”, TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Athimathuram (Siddha) Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Three varieties of Licorice root available on the…

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Myricaria, ‘Om bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myricaria, ‘Om bu འོམ་བུ False Tamarisk‘Om bu (Tibetan) Myricaria bracteataJ.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, vol. 2 (1839) Botanical name: Myricaria spp.Several species are used:  1. M. bracteata  2. M. squamosa  3. M. elegans (syn. M. hoffmeisteri)  4. M….

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Uva Ursi, Bearberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Flora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantæ Utiliores, Burnett & Burnett, 1850 Botanical name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clear Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-pain and mucus…

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