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Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭

ByAdam Tate

Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭 Shui Zhi (TCM)Jonk, Pichchian, Jonkan (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Dried Leech as used in TCM.(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2009) See also Leeching Entomological name: Hirudo and Whitmania spp.In TCM, the Official species used are: Hirudo nipponica Whitmania acranulata W. pigra There are…

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Album Graecum, White Dog Dung

ByAdam Tate

Album Graecum, White Dog Dung Zoological name: Canine spp. Parts used: White sun-bleached Dog Dung Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry Uses: 1. Resists Poison, Resolves Inflammation:-Sore Throat, Tonsillitis as a gargle-Swelling or falling down of the palate of the mouth (gargle)-used as a plaster to the neck, also used in gargles, or the powder blown…

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Uva Ursi, Bearberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION 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:-Cystitis,…

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Brain, Cerebrum

ByAdam Tate

Cerebrum, Brain Zoological name: Dervied from various animals: Pig, Sheep, Cow Chicken Parts used: 1. Decoction2. Dried and prepared Brain3. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Brain:–Mental dullness or Mental deficiency–Poor or failing memory–‘Strengthens the Wit and Memory‘ (Chicken Brain)–Neurasthenia, melancholy, epilepsy, chorea, migraine, psychosis, insanity, hysteria…

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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sanguinaria, Bloodroot Bloodroot, Redroot, Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis The Botanical Magazine, Curtis, 1792 Mary Vaux Walcott, North American wild flowers (1925-1927) BloodrootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sanguinaria canadensis Parts used: Rhizome, root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Lung Heat:-Cough,…

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Aeginetia, Ye Gu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aeginetia, Ye Gu 野菰 Indian Aeginetia, Indian Broomrape, Ghost FlowerYe Gu, Guan Hen Huang (TCM)Ankuri Bankuri (Hindi) Wight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1846) Roxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795) Left:Aeginetia indica(Photo by Vinayaraj)(Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aeginetia indica (A. aeginetia, A. boninensis, A. japonica, Orobanche aeginetia) Parts used: Whole Herb, fresh…

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Bellis, Daisy

ByAdam Tate

Bellis, Daisy Consolida minor, Bruisewort Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Bellis perennisGreater and Lesser varieties were known and used. Parts used: Herb, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Stops Pain:-bruising from Trauma, all types of Swellings, Aches and Pains associated with Blood…

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Liriope, Shan Mai Dong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Liriope, Shan Mai Dong 山麦冬 Shan Mai Dong (TCM) Liriope spicata(Edwards, S.T., Botanical Register (1815-1828)) Liriope spicataCurstis’s Botanical Maagazine, Volume 88, 1862 Botanical name: Liriope L. spicata L. spicata var. prolifera L. platyphylla (Kuo Ye Shan Mai Dong) L. muscari (Duan Ting Shan Mai Dong) Parts used: Root (Tuber) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet…

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Senecio scandens, Rgu drus dman pa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Senecio scandens, Rgu drus dman pa རྒུ་དྲུས་དམན་པ་ Climbing Groundsel, Climbing SenecioRgu drus dman pa (Tibet)Qian Li Guang 千里光 (TCM) Senecio scandensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Senecio scandens(Photo by Yercaud-elango) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Senecio scandens Parts used: Whole herb, Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists…

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Azadirachta, Neem PRO

ByAdam Tate

Azadirachta, Neem, Nimba Margosa treeNimba, Nimbaka, Arishta (Ayurveda)Neem, Aazaad-Darakht-e-Hindi (Unani)Vemmu, Vembu, Veppan (Siddha)Nim Pa  ནིམ་པ  (Tibetan) ‘Azeadarach’, Ortus sanitatisCube, Johann von, 1501 Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones,vol. 2 (1581) Prodromi fasciculi rariorum plantarum,Breyne (1739) (Photo by Jimmy tikhak) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Azadirachta indica (syn. Melia azadirachta)M. toosenden and M. azedarach are regarded as different…

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Menispermum, Bei Dou Gen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Menispermum, Bei Dou Gen 北豆根 Asiatic MoonseedBei Dou Gen, Bian Fu Ge Gen (TCM) Menispermum dauricum Komarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 7 (?) Menispermum dauricum (Photo by yakovlev.alexey) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Menispermum dauricum Parts used: Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clear Heat and Poison Constituents: Alkaloids: dauricine (approx….

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Ammi, Bishop’s Weed, Ajowan FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ammi, Bishop’s Weed, Ajowan Ameos, Ethiopian Cumin, Alexandrian Cumin, Cuminum RegiumNankhuah, Ajwain (Unani)Aatrilal (Ammi majus, Unani)Ajowan, Ajwain, Yavani (Ayurveda) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Salmon, Botanologia, 1710  Left: Ammi copticum; Right: A. majusIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Trachyspermum ammi(Photo by Sanjay ach) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Several plants supply Ammi: Trachyspermum…

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