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Artemisia dracunculus, Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus, Tarragon French TarragonTarkhun ‘Little Dragon’ (Arabic, Unani)Xia Ye Qing Hao (TCM) Oeder, G.C., Flora Danica (1761-1861) Kerner, J.S., Abbildungen aller ökonomischen Pflanzen (1786-1798) Botanical name: Artemisia dracunculus (syn. A. dracunculoides, Dracunculus hortense) Parts used: Whole Herb or Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent (some classed as Cool)‘Cuts, digest, opens Obstructions’ Classification:…

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Cremanthodium ellisii, Ming can nag po PRO

Cremanthodium ellisii, Ming can nag po མིང་ཅན་ནག་པོ་ Himalayan Mini SunflowerMing can nag po (Tibet)Kuai Gen Chui Tou Ju (TCM) Botanical name: Cremanthodium ellisii (syn. C. plantagineum) is the principle species.Two varieties of Ming can are mentioned in Tibetan texts: Black (Ming can nag po): C. ellisii, C. helianthus, C. bupleurifolium Yellow (Ming can ser po):…

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Thuja, Arbor Vitae PRO

Thuja, Arbor Vitae Tree of Life, American Cedar, White Cedar Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, 1806 Hamilton, E., Flora homoeopathica, 1853 Thuja.1. A typical leafy twig.  2.Small twig showing threeof the four rows of leaves.3. Fruit attached to a youngtwig.  4. Seed.(Squibb’s Atlas of the OfficialDrugs, Mansfield, 1919) Botanical…

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Betula, Birch

Betula, Birch tree Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Flora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Botanical name: Betula alba Parts used: Leaves, bark, buds Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitterdissolve, open, attenuate, cleanse Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-purges Water, good for Edema;-the Sap breaks Stones 2. Clears Wind and Damp, Eases Pain:–Gout, chronic…

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Spiritus, Alcohol

Spiritus, Alcohol Spiritum Vitae, Spiritus Vini (Brandy)Jiu (Spirit, ‘Wine’); Bai Jiu (White Spirit) (TCM)Kahul (Arabic)Sharaab (Hindi) AlcoholDioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Wine-makingLustgarten der Gesundtheit, Ryff, 1546 Chemical name: Alcohol. C2H5OH; Ethanol Parts used: Typical Alcohol content of various alcoholic drinks:  Ale, Beer, Cider: 4–6%  Strong Ale, Stout: 7–8%  Wine: 10–14%  Fortified Wine (Port, Sherry): 18–20%…

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Cnidium, She Chuang Zi PRO

Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子 She Chuang Zi (TCM)La la phud ser po  ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ  (Tibetan Medicine) Jacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770) Botanical name: Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies Yang: -Impotence, Frigidity, Lack of Sex drive-Infertility (men…

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Holotrichia, Qi Cao

Holotrichia, Qi Cao 蛴螬 Northeast Giant Black Chafer, Korean Black BeetleQi Cao (TCM) Holotrichia parallela Mimela lucidula (Beetles Russia and Western Europe, Jacobson, 1905-1915) Entomological name: Holotrichia spp. H. diomphalia (Official) H. morosa H. sauteri H. titanus The Pharmacopoeia of Chinese Medicine lists H. diomphalia but says other members of the same genus can be…

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SolmsLaubachia, Sro lo smug po PRO

Solms-Laubachia, Sro lo smug po སྲོ་ལོ་སྨུག་པོ Sro lo smug po (Tibetan) Solms-Laubachia eurycarpaC.J. Maximowicz, Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem,vol. 1, Flora Tangutica, vol. 1  (1889) Solms-laubachia flabellata(Photo by yakovlev.alexey, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa (syn. Solms-laubachia dolicocarpa, Solms-laubachia latifolia)In Tibetan Medicine it is one of the three Sro lo: Solms-Laubachia…

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Hordeum, Barley FREE

Hordeum, Barley Jau, Jao (Unani)Tsampa (Tibetan Highland Barley)Dai Mai 大麦 (TCM) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hordeum vulgare Parts used: Seed (grain) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweetcleanses, opens, digests, mollifies Classifications: 2E LENITIVE.   2G. CLEANSING.   2K. RESOLVENT.   2L. EMOLLIENT.  …

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Juniperus, Shug pa PRO

Juniperus, Shug pa ཤུག་པ Himalayan JuniperShug pa (Tibetan) Cupressus torulosaDallimore, W., Bruce, A., A handbook of Coniferae, 1923 Juniperus recurva(Photo by MPF) (Wikimedia) Juniperus formosana(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Juniperus spp.A number of species of Juniperus are used in Tibetan Medicine; the main types are: Shug pa  ཤུག་པ : J. recurva, J. sabina, J….

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Achillea, Yarrow FREE

Achillea, Yarrow MillefoliumYang Shi Cao (TCM) ‘Greater’ (left) and ‘Lesser’ (right) YarrowDella Materia Medicinale, Valuassori, 1562 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Achillea millefolium Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter Classification: 2O. ASTRINGENTS.   2P. HEMOSTATICS.   2T. GLUTINATE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS…

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Sophora japonica, Huai Mi, Huai Jiao PRO

Sophora japonica Flos, Huai Mi 槐米 Sophora japonica Fructus, Huai Jiao 槐角 Japanese Pagoda tree, Chinese Scholar treePagoda tree flower bud: Huai MiPagoda tree flower: Huai HuaPagoda tree fruit: Huai Jiao Sophora japonicaJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers (1824) Sophora japonica flower(Photo by Penarc) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sophora japonica (syn. Styphnolobium japonicum) Parts used:…

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