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Saponaria, Soapwort

ByAdam Tate

Saponaria, Soapwort Saporis; Bruisewort Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 SAPONARIA ROOTNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Saponaria officinalisOthers used similarly include S. vaccaria, the Perfoliate Soapwort. Parts used: Root; rarely the leaf Temperature & Taste: Mildly Warm, dry….

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Snake Slough, She Tui

ByAdam Tate

Snake Slough, She Tui 蛇蜕 Snake SkinShe Tui (TCM)Sbrul lpags (Tibetan) Snake Slough at the Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Various species have been used as a source of Snake SloughTCM mainly uses members of Colubridae (the largest family of Snakes, found Worldwide), especially: Elaphe carinata (King Ratsnake) Elaphe taeniura (Beautiful Ratsnake)…

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Wikstroemia, Le Ge Wang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Wikstroemia, Le Ge Wang 了哥王 Indian Stringbush, Small-Leaf SalagoLe Ge Wang, Pu Yin, Liao Ge Wang (TCM) Wikstroemia indica (as Daphne indica)The Botany of Captain Beechey’s Voyage, Hooker et al., 1825 Wikstroemia indicaPhoto by Peter Woodard) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Wikstroemia indica (syn. W. viridiflora, Daphne indica) Parts used: Root, Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry….

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Helicteres, Avartani PRO

ByAdam Tate

Helicteres, Avartani East Indian Screw Tree Avartani (Ayurveda)Marorphali (Unani)Valamburi (Siddha)Huo Suo Ma (root, TCM) Helicteres isoraC.J. Trew, G.D. Ehret, Plantae selectae, vol. 10 (1773) Helicteres isora flower(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Helicteres isora Parts used: Bark, fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry (Avicenna said hot and dry in the 3rd degree) Uses: 1. Clears…

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Caesalpinia crista PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caesalpinia crista Bonduc nut, Fever nut, Nicker nut, CaesalpiniaJam ‘bras  འཇམ་འབྲས  (Tibetan)Lata Karanja (Ayurveda)Bandogh Hendi, Akatmakat (Unani)Da Tuo Ye Yun Shi (TCM) Caesalpinia cristaBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, (1875) Caesalpinia crista seed(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Caesalpinia crista, C. bonducella Parts used: Seed kernel Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent, astringent Uses: 1. Warms the…

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Alchemilla arvensis, Parsley Piert

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla arvensis, Parsley Piert Knawell, Parsley Breakstone, German Knotgrass, Polygonum germanicum Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Oeder, Flora Danica, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Alchemilla arvensis (syn. Aphanes arvensis, Alchemilla occidentalis) Parts used: Herb, fresh or dried (fresh was considered best) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Classifications: Diuretic, Lithontriptic, Abstersive, Vulnerary, Nephritic Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes…

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Serenoa, Saw Palmetto

ByAdam Tate

Serenoa, Saw Palmetto Sabal Saw Palmetto (Forestry Images) (Wikimedia) Saw Palmetto fruit(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Serenoa repens (syn. S. serrulata, Chamaerops serrulata Sabal serrulata) Parts used: Ripe Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, Dry. Pungent, slightly Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:-Impotence–urinary obstruction, Dysuria-nocturnal urination-Spermatorrhea-Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), Prostatitis-it is…

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Gold, Aurum, Jin

ByAdam Tate

Gold, Aurum, Jin 金 Jin (TCM)Gser  གསེར  (Tibetan)Tila (Unani)Svara (Ayurveda) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native GoldBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Gold coinsKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Latrobe Gold Nugget (717 grams)Photo by Gump Stump Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Aurum Parts used:   1. Gold Leaf or Powder  2. ‘Potable Gold’ (Gold in dissolution) …

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Shilajit

ByAdam Tate

Shilajit, Mumiya Shilajit–Punjabi Asphalt, Indian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Punjabinum–Shilajit (Ayurveda)–Brag zhun  བྲག་ཞུན  (Tibetan)–Xue Ling Zhi 血灵脂, Shi la ji te 施拉吉特 (TCM)–Mumiya Hindi (Unani)Mumiya, Momiya, Mumiai–Persian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Persicum, Mumiai Persica–Mumiya, Mumiya Farisi (Unani) Mumia, showing the use of Mummified Human bodies supplied by grave robbers.Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Massive lump of raw (unpurified) Shilajit from Sichuan province, China…

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Turquoise

ByAdam Tate

Turquoise Turkey StoneTurchois (Latin)Gyu  གཡུ་ (Tibet)Lu Song Shi (TCM)Rajvart, Turkhaja, Viraja, Pirojaka (Ayurveda)Firoza (Unani) TurchoisHortus sanitatis, 1491 Turquoise (Arizona)(Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Minerological name: Turquoise  CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O Hydrated Copper and Aluminium Phosphate (CuO 9.78%; Al2O3 37.6%; P2O5 34.9%; H2O 17.7%).Copper is responsible for its Green color, although Iron is said to contribute also.Dark blue Turquoise…

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Oxytropis, Stag sha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Oxytropis, Stag sha སྟག་ཤ Locoweed, CrazyweedStag sha  (lit. ‘Tiger flesh’, Tibet)–Stag sha dkar po: Oxyytropis microphylla (Tibet)–Stag sha nag po: Oxytropis chiliophylla (Tibet)Duo Ye Ji Dou (TCM) Oxytropis microphyllaJacquemont, V., Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 a 1832, (1844) Oxytropis microphylla (as Astragalus microphylla)Pallas, P.S., Species Astragalorum, (1800-1803) Oxytropis lanata(Photo by Demidenko) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Oxytropis…

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Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang 檀香 Chanana (Ayurveda)Tan Xiang (TCM)Tsan Dan Dkar Po  ཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan)Sandal Safed (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Santalum album,Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Australian Sandalwood available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (2010) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Santalum album (White); S. citrinum (Yellow);The Australian Sandalwood (S. spicatum, S. lanceolatum) are…

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