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Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dolichos biflorus, Kulatha Horse GramKulatha (Ayurveda)Kollu (Siddha)Hab ul-Qilt (Arabic)Kulthi (Unani) Vigna unguiculataBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Horse gram(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Dolichos biflorus (syn. Vigna unguiculata) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry.   Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:-Edema, Fluid retention-Leukorrhea-Gravel, Stones (API)-also for Obesity (Porridge or soup…

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Betonica, Betony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Betonica, Betony Chiron, Serratula Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Betonica officinalis Parts used: Herb; flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentdiscusses, attenuates, opens, cleanses Classification: 2G. CLEANSING.   2T. GLUTINATE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3M. ARTHRITIC.   3O….

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Cucurbita, Pumpkin

ByAdam Tate

Cucurbita, Pumpkin PepoTukhm e Kadu (Unani)Nan Gua Zi 南瓜子, Bai Gua Zi  白瓜子 (TCM)Ka bed  ཀ་བད  (Tibetan) PepoKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo Parts used: Seeds; Fruit (as food) Temperature & Taste: Cool, Moist. Sweet, Bitter Classification: S. Worms and Parasites Uses: 1. One of the 4 Greater Cold…

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Linum, Linseed FREE

ByAdam Tate

Linum, Linseed FlaxseedTukhm e Katan (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Linium usitatissimum Parts used: Seed; expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm). Pungent Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.    2F. PURIFYING.   …

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Ophiopoglossum, Adder’s Tongue

ByAdam Tate

Ophioglossum, Adder’s Tongue Serpent’s Tongue, Christ’s Spear, Lancea Christi, Ophioglossum, Lingua SerpentinaPing Er Xiao Cao (TCM) L’Histoire des Plantes, Paris, 1584 OphioglossumBlackwell, E., Herbarium Blackwellianum, vol. 5 (1765) OphioglossumBilder ur Nordens Flora, Lindman, 1917 Ophioglossum vulgatum(Photo by Orchi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ophioglossum vulgatum Parts used: Roots, leaves Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Classifications: Cleansing, Alterative,…

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Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corallodiscus, Brag skya ha bo བྲག་སྐྱ་ཧ་བོ Brag skya ha bo་ (Tibetan)Shi Dan Cao (TCM) Corallodiscus lanuginosusPhoto by Woudloper (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corallodiscus spp. C. lanuginosus (syn. C. flabellatus, Didissandra flabellata) C. kingianus Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Tibet, TCM)-all types of Toxicity-Fever, Cough,…

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Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vaccaria, Wang Bu Liu Xing 王不留行 Cowherb seedWang Bu Liu Xing, Mai Lan Cai (TCM) Vaccaria hispanica (as Isatis sylvestris Hispanica)Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Vaccaria segetalisMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2 (?) Vaccaria segetalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vaccaria segetalis (syn. V. hispanica, V. vaccaria, V….

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Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morus Folium, Mulberry Leaf, Sang Ye 桑叶 Sang Ye (TCM）Sring Shing Lo Ma  སྲིང་ཤིང་ལོ་མ་མ་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly Moist. Bitter, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat: -Fever, Cold, Flu, sore Throat-nasal obstruction, Sinusitis-also to promote expression of rashes in…

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Lupulus, Hops PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lupulus, Hops Lupulus salictarius, Lupulus reptitius, Volubilis, Humulus, Habiola Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Humulus lupulus Parts used: FlowerLupulin is the powder from the glandular hairs of hop flowers. It is used similarly, but is…

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Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drymaria, He Lian Dou Cao 荷莲豆草 Tropical ChickweedHe Lian Dou Cao, Er Rui He Lian Dou (TCM) Drymaria diandraSwartz, O.P., Icones plantarum (1794) Drymaria cordata(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drymaria diandra (syn. D. cordata) Parts used: Herb; sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Jaundice, Acute Hepatitis-Edema,…

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Curcuma, Turmeric FREE

ByAdam Tate

Curcuma, Turmeric, Jiang Huang 姜黄 Tumeric; Cyperus indicus (Dioscorides)Jiang Huang (TCM)Haridra (Ayurveda) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Whole Turmeric Root (Adam, 2016) LONG AND ROUND TURMERICNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Long and Round Turmeric, Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Curcuma longa…

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Corydalis thyrisiflora, Stong zil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis meifolia, Stong zil སྟོང་ཟིལ Stong zil (Tibet) Corydalis meifoliaWallich, N., Tentamen florae Napalensis illustratae (1826) Corydalis gortschakoviiGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1885) Corydalis govanianaIllustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains, Royle, 1839 Corydalis cashmeriana(Photo by DoF CC-BY-X) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corydalis spp.Blue and Yellow-flowered varieties are mentioned in texts, the Blue regarded as…

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