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Orobanche, Broomrape

ByAdam Tate

Orobanche, Broomrape Gro shang rtse  གྲོ་ཤང་རྩེ  (Tibetan Medicine)Cao Cong Rong, Lie Dang (Sky-blue Broomrape, O. coerulescens, TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Orobanche Major (O. caryophyllacea)Curtis, Flora Londinensis, vol. 4: 1781-1784 Orobanche albaA.G. Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, vol. 4 (1836) A number of Broomrape varieties found in England and Europe including (from…

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Lepidium/Descurainia, Ting Li Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lepidium seu Descurainia, Ting Li Zi 葶苈子 Pepperweed, Pepper grassTing Li Zi (TCM)Shang tshe dkar po ཤང་ཚེ་ དཀར་པོ་ (Descurainia, Tibetan Medicine) Lepidium apetalumClark, G.H., Fletcher, J., Farm weeds of Canada Descurainia sophiaKorsmo, E., Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planches des mauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer (1934-1938) Lepidium apetalum(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two separate plants supply…

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Sophora moorcroftiana, Skyi ba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sophora moorcroftiana, Skyi ba སྐྱི་བ་ Sandliving SophoraSkyi ba (Tibet)Sha Sheng Huai (TCM) Sophora moorcroftiana var. davidii (syn Sophora davidii)(Photo by Denis.prévôt) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sophora spp. S. moorcroftiana (syn. Astragalus moorcroftiana) S. davidii Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp: (Tibet, TCM)-Jaundice (Tibet, TCM)-Indigestion, Stomachache 2….

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Hydrastis, Golden Seal FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hydrastis, Golden Seal Koehler’s Medicinal Plants, 1887 Hydrastis canadensis(Photo by James Steakley) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hydrastis canadensis Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea-Catarrh, Sinusitis from Heat and Damp-Jaundice 2. Clears Liver Heat:-Eczema, skin diseases from…

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Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian (TCM)Katuki (Ayurveda)Kadukurokini (Siddha)Kutki (Unani)Hong Len  ཧོང་ལེན  (Tibet) Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, 1839 Picrorhiza kurroa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrorhiza spp. (sometimes spelled Picrorrhiza) P. kurroa (mainly Ayurveda, also TCM) P….

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Cerasa, Cherry

ByAdam Tate

Cerasa, Cherry Aloo Baloo Valo, Aluvalu, Elavaluka (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Dried Sour Cherry as used in Ayurveda and Unani Botanical name: Prunus spp.  1. P. avium (Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry)  2. P. cerasus (Morello, or Sour Cherry)Sour Red and Sweet Black varieties…

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Wax, Cera

ByAdam Tate

Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation:-mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the tendons,…

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Equisetum, Horsetai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Greater Horsetail, the right showing a spindle of wound Horsetail for selling.Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 4 different varieties of HorsetailNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Equisetum…

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Rhus, Sumac FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts…

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Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris FREE

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitteropens, discusses…

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Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod FREE

ByAdam Tate

Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod Saracens WoundwortConsolida aurea, Consolida rubra, Consolida Saracenia, Colsolida Regalis, CalcatrippaLiu Zhi Huang, Yi Zhi Huang Hua (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Solidago virgaurea var. leiocarpa(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solidago virgaureaS. virgaurea var. leiocapa is…

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Rabbit Heart

ByAdam Tate

Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…

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