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Gelsemium sempervirens, Yellow Jasmine

ByAdam Tate

Gelsemium, Yellow Jasmine Yellow Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Wild Woodbine, Evening Trumpet FlowerGou Wen (TCM) Gelsemium sempervirensLounsberry, Southern wild flowers and trees (1901) Gelsemium root1. A twisted, split and striated root; 2. Small fissures beginning at the root scar; 3. Small wiry root; 4. Thin cortex; 5. Thick, finely radiate wood. (Squibb’s Atlas of the…

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Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng, Ci Wu Jia 刺五加 Russian Ginseng, Spiny Acanthopanax, Devil’s Shrub, Eleutherococcus GinsengCi Wu Jia (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Eleutherococcus senticosus(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Eleutherococcus senticosus (syn. Acanthopanax senticosus, Hedera senticosa)E. koreanum is used in Korea.Acanthopanax gracilistylus Wu Jia Pi is similar. Eleutherococcus senticosus was previously…

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Tormentilla, Tormentil FREE

ByAdam Tate

Tormentilla, Tormentil Septfoil, Septifolium, Pentaphyllum, Heptaphyllum Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Potentilla tormentillaWild and Alpine varieties were differentiated Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, very dry. Bitter Classifications: 2N. REPELLENT.    2O. ASTRINGENT.    2P. HEMOSTATICS.    2T….

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Aquilaria, Aloeswood, Chen Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Aquilaria, Aloeswood, Chen Xiang 沉香 Eaglewood, Agar, Agarwood, Aloes Wood, Wood of AloesChen Xiang (TCM)Agaru (Ayurveda)A gar  ཨ་གར (Tibetan)Ood, Ood Hindi, Ood-ul Hindi, Ood Gharqi (Unani) Left: True Aloeswood; Center: Aloeswood tree; Right: ‘Spurious’ (false) AloeswoodMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 A. agallocha (left)Royle, J.F., Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the…

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Acacia, Gum Arabic FREE

ByAdam Tate

Acacia, Gum Arabic Egyptian ThornBabula (Ayurveda)Aqaqia (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Egyptian Acacia (left), Acacia of Dioscorides (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Flora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Acacia arabica Parts used: Gum (‘Gum Arabic’); extract of the seed pods (‘Gum Acacia’)The bark is also used…

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Ruta, Rue PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ruta, Rue ‘Herb of Grace’Sudab (Unani)Sitav (Ayurveda) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Ruta graveolens Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter“Hot and Dry in the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Considered Cold in TCM, although it is rarely used. Classifications: 2C INCIDERS.    2D ATTENUATERS…

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Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu

ByAdam Tate

Burnt Yellow Earth, Zao Xin Tu 灶心土 Old Oven Earth, Burnt Earth, Terra Flava Usta Khazaf: Oven Clay, Clay pottery (Unani)Zao Xin Tu (TCM) Clay Oven (Tabun)Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (Gustaf Dalman, 1935) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Terra flava usta (Burnt Yellow Earth) Parts used: Traditionally, the old burnt Earth used in the construction of…

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Sagittaria, Arrowhead

ByAdam Tate

Sagittaria, Arrowhead SagittalisCi Gu (TCM, Corm) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 A. Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 3: t. 310 (1893) Botanical name: Sagittaria sagittifolia (syn. Alisma saggitaria) Parts used: Herb; Seed; Corm Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in respect of dry/moist, Pungent Classifications: Alterative, Astringent, Abstersive, Incarnative, Glutinative, Traumatic or Vulnerary;Appropriated to the Spleen,…

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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Carduus benedictus (syn. Cnicus benedictus, Centaurea benedicta) Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is…

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Gmelina, Gambhari PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gmelina, Gambhari White Teak, Malay Bushbeech, Kashmir TreeGambhari, Kashmiri (Ayurveda)Kattanam, Kumizham (Siddha) GmelinaW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1819) Gmelina arborea(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gmelina arborea (syn. Premna arborea) Parts used: Root-bark, Fruit Temperature & Taste: FRUIT: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour, astringentSTEM / STEM-BARK: Cool, dry. Sweet, BitterROOT: Cool, dry. Bitter…

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Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂

ByAdam Tate

Borax, Peng Sha 硼砂 Chrysocolla (‘Gold-glue’)Bauraq, Buraq, Burak (Arabic)Peng Sha (TCM)Tankana (Ayurveda)Tsha la  ཚ་ལ  (Tibetan Medicine) Borax crystals, Kramer Mine, CaliforniaPhoto by Rock Currier Minerological name: Hydrated Sodium borate Parts used: Purified Salt; Natural and Artificial Borax was used“Its best form is that which is brittle and extremely white (as ivory)”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Jugulans Nux, Walnut, Hu Tao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao, Hu Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot in the third degree and Dry in the…

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