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Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce ཀྱི་ལྕེ Kyi lce  ཀྱི་ལྕེ  Trayamana (Ayurveda)Xi Zang Qin Jiao  西藏秦艽 (G. tibetica) (TCM)Tian Shan Qin Jiao  天山秦艽 (G. tianschanica) (TCM) Genitana tibeticaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1897) Gentian Flower for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Gentiana spp.Several varieties of the plant are used: Kyi lce dkar po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དཀར་པོ …

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Incarvillea, Ug chos PRO

ByAdam Tate

Incarvillea, Ug chos ཨུག་ཆོས Ug chos (Tibetan) Incarvillea compactaGartenflora [E. von Regel] (1882) Incarvillea younghusbandii(Photo by Chao Shi [Chao7]) (Inaturalist) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Incarvillea spp.There are 3 types of Incarvillea used: White variety: Ug chos dkar po  ཨུག་ཆོས་དཀར་པོ : Incarvillea compacta Red variety: Ug chos dmar po   ཨུག་ཆོས་དམར་པོ : Incarvillea younghusbandii Yellow variety: Ug…

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Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vitis amurensis, Shan Pu Tao 山葡萄 Mountain Grape, Wild Grape, Amur GrapeShan Pu Tao (TCM) Vitis amurensis(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Vitis amurensis (syn. Vitis vinifera var. amurensis)Vitis adstricta Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: C. Clears Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Urinary Tract Infection,…

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Pegasus, Sea Moth

ByAdam Tate

Pegasus, Sea Moth, Hai E 海蛾 Seamoth, Dragon FishHai E; Hai Ma Que (“Sea Sparrow”) (TCM) Sea Moth (Pegasus laternarius)(Adam 2016) Zoological name: Pegasus laternariusOther species are also used. Parts used: Whole dried animal Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Salty (Som,e sources say Cold) Classification: Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:a seminal and male…

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Agaricus, Agaric FREE

ByAdam Tate

Agaricus, Agaric AgarikonGhariqoon (Unani)Ku Bai Tie  苦白蹄; A Li Hong  阿里红 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 True ‘Larch Agaric’New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 AgaricKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Polyporus officinalis (Nees von Esenbeck,T.F.L., Plantae officinales, vol. 2, 1828-1833) Polyporus officinalisKoehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 4 (1890) Laricifomes officinalis (as Fomitopsis officinalis)(Photo by Steph Jarvis) (Wikimedia) 2 Different samples…

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Indigofera tinctoria, Nila PRO

ByAdam Tate

Indigofera tinctoria, Nila Dyers IndigoNila (Ayurveda)Nili, Avuri (Plant); Avuri Ver (Root) (Siddha)Habb-ul-Neel, Nil (Unani) Indigofera tinctoriaC.J. Trew, G.D. Ehret, Plantae selectae, vol. 6 (1760) Indigofera tinctoria(Photo by Pancrat) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Indigofera tinctoriaI. suffruticosa (syn. I. anil) and I. oblongifolia (syn. I. paucifolia) have also been usedThis is one of the sources of Indigo Parts…

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Gold Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Gold Bhasma Gold AshSvarna Bhasma (Ayurveda)Gser thal (Tibet) Minerological name: Aurum cini Parts used: Prepared Gold Temperature & Taste: Mildly Warm, dry. Bitter and Sweet Unani says Gold is neither Hot or Cold, Classification: Uses: 1. Increases Qi, Nourishes Essence: (West, Ayurveda, Tibet)–Rasayana (tonifies 7 Body Constituents) (Ayurveda)–Tonic to the Heart, Brain, Liver and all Body…

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Blessed Thistle, Carduus benedictus FREE

ByAdam Tate

Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Carduus benedictus Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungentattenuates, opens, discusses, and is cordial Classification: 2F. PURIFYING3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.  …

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Lophatherum, Dan Zhu Ye

ByAdam Tate

Lophatherum, Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹叶 Dan Zhu Ye (TCM) Lophatherum gracile Duperrey, L.I., Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette deS.M. La Coquille, pendant les années 1822-1825, Atlas (1826) Botanical name: Lophatherum gracile Parts used: Leaf and stem Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears…

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Clerodendrum paniculatum, Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Clerodendrum paniculatum, Bai Long Chuan Hua Tou 白龙船花头 Scarlet Glory Bower, Red Pagoda TreeBai Long Chuan Hua Tou, Long Chuan Hua (TCM) Clerodendrum paniculatumAndrews, H.C., botanist’s repository (1810) Clerodendrum paniculatum(Photo by Renjusplace) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Clerodendrum paniculatum (syn. Clerodendron paniculatum) Parts used: Root; leaf is also used Temperature & Taste: Warm (some sources say Cool),…

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Bezoar, Niu Huang, 牛黄

ByAdam Tate

Bezoar, Niu Huang 牛黄 Niu Huang (TCM)Gi Wam གི་ཝང༌  (Tibetan)Fad Zahar Madani, Hajr us Sam (Unani) Bezoar is a stone from the stomach of a quadraped. Classically, it was from the ‘Bezoar-Goat’, Capra aegagrus and related species. In the West, it was differentiated into Oriental (Eastern) and Occidental (Western) varieties, the former being regarded as…

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Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You

ByAdam Tate

Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You 蛤蟆油 Forest Frog OviductHa Ma You (TCM) Rana dybowskii(Photo by Pierre Fidenci) (Wikimedia) The worm-like organ marked “Od” represents the Oviduct of the Frog(The annals and magazine of natural history, 1838) Botanical name: Rana dybowskii (Official)Other species are also used including R. chinensis and R. temporaria Parts used: Dried Oviduct,…

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