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Tragacantha, Gum Tragacanth PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tragacantha, Gum Tragacanth Kateera, Katira (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Astragalus tragacanth(Photo by Aroche) (Wikimedia) Ribbons of Gum TragacanthNotes on PharmacognosyOtto Augustus Wall, 1902 BUY TRAGACANTH Botanical name: Astragalus spp.Standard species of Astragalus used include: A. tragacanth (Asia minor, Persia) A, gummifer (widely…

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Salt, Rock Salt, Yan 盐

ByAdam Tate

Salt, Rock Salt, Yan 盐 Rock Salt: Sal Gem; Halite;–Rgyam tshwa  རྒྱམ་ཚྭ  (Tibetan)–Namak e Sang (Unani)–Saindhava (Ayurveda)–Shi Yan 石盐 (TCM)Sea Salt:–Yan 盐 (TCM)–Namak e Toam (Unani)–Samudra (Ayurveda)Black Salt: Halite violaceum–Vida (Ayurveda)–kha ru tsha  ཁ་རུ་ཚ  (Tibetan)–Namak e Siyah (Unani) SaltOrtus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Halite, Salt crystalPhoto by Parent Gery (Wikimedia) Mineralogical Name: Sal; Sodium chloride Two…

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Anethum, Dill

ByAdam Tate

Anethum, Dill Anetum (old Latin)Shibt, Shabbat (Unani)Shatahva (Ayurveda, A. sowa) AnetumHerbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Anethum graveolensOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Anethum graveolensDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Anethum graveolensIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Anethum graveolensA. sowa is also used in Ayurveda and Unani. They have the same effects and uses. Parts used: Seed;…

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Cimicifuga racemosa, Black Cohosh

ByAdam Tate

Cimicifuga racemosa, Black Cohosh Black Snakeroot Cimicifuga racemosaThe Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, 1845 Cimicifuga racemosa(Photo by SB Johnny, edited) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cimicifuga racemosa (syn. Actaea racemosa) Parts used: Dried root and rhizome Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Pungent, Bitter Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Regulates Qi, Promotes Menstruation:-painful or delayed Menstruation;…

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Przewalskia, Thang phrom dkar po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Przewalskia, Thang phrom dkar po ཐང་ཕྲོམ་དཀར་པོ་ Thang phrom dkar po (Tibet)Ma Niao Pao, Ma Sui Pao (TCM) Botanical name: Przewalskia tangutica (syn. P. roborowskii, Mandragora shebbearei)Various types of Thang phrom are used in Tibetan Medicine: Thang phrom dkar po (‘White’): Przewalskia tangutica Thang phrom: Datura stramonium Thang phrom nag po (‘Black’): Anisodus tanguiticus Thang phrom…

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Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao 龙胆草 Ghaafis (Unani)related species:–In TCM G. gabra (Long Dan Cao)–In Ayurveda, G. kurroo (Trayamana)–In Tibet G. robusta (Kyi Che) Greater and Lesser GentiansDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Gentiana luteaFlora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Gentiana purpureaFlora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 YELLOW GENTIAN ROOT1. Root with numerous leaf…

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Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond FREE

ByAdam Tate

Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond Badam (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Apricot kernel (Xing Ren) (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus amygdalus dulcis (formerly Amygdalus communis)TCM uses Apricot kernel Xing Ren synonymously: P. armeniaca, P. sibirica, P….

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Asparagus racemosus, Shatavari FREE

ByAdam Tate

Asparagus racemosa, Shatavari Indian AsparagusShatavari (Ayurveda)Satavar (Unani)Nye Shing (Tibetan) Asparagus racemosusFigures of Indian Plants, Wight, 1853 Asparagus racemosusPhoto by S.K. Gawali Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Asparagus racemosusOthers used include A. sarmentosus, A. curillus, A. filicinus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classifications: 3J. INCREASE SEMEN Uses: 1….

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Anthocephalus, Kadamba PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anthocephalus, Kadamba Wild CinchonaKadamba (Ayurveda)Venkadambu (Siddha) Anthocephalus cadambaP.W. Korthals, Kruidkunde [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen; deel Botanie], (1839-1842) Botanical name: Anthocephalus cadamba (syn. A. indicus, A. chinensis, A. morindaefolius, Neolamarckia cadamba, Nauclea cadamba, Sarcocephalus cadamba) Parts used: Stem-bark; also fruits and flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool. Sweet, Salty, Pungent Uses: 1….

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Gramen, Couch Grass PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gramen, Couch-grass Quick-grass, Dogs-grass, Quitch-grass, Triticum Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2, 1890 TRITICUM REPENS ROOT AND RHIZOME1, Node with circle of roots. 2. Mass of chopped rhizomes. 8. Cross-section of the rhizome with hollow pith. 4. Furrowed internode. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Elymus repens (syn….

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Zerumbet PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zerumbet Mahabhari Vacha (Ayurveda)Zarambad, Narkachoor (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Zingiber zerumbet(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Zingiber zerumbet (syn. Z. spurium, Amomum zerumbet, A. spurium, A. sylvestre) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Uses: 1. Warms the Lungs, Clears Cold Phlegm:-Cold-type Cough, Asthma 2. Warms the…

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Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla fruticosa, Spen nag སྤེན་ནག་ Bush CinquefoilSpen nag (Tibet) Potentilla fruticosaLindman, C.A.M., Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1922) Potentilla fruticosa(Photo by Walter Siegmund) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Potentilla spp. Span nag: P. fruticosa (Yellow variety) (syn. Dasiphora fruticosa, Pentaphylloides fruticosa) Span dkar: P. dahurica (White variety) Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter,…

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