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Stellera chamaejasme, Re lcag PRO

ByAdam Tate

Stellera chamaejasme, Re lcag pa རེ་ལྕག་པ Chinese Stellera Re lcag pa (Tibetan)Lang Du (TCM) Stellera chamaejasmePhoto: Jan Reurink (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stellera chamaejasme Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Toxic. Uses: 1. Promotes Urine, Purges Water:-Edema, Water retention (TCM) 2. Clears Phlegm, Resolves Masses:-Phlegm accumulation and obstruction-Cough, Asthma-Scrofula, Fibroid, Cancer (Tibet, TCM)-Tumors,…

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Pyritum, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜

ByAdam Tate

Pyritum, Iron Pyrite, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜 Pyrite; Vulcan’s Stone: Lapis luminaris: Hephaestites: Lapis aerarius: ‘Fire Stone’:Zi Ran Tong (TCM)Vimala Makshik (Ayurveda)Pha Bang Long Bu ཕ་བང་ལོང་བུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Marqashitha (Unani, from which our ‘Marcasite’ comes) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Photo: Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Magnolia Flos, Xin Yi 辛夷 Magnolia FlowerXin Yi (TCM) Magnolia denudataKerner, J.S., Hortus sempervirens (1795-1830) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Magnolia spp.  1. M. biondii  2. M. denudata  3. M. sprengeri Parts used: Flower bud Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Opens…

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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha 红雪茶 Red Snow TeaHong Xue Cha, Jin Si Shua (TCM)Gser skud  གསེར་སྐུད  (Tibetan) Lethariella cladonioides (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Lethariella cladonioidesSynonyms: L. cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, Chlorea cladonioide, Usnea cladonioides Parts used: whole herb (Lichen) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Bitter Uses: 1. Nourishes Heart and Blood, Calm the Spirit, Settles Wind;-nervousness,…

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong 千日红 Globe AmaranthQian Ri Hong (TCM)Amlana (Ayurveda) Gomphrena globosa Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Gomphrena globosa (Photo by Carl Lewis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gomphrena globosa Parts used: Flowering tops or Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, slightly Salty Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Whooping…

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Prunus spinosa, Sloe

ByAdam Tate

Prunus spinosa, Sloe BlackthornGerman Acacia (dehydrated unripe fruit juice) Prunus spinosaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Prunus spinosa(Photo by Georg Buzin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Prunus spinosa (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Fruit, collected before fully ripe (strongest astringent)Also the Leaf, Flower, Bark: all have similar properties, except the flowers which are laxative. Temperature…

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Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎

ByAdam Tate

Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎 Testa Ostrearum, Concha OstrearumMu Li (TCM) Oyster(Photo by Anthere) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Ostrea spp. including O. edulis Parts used: Shell Temperature & Taste: Cold (balanced in old TCM texts), dry. Salty Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Calms the Heart and Spirit, Stops Wind:-Headache, Dizziness,…

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Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha Snake rootSarpagandha (Ayurveda.)Asrol, Choti-Chandan (Unani)Bai Hua Lian, Shan Ma Ti (TCM) Rauwolfia serpentinaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1804 Rauwolfia root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Rauwolfia serpentinaother species used in India include R. beddomei, R. densiflora, R. micrantha;R. tetraphylla (syn. R. canescens) is also used but is low enough in alkaloids to be considered…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Left:Three varieties of Licorice root available on the Chinese Market. The bottom…

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Ursi / Bos Fel, Bear / Cow Bile

ByAdam Tate

Bear / Cow Bile Xiong Dan 熊胆 (Bear Bile, TCM)Niu Dan 牛胆 (Cow Bile, TCM)Dom mkhris  དོམ་མཁྲིས  (Bear Bile, Tibetan Medicine) Dried Cow Gall Bladder as used in Tibetan Medicine in place of Bear Bile. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Traditionally, Bear Bile has been used in both East and West:  1. Ursus arctos (European Brown…

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