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Bull / Deer Pizzle / Testes

ByAdam Tate

Deer / Bull Pizzle / Testes Dried Deer Pizzle(Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017)​ Dried Deer Pizzle ornately packaged(Adam, 2017) Zoological name: Deer: Cervus spp.Bull: TaurusOther sources used include Pig, Fox, Horse, and in TCM, Dog (traditionally) and Seal Parts used: Dried Penis and/or TesticlesOften the entire Pizzle and Testes are dried and used, this being…

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Prunella, Self heal, Xia Ku Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Also called Consolida minorXia Ku Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Botanical name: Prunella vulgarisPrunella hispida is also used in parts of China. Parts used: Flowering tops; Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. (Warm in the…

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Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石

ByAdam Tate

Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi  (TCM)Cong Zhi  ཅོང་ཞི  (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Mineralogical name: CalcitumCalcium carbonate Parts Used:Various types and sources of ‘Calcite’ have been used. Some are related stones, for example, Red Gypsum is used for Calcite in North China and Limestone varieties may be also used. Tibetan Medicine…

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Centella, Pennywort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Centella, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao 积雪草 Indian Pennywort, Gotu KolaBrahmi, Mandukaparni (Ayurveda)Ji Xue Cao (TCM) Kirtikar, Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, 1918 Centella asiatica(Photo by Md. Siddiq Hasan) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centella asiatica (syn. Hydrocotyle asciatica)The European C. vulgaris has been used similarly.In India, Brahmi also encompasses Bacopa…

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Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi

ByAdam Tate

Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi Shi 阳起石 Amianthus, a type of Actinolite (traditionally Alumen plumbosum)Yang Qi Shi (TCM)Rdo chu, Rdo rul, Rdo skyur (Tibet) Amianthus and Asbestos treated together inMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 AmianthusA History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Actinolite (Heath Canyon, California, USA)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Mineralogical name: Green mineral of the amphibole group…

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Thymus, Thyme PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thymus, Thyme Serpyllum, Mother of Thyme Mother of Thyme: Serpillum, Quendel–Ajagandha (Ayurveda)–Hasha, Jangali Pudina (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 ThymeOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 SerpyllumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Thyme (Left), Mother of Thyme (Right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 ThymeKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: T. vulgars; Right: T. serpyllum (Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893)…

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Cuminum, Cumin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)Cirakam (Siddha)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Cuminum cyminumFour Kinds were described in Unani: Farsi, or Persian Nabti, Nabathean Kirmani, Black Cumin Shami, or Syrian Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent“Cumin is hot in…

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Paeoniae suffruticosa, Tree Peony rootbark, Mu Dan Pi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po  ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosa Parts…

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Momordica cochinchinensis, Mu Bie Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Momordica cochinchinensis, Mu Bie Zi 木鳖子 Momordica seedMu Bie Zi (TCM)Karkataka, Karavella-jalaja (Ayurveda) Momordica cochinchinensisHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1845) Momordica fruits sold in Thailand where it is called GacThe fresh fruit and juice are sold as a health foodThe seeds can be seen in the center. (Photo, Adam,…

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Carum, Caraway PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carum, Caraway Zeera Siyah (Unani)Krishnajeeraka (Ayurveda)Go snyod  གོ་སྙོད  (Tibetan) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Carum carvi Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent“Hot and dry in the second degree” (Avicenna) Classification: 2C INCIDERS.   2H. CARMINATIVE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    4e. STOMACHIC Uses:…

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Scammonia, Scammony PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scammonia, Scammony Diagridium, Diagrydium (when prepared)Saqmunia (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Scammony Root1. Crown with stem scars and bases. 2. Twisted root with deep furrows.3. Cross-section showing mottled surface. 4. Fractured surface. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919…

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Rapi, Turnip

ByAdam Tate

Rapi, Turnip Rape Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Round-rooted TurnipDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Long-rooted TurnipNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanical name: Brassica rapaLong (‘Female’), Round (‘Male’) types were differentiated Parts used: Seed, Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: 3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3I. APHRODISIAC.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach and Spleen,…

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