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Commelina, Ya Zhi Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Commelina, Ya Zhi Cao 鸭跖草 DayflowerKanchata (Ayurveda)Ya Zhi Cao (TCM) Commelina communis Redouté, P.J., Liliacées (1802-1816) Commelina communis (Photo by NotAnonymous) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Commelina communis C. bengalensis is used in some parts of China, as well as in India. In India, other species used include C. diffusa, C. paludosa, C. obliqua, C. salicifolia Parts…

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Plumbago, Chitraka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Plumbago, Chitraka Leadwort, Ceylon LeadwortChitraka, Chitrak (Ayurveda)Tsi tra ka  ཙི་ཏྲ་ཀ  (Tibet)Sheetraj Hindi, Chitrak (Unani)Venkodiveli (Siddha)Bai Hua Dan (TCM) Plumbago zeylanicaEdwards’s Botanical Register, 1846 Plumbago zeylanica(Photo by David Eickhoff) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Plumbago spp.  1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety)  2. P. indica (Red variety)  3. P. capensis Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Very Warm,…

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Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin 鸡内金 Ji Nei Jin (TCM)Qalzah (Arabic)Sangdana Murgh (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dried Chicken Gizzard skin (Unani)(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019)  Prepared Chicken Gizzard skin (TCM)(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Gallus domesticus (Gallus gallus var. domesticus) Parts used: Prepared…

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Spider Web

ByAdam Tate

Spider Web Tela Araneae Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Entomological name: Araneae are the Spiders; ‘House Spiders’ and ‘Barn Spiders’ were common sources. Parts used: Web Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Stops Bleeding, Clears Heat (TCM, West, others):-around the world Spider web has been used in various ways for its Hemostatic properties.-internally to…

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Inonotus obliquus, Chaga PRO

ByAdam Tate

Inonotus obliquus, Chaga Hua Jie Kong Jun 桦褐孔菌 (TCM)Kabanoatanake (Japan) Inonotus obliquus(Photo by Tocekas) (Wikimedia) Inonotus obliquus at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Inonotus obliquus Parts used: Fungii, traditionally only from the Birch treeTypically found on Birch, Elm and Alder trees Temperature & Taste: Neutral. slightly Sweet and Bitter Constituents: PolysaccharidesPhenols (high levels)Betulinic…

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Endivae, Endive PRO

ByAdam Tate

Endivae, Endive Also called Intybus Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Left: Endive; Right: Crisp EndiveKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Chicorium endivaSeveral varieties were known including Garden, Wild and Crisp-leaved Parts used: Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. slightly Bitteropens, cleanses Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2N. REPELLENT3D….

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Stellaria dichotoma, Yin Chai Hu

ByAdam Tate

Stellaria dichotoma, Yin Chai Hu 银柴胡 Dichtomous StarwortYin Chai Hu (TCM)Srolo Garbo (Tibetan) Stellaria dichotomaSmith, J.E., Plantarum icones hactenus ineditae, vol. 1 (1789-1791) Stellaria dichotoma(Photo by dagendresen) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stellaria dichotoma Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, slightly moist. Sweet, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Clears Deficient Heat:-Fever or Heat…

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Diamond Bhasma

ByAdam Tate

Diamond Hirak, Heerak, Vajra (Ayurveda) Minerological name: Adamas Parts used: BhasmaAyurvedic texts divide Diamonds into three types: Masculine: has 6 or 8 angles, very bright with a lustre like a rainbow Feminie: 6 angles, full of spots and lines; parabolic and rounded on the edges Neuter: 3 angles, thin, rounded, elongated The first type “Masculine”…

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Boletus cervinus, Deer Mushroom

ByAdam Tate

Boletus cervinus, Deer Mushroom Deer Truffle, Hart Truffle, False Truffle, Deer Balls, Deers Earth Balls, Hearts Truffle, Lycoperdon nutsTubera Cervina, Fungus Cervinus, Scleroderma Cervinum, Lycoperdon Solidum, Crepitus Lupi Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Flora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al]] (1761-1883) Elaphomyces granulatus(Photo by bjoerns) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Elaphomyces granulatus (syn. Elaphomyces cervinus, Lycoperdon cervinum) Parts used: Dried…

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Eleocharis, Water Chestnut, Bi Qi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eleocharis, Water Chestnut, Bi Qi 荸荠 Bi Qi (TCM) Eleocharis dulcisRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1819) Eleocharis dulcisBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Botanical name: Eleocharis dulcis (syn. E. plantaginea, E. tuberosa) Parts used: Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm and Heat, Resolves…

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Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge, Qian Jin Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge Qian Jin Zi 千金子 Garden Spurge, Caper SpurgeCataputra minoris, Tithymalus, Tithymali latifolii, Lathyridis majoris, Granum Regis, Sponsa SolisQian Jin Zi (TCM) Euphorbia lathyrisKrauterbuch Erdgewachs Destillierbuch, Eucharius, 1533 Euphorbia lathyrisFuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Euphorbia lathyrisFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Euphorbia lathyris (syn. E. spongiosa, E. decussata, Cataputia vulgaris,…

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Spongia Marina, Sponge PRO

ByAdam Tate

Spongii, Sponge Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Spongia officinalisMedical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Spongia officinalisPhoto by Liez Botanical name: Various Species of Sponge. Spongia officinalis (“Official”, “Commercial” or “Bath” Sponge) Spongia lacinulosa (of the Red Sea, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean). Many Sponges have been used including Phylum porifera. Parts used: 1. Whole dried Sponge2. Sponge ashes3….

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