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Sphaeranthus, Mundi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sphaeranthus, Mundi East Indian Globe Thistle Mundi (Ayurveda)Mundi, Gorakh Mundi (Unani)Kottakarthai (Siddha)Rong Mao Dai Xing Cao (TCM) Sphaeranthus indicusK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Sphaeranthus indicus(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sphaeranthus spp.  1. S. indicus (syn. S. senegalensis, S. hirtus)Also reportedly used are:  2. S. amaranthoides  3. S. africanus Parts used: Leaf…

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Bistorta, Bistort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bistorta, Bistort Also called Snakeweed, Snake-root; Columbrina, Serpentaria, Serpentaria vulgaris, DracunculusQuan Shen  拳参 (TCM)Gla sgang  གླ་སྒང༌  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Hortus Medicus, Graves, 1834 Bistort rootNotes on Pharmacognosy,Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Bistort rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Botanical name: Polygonum bistorta (syn. Persicaria bistorta) (West, TCM)P. viviparum is also used as…

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Zedoaria, Zedoary FREE

ByAdam Tate

Zedoaria, Zedoary, E Zhu 莪术 E Zhu (TCM)Karchura (Ayurveda)Kachuri (Unani) Above: Long and Round ZedoaryParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Left: Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 ZEDOARY1, Large transverse section of the rhizome. 2. Longitudinal section of the rhizome. 3. Top of the rhizomeshowing concentric leaf scars. 4. Cross-section showing sunken tissue inside endodermis.5….

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Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian 雪莲 Snow LotusBry Rgod Sug Pa (S. medusa, Tibet)Xue Lian, Tian Shan Xue Lian (S. involucrata) (TCM)Mian Tou Xue Tu Zi  绵头雪兔子 (S. laniceps) (TCM)Shui Mu Xue Tu Zi 水母雪兔子 (S. medusa) (TCM) Saussurea gossypiphoraHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 15 (1845) Saussurea…

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Cicer, Chickpea FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cicer, Chickpea GarbanzoChana (Unani) CicerDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Red and White Cicer   Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cicer arietinumWhite, Red, Grey and Black Garden varieties were used; Wild and Garden varieties were also differentiated, the Wild being far stronger. Parts used:…

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Flourite, Zi Shi Ying

ByAdam Tate

Flourite, Zi Shi Ying 紫石英 Zi Shi Ying (TCM) Purple FlouritePhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Flouritum CaF2 (Ca 51%, F 49%); also diferric trioxide, with admixtures including Cl and rare earths. Parts used: Prepared Stone; the purple Stone is most used in TCM Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet Classification: G. Sedate…

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Melissa, Lemon Balm FREE

ByAdam Tate

Melissa, Balm Lemon Balm; Mountain Balm, Sweet BalmMelissophyllum, ApiastrumBillilotan (Unani) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Melissa officinalis Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool (some said Warm), dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE.    3A. SUDORIFICS &…

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Tribulus, Caltrop, Ci Ji Li FREE

ByAdam Tate

Tribulus, Caltrop, Ci Ji Li 刺蒺藜 Tribulus, Caltrop, Devil’s ThornCi Ji Li (TCM)Gokhru, Goksuradi (Ayurveda)Nerunci Mul (Siddha)Hasak (Unani)Gze Ma  གཟེ་མ།  (Tibetan) Tribulus terrestrisNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Tribulus terrestrisBulliard, Flora Parisiensis, 1776-1781 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Tribulus terrestris Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral (Warm). Bitter, Pungent Classifications: 3I. APHRODISIACSI….

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Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 Til, Tila (Ayurveda)Hei Zhi Ma (TCM)Kunjad Siyah (Unani)Til snum  ཏིལ་སྣུམ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1897 (Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sesamum indicum Parts used: Seed (Black are stronger) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet“It is Hot in the middle and Moist in the…

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Mature Deer Horn

ByAdam Tate

Deer Horn, Lu Jiao 鹿角 Harts HornLu Jiao (TCM)Sha ba  ཤ་བ་ (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Mature Deer horn as available on the Indian market (Adam, 2019) Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2….

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Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig PRO

ByAdam Tate

Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig རྟ་རྨིག་ Marsh Marigold, Water Buttercup, Brave Celandine, American Cowslips, Tussilago alteraRta rmig (Tibet)Ma Ti Ye (TCM)Kushrya (Ayurveda) Lesser Marsh MarigoldSalmon, Botanologia (1710) Caltha palustris (Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885) Caltha palustris(Photo by Robert S Remie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caltha spp. C. palustris (syn. C. polypetala)…

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Zinc oxide, Tutty

ByAdam Tate

Zinc oxide, Tutty Flowers of Zinc, Calx of Zinc, Nihilum album, Pompholix Zincite (native Zinc oxide); however, this was not a traditional source for Zinc oxide.Photo by Robert M. Lavinsky (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Impure Zinc oxide Native ores of Zinc include:  1. Sphelerite–Zinc sulphide  2. Zincite–Zinc oxide  3. Calamine (Smithsonite)–Zinc carbonate  4. Hemimorphite–Zinc silicate Parts…

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