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Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Terebinth Laricea, Venice Turpentine Terebinthina Veneta, Pini Laricis Terebinthina Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Larix occidentalis(Photo by Thayne Tuason) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) (syn. L. europea, Pinus larix) Parts used: Turpentine collected by tapping the tree in Spring or Autumn.This is thinner than other Turpentines, thicker than oil,…

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Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao 冬淩草 Japanese RabdosiaDong Ling Cao, Si Leng Gan (TCM)Yog Mo ཡོག་མོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Isodon rubescens(Photo by Lixiaozhuo123) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rabdosia spp. (syn Isodon spp.)  1. R. rubescens  2. R. japonica  3. R. rubescens var. glaucocalyxIn China there are a large number of Isodon and Rabdosia species that are used similarly….

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Fossil Bones, Dragon Bones, Long Gu

ByAdam Tate

Fossil Bones, Dragon Bones Fossil Bones: Long Gu 龙骨Fossll Teeth: Long Chi 龙齿Fossil Horn: Long Jiao 龙角Fossil Bones: ‘brug–rus འབྲག་རུས་ (Tibetan) Dragon BonesBen Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao, 1505 (Welcome) TOP: Long Gu ‘Dragon Bones’BOTTOM: Long Jiao ‘Dragon Horn’(Chendgu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Mastodon TeethA Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, Gideon Algernon Mantell, 1850 Zoological…

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Rosa, Rose FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花 Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog  སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and medicine Members CLICK HERE for…

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Agate

ByAdam Tate

Agate Gagate: Achate: Banded ChalcedonyAkika (Ayurveda)Aqeeq (Unani)Ma Nao (‘Horses Brain’, TCM)Dkar khra man (Tibetan)Gzi (type of Agate, Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871 Agate from ArgentinaPhoto by Inucko Tibetan Gzi (Dzi) beads, Agate carved into beads and etched.(Photo by Enijew) (Wikimedia) Mineralogical name: Achate; Silicon dioxide with 10-30% admixture; Red…

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Changium, Ming Dang Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Changium, Ming Dang Shen 明党参 Bright Changium rootMing Dang Shen (TCM) Botanical name: Changium smyrnioides (syn. Conopodium smyrnioides) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Moistens the Lungs, Transforms Phlegm:-Wind-Heat or Lung-heat Cough, Bronchitis with Yin deficiency-acute dry Cough with hard-to-clear Phlegm-can be used…

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Coriandrum, Coriander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coriandrum, Coriander Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)Koththumali Vitai (Siddha)‘U su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 CORIANDER FRUIT1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Coriandrum sativum…

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Prepared Iron, Lcags rtsi

ByAdam Tate

Prepared Iron, Lcags rtsi ལྕགས་རྩི་ Lcags rtsi (Iron Essence, Tibetan)Lcags phye (Iron filings, Tibetan) Minerological name: Ferrum Parts used: Prepared Iron Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Live, Nourishes Blood:–Liver disease–Liver obstruction–Anemia 2. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes:–improves Eyesight–Eye diseases with Heat 3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:–Fever–Fever due to…

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Lavendula, Lavender FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lavendula, Lavender Spike New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris) Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M….

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Gynostemma, Jiao Gu Lan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gynostemma, Jiao Gu Lan 绞股蓝 Jiao Gu Lan (TCM) Trimen, H., A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon (1893-1898) Gynostemma pentaphyllum(Photo by Ies) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gynostemma pentaphyllum (G. pedatum) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Slightly Bitter Uses: 1. Benefits Qi: -Weakness, Fatigue, Debility-helpful in Altitude sickness-immuno-suppression in chronic illness including…

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Coptis, Huang Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coptis, Huang Lian 黄连 Gold Thread, CoptisHuang Lian (TCM)Mamira, Tiktamula (Ayurveda)Mamisa, Mamira (Unani)Myang rtsi spras  མྱང་རྩི་སྤྲས  (Tibetan) Coptis teetaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 1 (1918) Coptis trifoliaMateria Medica Botanica, Wellman, 1845 Coptis japonica var. anemonifolia(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia)  Above: Slices of Coptis Huang Lian from Chengdu Medicine Market showing bright yellow-orange…

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Morina, Spyang tsher PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morina, Spyang tsher སྤྱང་ཚེར་ Spyang tsher (Tibet)Ci Xu Duan (TCM)Bishkandara (Ayurveda) Morina longifoliaLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1840) Morina nepalensisCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1887) Morina longifolia(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Morina spp.Several types are differentiated: Spyang tsher: Morina nepalensis (syn. M. betanicoides) Spyang tsher dkar po (White): Morina longifolia, M. kokonorica, M. polyphylla Spyang…

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