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Turnera, Damiana PRO

ByAdam Tate

Turnera, Damiana Herba da la Pastora, Old Woman’s Broom Photo by Xavierserratm Turnera diffusaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 T. aphrodisiacaSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Turnera diffusa, T. aphrodisiaca Parts used: Dried herb; leaf and steam Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Strengthens Spleen, Benefits…

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Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rostellularia, Shu Wei Huang 鼠尾癀 Shu Wei Huang (TCM) Rostellularia procumbensWight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1840-1853) Justicia procumbens(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rostellularia procumbens (syn. Justicia procumbens) Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Cold and Influenza with Fever-Cough,…

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry BrambleUllaiq (Unani) Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet“Bramble in general is cold and dry but its ripened fruit is somewhat…

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Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou

ByAdam Tate

Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou 白扁豆 Hyacinth Bean, LablabBai Bian Dou (TCM)Mon sran leb mo  མོན་སྲན་ལེབ་མོ  (Tibetan) Wight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany, principally of the southern parts of the peninsula, Supplement,(1850) Engler, A., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete (1895) Botanical name: Dolichos lablab (syn. D. purpureus, Lablab purpureus) Parts used: White Seed…

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Careya arborea, Kumbhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Careya arborea, Kumbhi Kumbi, Wild Guava, Slow-Match TreeKumbhi, Kumbhikah (Seed) (Ayurveda)Kumbi (Siddha)Baokhumba, Bai Khumbi (Seed) (Unani) W. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Botanical name: Careya arborea, C. herbacea Parts used: Stem Bark; Seed; dried Fruit Temperature & Taste: BARK: Warm, dry.SEED: Warm, dry. Pungent, astringent Uses: STEM BARK:1. Clears Heat,…

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Tilia, Linden PRO

ByAdam Tate

Tilia, Linden Lime flower, Tile tree, Tilia Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Tilia europaalso T. vulgaris, T. cordata (Winter Linden),  T. platyphylla (Summer Linden), T. intermedia and T. americana.Male and Female types were listed in older herbals, but only the female…

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Cepa, Onion FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cepa, Onion Piyaz (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Two varieties of OnionKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Left: A. oleraceum, Right: A. cepaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium cepaVarious related species are used similarly: Spring Onion: A. fistulosum; Chinese Onion: A. macrostemon, A. oleraceum…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish PRO

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 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia:…

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Bletilla, Bai Ji PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bletilla, Bai Ji 白芨 Hardy Orchid, BletillaBai Ji (TCM)Pa To La  པ་ཏོ་ལ  (Tibetan) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 36 (1812) Bletilla striata(Photo by Sten Porse) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bletilla striata (syn. B. hyacinthina, Cymbidium hyacinthinum, Limodorum striatum) (Official species)Bletilla ochracea and B. formosanare are also used, and are often considered substitutes. Parts used: Tuber Temperature &…

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Platycladus Semen, Bai Zi Ren PRO

ByAdam Tate

Platycladus Semen, Bai Zi Ren 柏子仁 Arbor Vitae, Oriental Arbor VitaeBai Zi Ren (TCM) L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 9 (1862) Mouillefert, Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas (1892-1898) Botanical name: Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Thuja orientalis) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: H. Nourish the Heart Uses: 1. Nourishes the Heart,…

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Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua 菊花 Ju Hua (TCM) Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1612 (Welcome) Hortus sempervirens, Kerner, 1824 Chrysanthemum flower (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Chrysanthemum morifolium (syn. C. sinense, C. horotrum, Anthemis artemisifolia A. grandiflora, A. stipulacea)Yellow and White flowered Chrysanthemum flowers are used. The white is sweeter and better to calm the Liver and clear…

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Ligularia amplexicaulis, Ri sho PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ligularia amplexicaulis, Ri sho རི་ཤོ་ Ri sho (Tibet) Ligularia amplexicaulisPhoto by Vinayaraj (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ligularia amplexicaulis (syn. L. corymbosa, Senecio amplexicaulis)According to one classification, there are a number of types of Sho in Tibetan Medicine: Ri sho: Ligularia amplexicaulis Klung sho: Rumex spp. Lug sho: Oxyria digyna Rgya sho: Rumex crispus Chu sho: Rumex…

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