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Rabbit Heart

ByAdam Tate

Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…

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Acne

ByAdam Tate

Acne Acne is a condition of infection and inflammation of the sebaceous glands of the skin, most commonly the face, shoulders and back. It can be divided into several types: Toxic Heat–excess heat and toxin in the Blood causes red, inflamed pimples with yellow centers; there will be dry stool or constipation, yellow urine, red…

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Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶 He Ye (TCM) Nelumbo nucifera Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat: -Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating-Restlessness,…

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Geranium, Lao Guan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Geranium, Li ga dur ལི་ག་དུར Cranesbill, Common Heron’s Bill,Lao Guan Cao  老鹳草 (TCM)Li Ga Dur  (Tibetan)Bhanda (Ayurveda, G. nepalense) Geranium carolinianumA.J. Cavanilles, Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem, (1787) Geranium wilfordii(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Geranium spp.A number of species are used: G. wilfordii G. carolinianum  G. sibiricum G. nepalense (syn. G. affine) (TCM, Tibetan) G….

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Echinacea PRO

ByAdam Tate

Echinacea Cone-flower, Purple Cone-flower, Black Sampson Echinacea purpureaWitte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, 1868 Echinacea purpurea(Photo by James St. John) (Wikimedia) Echinacea rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Botanical name: Echinacea spp.  1. E. purpurea (syn. Rudbeckia purpurea)  2. E….

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Zanthoxylum, Sichuan Pepper, Hua Jiao 花椒

ByAdam Tate

Zanthoxylum, Sichuan Pepper, Hua Jiao 花椒 Chinese: Hua Jiao (TCM)Tumburu, Tejabala (Ayurveda)Faghir, Kabab-Khanda (Unani)Gyer ma གཡེར་མ (Tibet) Zanthoxylum schinifolium (Sichuan, China)Addisonia, vol. 10 (1925) Zanthoxylum armatum (India)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1918) Red Sichuan Pepper Green Sichuan Pepper Botanical name: Zanthoxylum spp. Z. schinifolium, Z. bungeanum (syn. Z. simulans) (TCM) Z. peperitum Qin Jiao is related with…

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Fagonia, Dhanvayasa PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fagonia, Dhanvayasa Dhanvayasa (Ayurveda)Dhamasa (F. cretica); Badavarda (F. arabica) (Unani) Fagonia creticaG. Dyckman, Icones varianum plantarum [mss. (1501-1600) Fagonia creticaBotanical Magazine (Curtis), vol. 7. (1794) Fagonia cretica(Photo by Patrice78500) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Fagonia cretica (syn. F. erecta, F. deflexa, F. delongata, F. hispanica), F. arabica Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter“Cold…

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Coptis, Huang Lian FREE

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 trifoliaMateria Medica Botanica, Wellman, 1845 Coptis japonica var. anemonifolia(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Slices of Coptis Huang Lian showing bright yellow-orange cross-section (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Coptis spp.:Several species are used:…

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Aconitum chasmanthum, Vatsanabha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum chasmanthum, Vatsanabha Indian Napellus, Indian Aconite, Nepal Aconite (A. ferox)Vatsanabha, Visha, Bish (Ayurveda)Mohri (Hindi)Visha Navi (Siddha)Bong nga nag po  བོང་ང་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Sman chen (A spicatum, Tibetan)Beesh (Unani)Zhan Hua Wu Tou (A. chasmanthum, TCM)Ni Bo Er Wu Tou (A. ferox, TCM)Tie Bang Chui   铁棒锤  (A. flavum, A. pendulum, TCM) Aconitum feroxF.E. Kohler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 3…

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Succinum, Amber, Hu Po PRO

ByAdam Tate

Succinum, Amber, Hu Po 琥珀 Ho Po (TCM)Kahruba (Unani)Trinakanta, Kaharva (Ayurveda)Sbur len སྦུར་ལེན་,  Spos shel སྤོས་ཤེལ་ (Tibet) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 A selection of Amber inclusionsMetallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Two types of Amber available on the Chinese market (Adam, 2022) BUY AMBER POWDER Amber is semi-fossilized (actually cross-polymerized) ancient tree resin….

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Patrinia, Bai Jiang Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Patrinia, Bai Jiang Cao 败酱草 Bai Jiang Cao (TCM) Patrinia scabiosifolia Loddiges, C.L., botanical cabinet [C. Loddiges] (1828) Patrinia villosa(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Patrinia villosa, P. scabiosifolia (P. scabiosaefolia ) Parts used: Whole Herb (sometimes just the root is used) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and…

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Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hippophae, Sea Buckthorn, Star Bu སྟར་བུ Star Bu  (Tibetan)Sha Ji  沙棘 (TCM) Flora von Deutschland (10), Kohler, 1882 Hippophae rhamnoides(Photo by AnRo0002) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hippophae spp.Three types are used in Tibetan Medicine: H. rhamnoides (Large Star bu) H. salicifolia (Medium Star bu) H. tibetana (Small Star bu) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm,…

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