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Phyla, Ya She Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phyla, Ya She Huang 鸭舌黄 Wild SageYa She Huang, Peng Lai Cao (TCM)Jalapippali (Ayurveda)Vashira (Sanskrit)Poduthalai, Potutalai (Siddha)Bukum (Unani) Phyla nodifloraSibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca (drawings) (1845-1847) Phyla nodiflora(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phyla nodiflora (syn. Lippia nodiflora, Verbena nodiflora) Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Slightly Toxic Classification:…

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Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony, Lang Ba Cao

ByAdam Tate

Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony, Lang Ba Cao 狼杷草 Water Agrimony, Bur Beggarsticks, Bur Marigold, Bastard HempHepatorum, EupatoriumLang Ba Cao (TCM) Bidens tripartitaKorsmo, E., Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planches des mauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer (1934) Botanical name: Bidens tripartita (syn. B. comosa, B. connata) Parts used: Whole Plant in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….

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Ephedra root, Ma Huang Gen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ephedra root, Ma Huang Gen 麻黄根 Ma Huang Gen (TCM) Ephedra spp.Alpini, P., De plantis exoticis libri duo, 1629 Above: Ephedra sinica growing wild near Urumqi, Xinjiang, China (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Ephedra sinica, E. intermedia Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Classification: R. Astringent Uses: 1. Astringes to Stop Sweating:-Spontaneous Sweating from…

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Cremanthodium nepalense, Sngo sga PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cremanthodium nepalense, Sngo sga སྔོ་སྒ་ Nepalese ChrysanthemumSngo sga (Tibet)Nibo er Chui Tou Ju  尼泊尔垂头菊 (TCM) Cremanthodium reniforme(Photo by Krzysztof Golik) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cremanthodium spp.Two main types of Sngo sga are noted in Tibetans texts: Sngo sga: C. nepalense Sngo sga mi lpags ye shes: C. purpurea C. discoideum and C. reniforme are also said to…

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Anchusa, Alkanet

ByAdam Tate

Anchusa tinctoria, Alkanet Dyers Bugloss, Spanish Bugloss, Alkanna Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Andrews, The botanist’s repository, 1809-1810 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Botanical name: Alkanna tinctoria (syn. Anchusa tinctoria, Lithospermum tinctoria)Salmon listed 6 varieties, only the first 3 being used medicinally:  1. Great Yellow Alkanet, Anchusa  2. Lesser Alkanet with purple flowers, Anchusa altera  3. Small Alkanet with…

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Pinus Lignum, Song Jie PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pinus Lignum, Song Jie 松节 Chinese Red Pine, Knotty Pine WoodSong Jie (TCM) Pinus. massonianaLambert, A.B., description of the genus Pinusand some other remarkable plants (1828-1837) Botanical name: Pinus spp.  1. P. tabuliformis (syn. P. leucosperma)  2. P. massoniana (syn. P. sinensis)  3. P. yunnanensis Parts used: Wood Shavings / Branch nodes Temperature & Taste:…

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Scorpion, Quan Xie 全蝎

ByAdam Tate

Scorpion, Quan Xie 全蝎 Chinese Gold Scorpion, Manchurian Scorpion (TCM)Quan Xie (TCM)Aqrab (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Buthus mariefranceae (from Morocco), related to the species used in TCM.Photo by Christian Ferrer) (Wikimedia) Scorpion species used in MedicineShaw, G. Zoological Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, 1809 Bulk Scorpions as used in TCM (Adam, 2011)…

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Sargassum, Hai Zao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Sargassum, Hai Zao 海藻 Hai Zao (TCM) Sargassum muticum(Photo by Lamiot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sargassum spp. S. pallidum S. fusiforme A number of related species are used including S. vachellianurn, S. siliquastrum, S. muticum, S. herniphyllurn, S. thunbergii Parts used: Dried seaweed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty, Bitter Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses:…

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Cream of Tartar

ByAdam Tate

Cream of Tartar Dregs of WineDurdi (Unani) Crude Tartar being collected from Wine barrelsOrtus Sanitatis, 1491 Minerological name: Potassium hydrogen tartrate, Potassium Acid Tartrate: Potassium Bitartrate. KHC4H4O6Crude Tartar is collected from wine barrels and is purified to give Cream of Tartar Parts used: Purified Salt“The best and safest dregs [crude tartar] are the dregs of…

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Polygonatum, Solomans Seal PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygonatum, Soloman’s Seal, Yu Zhu 玉竹 Sigillum SalomonisYu Zhu (TCM)Ra mnye  ར་མཉེ  (Tibetan) P. sibiricum, Siberian Soloman’s Seal, Huang Jing 黄精 Narrow-leafed Soloman’s Seal, Siberian Soloman’s SealHuang Jing (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome)       Official Soloman’s Seal                                     Narrow-leaved Soloman’s Seal                Turners Herbal,…

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Stacte, Liquid Myrrh

ByAdam Tate

Stacte, Liquid Myrrh Commiphora myrrha Köhler, F.E., Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Commiphora myrrha Parts used: Liquid oily gum-resinTwo types were differentiated: Native: spontaneous liquid exudation of the Myrrh tree in an oily state Factitious: oil extracted from fresh Myrrh by mixing with a little water and pressing (Dioscorides) It is similar to Myrrh…

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Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger PRO

ByAdam Tate

Zinziberis Siccum, Dry Ginger, Gan Jiang 干姜 Gan Jiang (TCM)Shunthi (Ayurveda)Chuku (Siddha)Zanjabil, Zanjabeel Khushk (Unani)Sman Sga  སྨན་སྒ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Chinese Ginger Culcutta Ginger Jamaica Ginger African Ginger Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Zingiber officinalis Parts…

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