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Ephedra, Ma Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ephedra, Ma Huang 麻黄 Ma Huang (TCM)Som Kalapna, Masania, Narom, Soma Kalpa (Unani)Mtshe ldum  མཚེ་ལྡུམ  (Tibetan) Ephedra spp.Alpini, P., De plantis exoticis libri duo, 1629 E. distachyaCamerarius, J., Hortus medicus et philosophicus, 1588 E. pachycladaTransactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany, (1887) Above: Ephedra growing wild near Urumqi, Xinjiang, ChinaRight: fresh Wild…

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Scorzonera PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scorzonera Garden or Spansih Scorzonera; Viper’s Grass, Black Salsify New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Scorzonera hispanicaFlora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Scorzonera hispanica(Photos by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Scorzonera spp. S. hispanica (Spanish Scorzonera) S. humilis (S. latifolia), Serpentaria, is also used but is more bitter and therefore, probably less tonifying. S….

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Trigonella, Fenugreek PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trigonella, Fenugreek, Hu Lu Ba 葫芦巴 Foenum GraecumHu Lu Ba (TCM)Hulba (Unani)Methi (Ayurveda)Venthayam (Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent“Hot in the last phase of the First degree and Dry in…

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Semiaquilegia, Tian Kui Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Semiaquilegia, Tian Kui Zi 天葵子 Muskroot-like Semiaquilegia RootTian Kui Zi (TCM) Semiaquilegia adoxoides (Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Semiaquilegia adoxoides Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Sores, Boils, Carbuncles, Furuncles, Scabies-Snake and Insect Bites, Rabid Dog bite-Toxic Wounds and…

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Copper Sulphate

ByAdam Tate

Copper Sulphate Cuprum Sulphuricum, Vitriolum Cupri, Vitriolum coeruleumBlue Vitriol, Spanish, Roman, Cyprian or Salzburg VitriolChalcanthite (native hydrated Copper Sulphate)Tuttham (Ayurveda)Big pan བིག་པན་ (Chalcanthite, Tibet) VitriolHortus sanitatis, 1491 Natural Copper Sulphate Crystal (Chalcanthite)Photo by Didier Descouens (Wikimedia) Artificial Copper Sulphate CrystalPhoto by Lamiot (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Copper Sulphate CuSO4.5H2O Parts used: Native or Artificial Copper Sulphate…

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Mesua ferrea, Cobras Saffron PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mesua ferrea, Cobras Saffron Iron Wood treeNagakesara, Keshara (Ayurveda)Narmushk, Nag Kesar (Unani) Mesua ferreaDrakestein, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, 1682 Mesua ferrea flower(Photo by Ajtjohnsingh) Botanical name: Mesua ferrea (syn. M. nagassarium) Parts used: Flowers, Stamens, Flower budsalso Fruit, Root-bark and Seed Oil Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry.“hot and dry in the third degree” (Avicenna) Uses: 1….

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Bolbostemma paniculatum, Tu Bei Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bolbostemma paniculatum, Tu Bei Mu 土贝母 Tu Bei Mu (TCM) Engler, H.G.A., Das Pflanzenreich, Cucurbitaceae – Fevilleae & Melothrieae, vol. 275 (1916)  Bolbostemma paniculatum BulbBulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, sér. 2 (1939) Botanical name: Bolbostemma paniculatum (syn. Actinostemma multilobum, Actinostemma paniculatum, Mitrosicyos paniculatus, Schizopepon fargesii) Parts used: Tuber/Bulb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter,…

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Topaz

ByAdam Tate

Topaz Chrysolite of Pliny is thought to be the modern ‘Topaz’Huang Yu (‘Yellow Jade’, TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Topaz(Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com) Mineralogical Name: TopazChrysolite (yellow-green variety of Olivine), Prase, or Chrysoprase have all been suggested as the ‘Topaz‘ of Pliny. Parts used: Prepared Stone (levigated or burned) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….

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Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香 Also called Thus, LibanosRu Xiang (TCM)Shallaki (Ayurveda)Kundur (Unani)Spos dkar  སྤོས་དཀར  (Tibetan) Left: Olibanum; Right: ThusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Boswellia SerrataMedical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640) Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 Frankincense (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Boswellia spp.Frankincense is often divided into types based on the…

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Bufonite, Toad Stone

ByAdam Tate

Bufonite, Toad Stone Serpents’ EyesLapis Bufon, Stelon, Lapis Borax, Batrachites (Pliny), Crapodinae, Lycodontes Hortus sanitatis, 1491 BufoniteMetallotheca Vaticani, Mercati, 1719 Museum Wormianum,Olao Worm, 1655 De Omni Rerum Fossilium,Gesner, 1565 Aldrovandi,Musaeum metallicum, 1648 A History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Lepidote Fossilized Teeth (Toad stone)(Photo by Natural history museum) (Wikimedia) Examples of Toadstone (Lepidotes spp.)(Photo by Baldovio,…

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Chicken

ByAdam Tate

Chicken Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts Used:Cock and HenMeat, Brains, Liver, Gall Bladder, Gizzard SkinBlood, Bones, Fat, DungEgg Uses: MEAT (Warm, Sweet):1. Strengthens the Spleen, Benefits Qi:-strengthens the digestion and increases Qi.-loose stools and poor digestion from weakness of the Spleen; also for…

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Rumex, Dock

ByAdam Tate

Rumex, Dock LapathumHummad (Unani, Avicenna) Top Left: R. crispus.   Top Right: R. obtusifoliusAbove Left: R. acutus.    Above Right: R. sanguineusFlora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 RUMEX CRISUPS1. Twisted root. 2. Transverse and longitudinal sections.3. Stem of the plant. 4. The thick cortex.5. Radiate wood. RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS1. A twisted, furrowed root, annulate at the crown….

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