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Levisticum, Lovage FREE

ByAdam Tate

Levisticum, Lovage HipposelinumSisaliyus (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Levisticum officinaleLigusticum chinensis (syn. L. sinensis, L. wallichi) is the Chinese Lovage Ligusticum Chuan Xiong. Parts used: Root; also the Seed and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy

ByAdam Tate

Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy Wild Poppy, Wind-Rose, Bastard Wild Poppy, Poppy Anemone, Crown AnemoneArgemonia, Concordia, Concordialis, Herba liburnica Two varieties of ArgemoneEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Anemone coronariaJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826) Botanical name: Anemone coronaria, A. fulgens, A. apennina Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….

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Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Pterocephalus, Spang rtsi do bo སྤངརྩི་དོ་བོ་ Spang rtsi do bo (Tibet)Yi Shao Cao 翼首草 (TCM) Pterocephalus hookeriCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1918 Botanical name: Pterocephalus hookeri (syn. Scabiosa hookeri) According to Tibetan literature, there are several types: Pterocephlaus hookeri (Spang rtsi ‘byar bag can) (primary medicine) Saussurea supberba (Lug rtsi do bo) Primula capitata Other species of Saussurea…

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Solanum indicum

ByAdam Tate

Solanum indicum, Bruhati Indian Nightshade, Poison BerryBruhati (Ayurveda)Tian Qie Zi (TCM) Solanum indicumPapillons de Surinam dessinés d’après nature”, plate 74, circa 1850 Solanum indicum(Photo by Muthukurussi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum indicum (syn. S. anguivi) Parts used: Root or Whole Plant; sometimes the Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm and…

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Hedychium, Shathi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hedychium, Shathi Spiked Ginger LilyShati, Gandashathi (Ayurveda)Kapurkachari (Unani)Poolankizangu (Siddha)Sga Skya  སྒ་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Hedychium spicatumCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (Illustration: Hooker), 1830 Hedychium spicatum(Photo by peganum) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hedychium spicatum (syn. H. album)NOTE: In Ayurveda, Unani and Tibetan Medicine, this medicine is used synonymously with Kaempferia galanga Parts used: Rhizomes; leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent…

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Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cudrania, Chuan Po Shi 穿破石 Chuan Po Shi; Wei Zhi (TCM) Maclura cochinchinensisBlanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Cudrania tricuspidata(Photo by Plant Image Library) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cudrania spp.  1. C. cochinchinensis (syn. Maclura cochinchinensis)  2. C. tricuspidata Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: D. Clear Wind and…

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Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan 白矾 Called Stypteria by DioscoridesBai Fan (TCM)Sphatikari or Kamakshi (in Sanskrit)Phitkari, Phitki (Unani)Tshur dkar  ཚུར་དཀར  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Various types of Alum(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) 1. Impure Alumen Sissile;  2. Alumen Sissile Volaterrani;  3. Alumen Rotundum;  4. fragment of a species of Alum; 5. a species of…

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Curcuma, Turmeric PRO

ByAdam Tate

Curcuma, Turmeric, Jiang Huang 姜黄 Tumeric; Cyperus indicus (Dioscorides)Jiang Huang (TCM)Haridra (Ayurveda)Mancal (Siddha) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Whole Turmeric Root (Adam, 2016) LONG AND ROUND TURMERICNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Long and Round Turmeric, Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Curcuma longa (syn. C. domestica, C. rotunda, C….

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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa  གཡེར་ཤིང་པ  (Tibetan) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Scrophularia spp.  1. S. nodosa (West)  2. S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM)  3. S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii (Tibetan) Parts…

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Arctium Semen, Burdock Seed FREE

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Semen, Burdock seed, Niu Bang Zi 牛蒡子 Niu Bang Zi (TCM, Seed) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artcium lappaGreater and Lesser types were recognised. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: A. Clears Exterior Wind-Heat Uses: 1….

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Spondias pinnata, Amrata PRO

ByAdam Tate

Spondias pinnata, Amrata Hog Plum, Wild MangoAmrata  (Bark); Amrataka (Fruit) (Ayurveda)Mambulichi (Siddha) Spondias pinnataN. Witsen, H. de Jager, Plantae Javanicae pictae, ex Java transmissae anno MDCC (1700) Spondias pinnata fruit(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Spondias pinnata (syn. S. mangifera, S. acuminata)A ‘Greater’ variety is derived from S. cytherea Parts used: Principally the Stem-barkAlso…

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Astragalus, Huang Qi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Astragalus, Huang Qi 黄芪 Huang Qi (TCM) Astragalus mongholicusLedebour, C.F. von, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4 (1833) Astragalus membranaceus(Photo by Doronenko) (Wikimedia) Astragalus mongholicus(Photo by Averater) (Wikimedia) Wild Astragalus Huang Qi root bundled at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Steamed and flattened Huang Qi (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Astragalus pp.: Astragalus membranaceus (syn. Astragalus…

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