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Platycodon, Jie Geng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Platycodon, Jie Geng 桔梗 Balloon Flower rootJie Geng (TCM) Platycodon grandiflorumHoutte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 22 (1845) Platycodon grandiflorumPhoto by Kurt Stueber (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Platycodon grandiflorum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter, PungentSome claimed it Cold, others said Warm. Classification: P. Clears Cold Phlegm Uses: 1. Stops…

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Potentilla chinensis, Wei Ling Cai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Potentilla chinensis, Wei Ling Cai 委陵菜 Rgyu mkhris  རྒྱུ་མཁྲིས  (Tibetan Medicine)Wei Ling Cai (P. chinensis, TCM)An Hong Wei Ling Cai (P. atrosanguinea, TCM) Potentilla atrosanguineaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 63 (1836) Botanical name: Potentilla spp.Several species supply Wei Ling Cai of TCM (Bensky): P. chinensis (Wei Ling Cai) P. anserina (E Rong Wei Ling Cai) P….

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Canarium, Qing Guo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Canarium, Qing Guo 青果 Chinese White OliveQing Guo, Gan Lan (TCM) Green Canarium fruit Qing Guo Botanical name: Canarium album Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; also fresh fruit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Sour Classification: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Fluids, Benefits the Throat:-Wind-Heat and Heat-Toxin conditions of…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (“Sweet root”, TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Athimathuram (Siddha) Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Three varieties of Licorice root available on the…

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Myricaria, ‘Om bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myricaria, ‘Om bu འོམ་བུ False Tamarisk‘Om bu (Tibetan) Myricaria bracteataJ.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, vol. 2 (1839) Botanical name: Myricaria spp.Several species are used:  1. M. bracteata  2. M. squamosa  3. M. elegans (syn. M. hoffmeisteri)  4. M….

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Uva Ursi, Bearberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Flora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantæ Utiliores, Burnett & Burnett, 1850 Botanical name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clear Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-pain and mucus…

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Centipede, Wu Gong 蜈蚣

ByAdam Tate

Centipede, Wu Gong 蜈蚣 Wu Gong (TCM) Scolopendra spp.Medical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Scolopendra subspinipes mutilansPhoto by Yasunori Koide) (Wikimedia) Dried Centipede available in bunches or rows for medicinal use(Chengdu Herb Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Entomological name: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans Parts used: Dried Insect Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent. Toxic Classification: I. Medicines…

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Haliotis, Abalone, Shi Jue Ming 石决明

ByAdam Tate

Haliotis, Abalone, Shi Jue Ming 石决明 Abalone shellShi Jue Ming (TCM) Fischbuch, Gessner, Forrer, 1563 Manual of Conchology, Tryon, 1890 Abalone as a delicacy (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Haliotis spp. Parts used: Shell Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty. Flesh is Neutral, Salty and Pungent Classification: I. Medicines…

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Thymus, Thyme FREE

ByAdam Tate

Thymus, Thyme Serpyllum, Mother of Thyme Mother of Thyme: Serpillum, Serpyllum, Quendel–Ajagandha (Ayurveda)–Hasha, Jangali Pudina (Unani) ThymeOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 SerpyllumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Thyme (Left), Mother of Thyme (Right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 ThymeKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Thymus vulgaris; T. serpillum is Mother of ThymeSmall-leaved (most…

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Veronica, Paul’s Betony PRO

ByAdam Tate

Veronica, Paul’s Betony Speedwell Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Veronica officinalis(Photo by Kurt Stüber) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Veronica officinalisSeveral varieties of Veronica were known and used:  1. Male Speedwell (V. officinalis)  2. Female Speedwell (or Fluelin)    i. Round-leaved    ii. Cornered-leaved    iii. Blue-floweredThat growing at the base of Oak trees was…

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Amaranthus spinosus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Amaranthus spinosus Spiny AmaranthChaulai (Ayurveda) Bonelli, Giorgio, Hortus Romanus juxta Systema Tournefortianum (1783-1816) Botanical name: Amaranthus spinosus, A. polygamus Parts used: Whole plant; Seeds; Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, Sweet. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (West, Ayurveda)-Poisons, Toxic Fever-Intoxication, alcoholism; drowsiness due to poison or intoxication-High Fever, Chicken Pox, malaria-Boils, Eczema-Bites of Insects, Rats,…

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Aspidistra, Zhi Zhu Bao Dan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aspidistra, Zhi Zhu Bao Dan 蜘蛛抱蛋 AspidistraZhi Zhu Bao Dan (TCM) Aspidistra elatiorAddisonia (1933) Aspidistra elatior(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aspidistra elatior Parts used: Whole herb or Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm (some sources say Cool), dry. Sweet, Pungent Constituents: Steroidal saponins, inc. aspidogenin Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Opens Obstructions, Eases Pain:-Amenorrhea,…

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