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Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Fucus, Kelp, Kun Bu 昆布 BladderwrackKun Bu (TCM) Fucus spp.Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Fucus nodosaEnglish Botany, Sowerby, 1799 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Fucus spp;F. vesiculosis, F. serratus, F. nodosus Parts used: Thallus (whole plant); Carbonised Plant Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classification: P. Clears Hot Phlegm…

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nymphyae, Water Lilly Nilofar, Nasreen (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nymphea alba. Related species have been used. Parts used: Mainly Root and Seed; also Flower and Leaf Temperature & Taste: Root and Seed: Cool,…

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Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nardostachys, Indian Spikenard Nardi Indica, NardJatamansi, Mansi (Ayurveda)Cadamancil (Siddha)Sumbul-e-Hindi, Sambul-ut-Teeb, Balchhar (Unani)Gan Song 甘松 (TCM)Spang spos  སྤང་སྤོས་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Indian SpikenardDe Materia Medica, Dioscorides, 1555 Indian SpikenardKrauterbuch, Danz & Uffenbach, 1610 Various types of Spikenard, including Indian and Celtic SpikenardMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Indian SpikenardCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol….

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Crataeva, Varuna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Crataeva, Varuna Three Leaved CaperVaruna (Ayurveda)Maranlingan (Siddha)Barana (Unani) Crataeva. religiosaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Crataeva religiosa(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Crataeva nurvala (syn. C. magna, C. religiosa, Capparis trifoliata) Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine:-Cystitis, chronic Urinary Tract Infections-Kidney and Bladder Stones (since…

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Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi 地骨皮 Chinese Wolfberry root-barkDi Gu Pi (TCM) Lycium chinenseDuhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition (1800-1803) Botanical name: Lycium chinense, L. barbarum Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Cools the Blood, Clears Deficient-Heat:-clears Kidney heat-Steaming Bone…

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Chamedrys, Germander FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2C INCIDERS.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC Uses:…

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Myrobalan, Chebula FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra  ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left…

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Pill Millipede

ByAdam Tate

Pill Millipede, Shu Fu 鼠妇 Wood Lice, Wood Louse, Hog Lice, Sow Lice, Pill bug, SlaterShu Fu  (TCM) Pill Millipedes (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Pill MillipedeDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Hager, 1878 Pill Millipedes (Armadillidium vulgare) (Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Entomological name: Two distinct but related genus supplied…

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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补 Fortune’s Drynaria RhizomeGu Sui Bu (TCM)Be ljang re ral  བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Drynaria fortuneiH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937) Aglaomorpha coronans(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei)The correct name (since 2016) is Aglaomorpha fortunei, although most TCM texts…

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Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角

ByAdam Tate

Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao (TCM)Rgya  རྒྱ  (Tibetan) Saiga tatarica(Photo by Andrey Giljov) (Wikimedia) Antelope horn used in TCM. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Saiga tatarica is the Traditional and official species.However, due to the endangered nature and the fact that a number of similar horns and related animals can be used…

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Notoginseng, San Qi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Notoginseng, San Qi 三七 Pseudoginseng rootSan Qi, Tian Qi (TCM) The structure of Panax notoginseng, Chinese Flora, 1959 San Qi (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2018) Botanical name: Panax notoginseng (syn. Panax pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, slightly Bitter Classifications: K. Move the Blood     L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1….

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Silybum, Mary’s Thistle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Silybum, Milk Thistle Mary’s Thistle, Carduus Mariae, Carduus lacteus New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Chaumeton, Flore médicale, 1829 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Silybum marianum (syn. Carduus marianus) Parts used: Seed; herb; rarely the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate, dry. Bittercuts, opens, gently binds Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1….

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