| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Citrullus, Melon, Watermelon

ByAdam Tate

Citrullus, Watermelon Seed Maghz e Tukhm e Tarbuz (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch, (1543) Decorticated Water Melon seed as used in Unani(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Citrullus vulgaris, C. lanatusSeveral varieties of Melon are used similarly including Sweet Melon,. Cucumis melo Parts used: Seed kernel Temperature…

| | | | | | | | | |

Skink and Gecko

ByAdam Tate

Skink and Gecko Ge Jie  蛤蚧 (TCM, Gecko)Rtsangs pa རྩངས་པ  (Tibetan) SkinkGart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Official SkinkDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Official SkinkKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Lacerta, LizardDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Type of ‘Skink’ found on the banks of the NileKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Bulk dried Ge Jie at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Above:…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Rou Gui FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cinnamonum, Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Rou Gui 肉桂 Cinnamon:–Gui Pi  桂皮 (TCM)–Dar Chini (Unani)–Shing tsha  ཤིང་ཚ  (Tibetan)Cassia Lignea:–Rou Gui 肉皮 (TCM)–Taj Qalmi (Unani) Above: Cinnamon leaf and bark (left); Cassia bark (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640Left: Cinnamon, Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 CinnamonKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 CassiaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Chinese Cinnamon bark (Adam, 2016) Members…

| | | | | | | |

Lycium Cortex, Di Gu Pi FREE

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lycium chinense, L. barbarum Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Cools…

| | | | | | | | |

Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen 丹参 Dan Shen (TCM) Salvia Dan Shen flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Salvia Dan Shen dried root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2015) Botanical name: Salvia miltiorrhiza Other species used include S. przewalskii, S. yunnanensis, S. digitaloides, S. trijuga, S. plectanthoides, S. bowleyan, S. pararniltiorrhiza Parts used: Root and rhizome Temperature…

| | | | | | | |

Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎

ByAdam Tate

Oyster Shell, Mu Li 牡蛎 Testa Ostrearum, Concha OstrearumMu Li (TCM)Sadaf (Unani) Oyster(Photo by Anthere) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Ostrea spp. including O. edulis Parts used: Shell Temperature & Taste: Cold (balanced in old TCM texts), dry. Salty Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Calms the Heart and Spirit, Stops Wind:-Headache, Dizziness, Insomnia, Irritability, flushed face-Palpitations with Anxiety…

| | | | | | | | | | | |

Zircon

ByAdam Tate

Zircon Jacinth: Red-Orange ZirconHyacinth: Red, Cinnamon, or Reddish brown Zircons.Jargoon or Jargon: Smokey, Yellow and Grey colored Zircons. Hyacinth, Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Zircon crystal on quartz-mica matrix(Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com) Mineralogical Name: Zirconium silicate; ZrSiO4 (ZrO2 67%, SiO2 33%) Parts used: Prepared Zircon.Yellow, Red and Orange-Red varieties were preferred. Varieties…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Ocimum, Basil PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ocimum, Basil BasilicumBabuitulsi (Basil); Tusli (Sacred Basil) (Ayurveda)Kali Tulsi (Basil); Raihan (Sacred Basil) (Unani)Jiu Ceng Ta, Luo Le (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Clove Basil (Left);  Great Basil (Right)Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Chaumeton, Flore médicale (vol. 1), 1833 Botanical name: Ocimum spp. O. basilicum: Common or…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Sapphirus, Sapphire

ByAdam Tate

Sapphirus, Sapphire Nilama (Ayurveda)Nilam (Unani)Ain gra ni la  ཨཻན་གྲ་ནི་ལ་ (pronounced ‘Inda nila’) (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Ruby Crystal and Star SapphiresExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Sapphire crystalPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical Name: Corundum (Al2O3) Parts used: Blue Sapphire prepared; Ayurveda also uses Yellow Sapphire Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm in Unani), dry. Salty and…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark

ByAdam Tate

Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark Post Bekh e Anar (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Bark, especially Root-Bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Classification: 3Q. ANTHELMINTIC Uses: 1. Kills Worms:-Tape-, Round-, and Pin-worms and Ascaris-this is the primary action of the Bark 2. Astringes to Stop…

| | | | | | | | | |

Euphoria, Longan, Long Yan Rou PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euphoria, Longan fruit, Long Yan Rou 龙眼肉 Longan FruitLong Yan Rou (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) Euphoria longanTransactions of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 2 (1822) Euphoria longan(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphoria longan (syn. Dimocarpus langan) Parts used: Fruit (flesh of…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chu rtsa  ལྕུམ་རྩ  (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Wine prepared Rhubarb root (Shu Da Haung)(Adam,…

End of content

End of content