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Chelidonium majus, Celandine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chelidonium majus, Celandine Also called Hirundinaria or Swallow-wortBai Qu Hai (TCM)Stong ri zil pa  སྟོང་རི་ཟིལ་པ་ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Chelidonium majus Parts used: Whole plant in flower; Root Temperature & Taste: Cold (classed as Warm), dry. Bitter,…

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Bergenia, Yan Bai Cai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bergenia, Yan Bai Cai 岩白菜 Yan Bai Cai (TCM)Ga dur mchog  ག་དུར་མཆོག་ (B. stracheyi, Tibetan Medicine) Bergenia purpurascensThe garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20 (1881) Bergenia stracheyiCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1872) Bergenia root Yan Bai Cai(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Bergenia purpurascens (syn….

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Cicer, Chickpea FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cicer, Chickpea GarbanzoChana (Unani) CicerDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Red and White Cicer   Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cicer arietinumWhite, Red, Grey and Black Garden varieties were used; Wild and Garden varieties were also differentiated, the Wild being far stronger. Parts used:…

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Melissa, Lemon Balm FREE

ByAdam Tate

Melissa, Balm Lemon Balm; Mountain Balm, Sweet BalmMelissophyllum, ApiastrumBillilotan (Unani) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Melissa officinalis Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Cool (some said Warm), dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE.    3A. SUDORIFICS &…

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Tribulus, Caltrop, Ci Ji Li FREE

ByAdam Tate

Tribulus, Caltrop, Ci Ji Li 刺蒺藜 Tribulus, Caltrop, Devil’s ThornCi Ji Li (TCM)Gokhru, Goksuradi (Ayurveda)Nerunci Mul (Siddha)Hasak (Unani)Gze Ma  གཟེ་མ།  (Tibetan) Tribulus terrestrisNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Tribulus terrestrisBulliard, Flora Parisiensis, 1776-1781 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Tribulus terrestris Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral (Warm). Bitter, Pungent Classifications: 3I. APHRODISIACSI….

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Mature Deer Horn

ByAdam Tate

Deer Horn, Lu Jiao 鹿角 Harts HornLu Jiao (TCM)Sha ba  ཤ་བ་ (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Mature Deer horn as available on the Indian market (Adam, 2019) Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2….

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Cicada Shell, Chan Tui 蝉蜕

ByAdam Tate

Cicada Slough, Chan Tui 蝉蜕 Cicada molt, Cicada slough, Cicada PeriostracumChan Tui (TCM) CicadaInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Two species of Cicada common in ChinaNatural history of the insects of China, Donovan, 1842 Entomological name: Cryptotympana pustulataVarious other species have been used including Cicada flammata Parts used: Molting; discarded shell Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Succinum, Amber, Hu Po FREE

ByAdam Tate

Succinum, Amber, Hu Po 琥珀 Ho Po (TCM)Kahruba (Unani)Trinakanta, Kaharva (Ayurveda)Sbur len སྦུར་ལེན་ (Tibet) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 A selection of Amber inclusionsMetallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Two types of Amber available on the Chinese market (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Amber is semi-fossilized (actually cross-polymerized) ancient tree resin. It has a…

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Momordica, Bitter Gourd

ByAdam Tate

Momordica, Bitter Gourd Balsam Pear, Ballam PearKarella (Ayurveda)Karela (Unani) Momordica charantia Houtte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, 1855 Bitter Gourd seed, used in Unani Medicine(Calcutta Unani College) Botanical name: Momordica charantia Parts used: Fruit, immature fruit, seed Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in Unani and Ayurveda), dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears…

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Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei FREE

ByAdam Tate

Equisetum, Horsetail, Mu Zei 木贼 Hippuris, Ephedron, AnabasisMu Zei (TCM)Khu byug rtsa ljang  ཁུ་བྱུག་རྩ་ལྗང་ (Tibet) Two varieties of HorsetailDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 E. arvensisFlora von Deutschland (4), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Equisetum arvenseAlso used are E. maximum, E. sylvaticum, E. palustre, E. limosum, and E. hyemale, the…

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Bloodstone, Heliotrope

ByAdam Tate

Bloodstone, Heliotrope ElitropiaChi Dim Shi, Ji Xue Shi (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Bloodstone (Heliotrope)Photo by Ra’ike Mineralogical name: Lapis Heliotropum; Chalcedony group Parts used: Levigated Stone Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sweet, Slightly Pungent Constituents: Silicon dioxide (SiO2), iron Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-any type of Bleeding (West, Ayurveda)-stops excessive Menstruation-prevents Miscarriage-Diarrhea and Dysentery,…

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Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶 He Ye (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat: -Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating-Restlessness, Irritation (Da Ming)-Thirst due to Fever-especially for ‘Summer-heat’; acute…

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