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Ammi, Bishop’s Weed, Ajowan PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ammi, Bishop’s Weed, Ajowan Ameos, Ethiopian Cumin, Alexandrian Cumin, Cuminum RegiumNankhuah, Ajwain (Unani)Aatrilal (Ammi majus, Unani)Ajowan, Ajwain, Yavani (Ayurveda) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Salmon, Botanologia, 1710  Left: Ammi copticum; Right: A. majusIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Trachyspermum ammi(Photo by Sanjay ach) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Several plants supply Ammi: Trachyspermum ammi (syn. T. copticum, Ammi copticum, Carum…

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Calotropis, Swallowwort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Calotropis, Swallow-wort Vasuka, Mandara, Arka (Ayurveda)Aak, Madar, Ushr (Unani) The Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Calotropis gigantea(Photo by ShahadatHossain) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Calotropis gigantea, C. procera Parts used: Root bark, juice, flower Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent, Bitter. ToxicAvicenna said Hot in the 2nd Degree but Dry in the 4th Degree.Caustic, burning, rubefacient…

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Chelonites, Swallow stone

ByAdam Tate

Chelonite, Swallow stone Dove-stone, Chelonius, Chelidonius Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 ChelonitisGemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Minerological name: Chelonite Parts used: Stones from the belly of young swallowsAlbertus said some are black, some reddish in color.Duffin (2015) has stated these to be fossils of orbitoline foraminiferans or sometimes pycnodont teeth. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry…

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Piper Longum, Long Pepper FREE

ByAdam Tate

Piper longum, Long Pepper, Bi Ba 筚拨 Bi Ba (TCM)Pippali (Ayurveda)Filfil Daraz, Peepal (Unani)Thippili (Siddha)Pi pi ling  པི་པི་ལིང༌  (Tibetan)The root of Long Pepper is called Peepalmool (Unani), Thippiliver (Siddha) Long Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper longumWoodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 1832 Long Pepper (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…

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Earthworm, Di Long PRO

ByAdam Tate

Earthworm, Di Long 地龙 Di Long ‘Earth Dragon’ (TCM)Kharateen (Unani) Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Bulk Prepared Earthworm as available on the Chinese Market (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Dried Earthworm as used in Unani medicine (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Primarily Lumbricus and Pheretima spp: Lumbricus terrestris Pheretima vulgaris Pheretima aspergillium (‘Guang Di…

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Fritillaria, Bei Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fritillaria, Bei Mu 贝母 Bei Mu (TCM)A bhi kha  ཨ་བི་ཁ་  (Tibetan, F. cirrhosa)A bhi sa mchog (Tibet, F. delavayi)Kshira Kaakoli (Ayurveda, F. cirrhosa) Fritillaria cirrhosa, Chuan Bei MuHooker, Icones Plantarum 1852 Fritillaria thunbergii, Zhe Bei MuThunberg, Icones plantarum japonicarum, 1800 Fritillaria thunbergii(Photo by Piropiro77) (Wikimedia) Grades of Fritillaria Bei Mu (Adam, 2017) Fritillaria Bei Mu (Chengdu Medicine Market. Adam,…

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Trachelospermum Caulis, Luo Shi Teng PRO

ByAdam Tate

Trachelospermum Caulis, Luo Shi Teng 络石藤 Star Jasmine StemLuo Shi Teng (TCM) Trachelospermum jasminoidesGartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 8 (1859) Trachelospermum jasminoidesHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe (1850) Trachelospermum jasminoides flower(Photo by Jim Evans) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Trachelospermum jasminoidesOther species used include T. asiaticum, T. asiaticum var. intermedium Parts used:…

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Cuminum, Cumin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cuminum cyminum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungentattenuates, digests, dissolves, discusses Wind Classifications: 2C INCIDERS.    2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.    2H….

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Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou

ByAdam Tate

Dolichos, Hyacinth Bean, Bai Bian Dou 白扁豆 Hyacinth Bean, LablabBai Bian Dou (TCM)Mon sran leb mo  མོན་སྲན་ལེབ་མོ  (Tibetan) Wight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany, principally of the southern parts of the peninsula, Supplement,(1850) Engler, A., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete (1895) Botanical name: Dolichos lablab (syn. D. purpureus, Lablab purpureus) Parts used: White Seed…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish PRO

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia:…

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Bletilla, Bai Ji PRO

ByAdam Tate

Bletilla, Bai Ji 白芨 Hardy Orchid, BletillaBai Ji (TCM)Pa To La  པ་ཏོ་ལ  (Tibetan) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 36 (1812) Bletilla striata(Photo by Sten Porse) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Bletilla striata (syn. B. hyacinthina, Cymbidium hyacinthinum, Limodorum striatum) (Official species)Bletilla ochracea and B. formosanare are also used, and are often considered substitutes. Parts used: Tuber Temperature &…

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Eugenia jambolana, Jambu

ByAdam Tate

Eugenia jambolana, Jambu Java Plum, Black Plum, Black Cherry, JambolanJambu, Mahaphala, Phalendra (Ayurveda)Jamum (Unani)Naval (Siddha)sra ‘bras (Tibetan)Wu Mo is the name of the leaf, used in TCM. Eugenia jambolanaHerbarium Amboinense, Rumpf, 1755 Eugenia jambolanaHoola van Nooten, B., Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l’ille de Java: peints d’apres nature, 1880 Botanical name: Eugenia jambolana (syn….

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