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Platycladus Semen, Bai Zi Ren PRO

ByAdam Tate

Platycladus Semen, Bai Zi Ren 柏子仁 Arbor Vitae, Oriental Arbor VitaeBai Zi Ren (TCM) L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 9 (1862) Mouillefert, Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas (1892-1898) Botanical name: Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Thuja orientalis) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: H. Nourish the Heart Uses: 1. Nourishes the Heart,…

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Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua 菊花 Ju Hua (TCM) Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1612 (Welcome) Hortus sempervirens, Kerner, 1824 Chrysanthemum flower (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Chrysanthemum morifolium (syn. C. sinense, C. horotrum, Anthemis artemisifolia A. grandiflora, A. stipulacea)Yellow and White flowered Chrysanthemum flowers are used. The white is sweeter and better to calm the Liver and clear…

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Acetosella, Wood Sorrel PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acetosella, Wood Sorrel Teen Pattia (Ayurveda)Paliakiri (Siddha)Shan Zuo Jiang Cao (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Oxalis acetosellaFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Oxalis corniculataFlora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al], fasicle 30, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Oxalis acetosellaOther species are used including O. corniculata (Creeping Oxalis, Indian Sorrel) in Ayurveda Parts used: Herb; sometimes the Seed Temperature…

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Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车

ByAdam Tate

Placenta, Zi He Che 紫河车 Afterbirth, SecundineZi He Che 紫河车, Tai Pan 胎盘 (TCM) Prepared Placenta: 1. Left: still containing Blood; 2. Top Right: prepared with Blood removed; 3. Bottom Right: Cooked (Adam, 2009–2016) Front and back view of prepared Human Placenta with blood removed.(Adam, 2024) Zoological name: Homo sapiens; Placenta Hominis Parts used: Dried…

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Swertia, Chiretta FREE

ByAdam Tate

Swertia, Chiretta Chiretta, SwertiaKirata, Katutikta (Ayurveda)Tig Ta ཏིག་ཏ  (Tibetan)Chiraita (Unani); Qasab al-dhariarah (Avicenna) Swertia chirataWallich, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, vol. 3: 1832 Swertia chirata(Photo by Rison Thumboor) (Wikimedia) 1. Root.  2. Flowering and fruiting top.  3. Fruit.4. Leaf showing characteristic venation. (Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Swertia tied into bundles with bamboo as imported.(A…

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Mallotus, Kampillaka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mallotus, Kampillaka Kamala tree, Monkey Face TreeKampillaka, Kampilla, Rechan (Ayurveda)Kamila (Unani)Kamela (Siddha) Mallotus philippiensisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Fruit of Mallotus philippensis(Photo by Renjusplace) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Mallotus philippensis (syn. Croton philippensis, Rottlera tinctoria, Echinus philippinensis) Parts used: Glands; The red powder or Hair of the fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry“Hot and dry in the…

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Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Morus Fructus, Mulberry, Sang Shen 桑椹 Sang Shen (TCM)Dar shing དར་ཤིང་ (Tibet) Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Morus albaWeinmann, J.W., Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-1745) Dried Mulberry used in TCM Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba (fruit of M. rubra is used similarly)Li Shi Zhen noted there was 2 main varieties: White and Black.The…

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Cantharides seu Mylabris, Ban Mao

ByAdam Tate

Cantharides seu Mylabris, Ban Mao 斑蝥 Blister Beetle, Spanish FlyBan Mao (TCM)Zarawih, Telni-Makkhi, Telni-Pokh (Unani)Byang Pa བྱང་པ་ (Mylabris spp., Tibet) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Cantharides & Buprestes(Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) A. Cantharis vesicatoria; B. Mylabris cichorii; C. Cantharis vitatta(Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy, Kraemer, 1915) Mylabris phalerata at the Chengdu Market (Adam, 2012) Mylbaris…

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Calamine, Lu Gan Shi 炉甘石

ByAdam Tate

Calamine, Lu Gan Shi 炉甘石 Lapis Calminaris, Smithsonite, Zinc sparLu Gan Shi (TCM)Gangs Thigs  གངས་ཐིགས  (‘Drops of Snow’, Tibetan)Rasaka, Kharpara (Ayurveda) Smithsonite(Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Calamina; Smithsonitum Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classifications: 2T. GLUTINATE    2Z. CICATRIZING4b. OPTHALMICS TCM:T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Clears Heat,…

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Forsythia, Lian Qiao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Forsythia, Lian Qiao 连翘 ForsythiaLian Qiao (TCM) Forsythia fortuneiAddisonia, vol. 4 (1919) Forsythia suspensa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Forsythia suspensa (syn. F. fortunei) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Fever, Chills (Fever more than Chills)-Acute Cold and Flu…

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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi 五加皮 Wu Jia Pi (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 16 (?) Eleutherococcus henryiCurtis’s botanical magazine, vol. 136 (1801) Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (called ‘Narrow-leaf Wu Jia‘ in China)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1915 Botanical name: Acanthopanax spp. (syn. Eleutherococcus spp.)  1. A. gracilistylus  2. A. sessilifforusLocal species used include:  3….

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Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Picrorhiza, Hu Huang Lian 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian (TCM)Katuki (Ayurveda)Kadukurokini (Siddha)Kutki (Unani)Hong Len  ཧོང་ལེན  (Tibet) Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, 1839 Picrorhiza kurroa(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrorhiza spp. (sometimes spelled Picrorrhiza) P. kurroa (mainly Ayurveda, also TCM) P….

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