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Castoreum

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Castoreum Jundbedastar (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Zoological name: Castor fiber (Eurasian); C. canadensis (North American) Parts used: Aromatic Gland, dried Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, BitterThe genuine has a highly aromatic, fetid, strong, unpleasant scent“It is essentially Hot from the last phase of Third degree…

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Punica Fructus, Pomegranate Fruit FREE

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Punica Fructus, Pomegranate fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru  སེ་འབྲུ  (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan…

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Morus Ramulus, Mulberry twig, Sang Zhi FREE

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Morus Ramulus, Mulberry Twig, Sang Zhi 桑枝 Sang Zhi (TCM） Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Twig Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter Classifications: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Damp, Clears the Channels, Benefits Joints: -wind-damp joint and muscle pain, especially of the…

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Nelumbo Receptaculum, Lotus Receptacle, Lian Fang PRO

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Nelumbo Receptaculum, Lotus Receptacle, Lian Fang 莲房 Lian Feng (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Receptacle Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Blood Stasis, Stops Bleeding: -Blood in the Urine-Uterine Bleeding, profuse…

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Coriolus (Trametes), Yun Zhi FREE

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Coriolus (Trametes), Yun Zhi 云芝 Turkey TailYun Zhi (TCM)Kawaratake (Japan) CoriolusBulliard, Flora Parisiensis, vol. 7 (1776-1781) Coriolus (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Coriolus versicolor (syn Trametes versicolor, Boletus versicolor) Parts used: Dried Mushroom (sporphore) Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Strengthens Qi, Benefits Immunity: -increases…

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Fox

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Vulpes, Fox Fox(Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1890) Zoological name: Vulpes spp. Parts used: Principally the Lungs; also the oil of the whole animal Uses: BLOOD:-‘The blood of a Fox, dried and powdered, and so drunken is good for the stone in the Kidneys and Bladder’ (Similar use to Goat’s blood) (Turners Herbal)-applied warm for pains…

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Gleditsia Fructus, Zao Jia

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Gleditsia Fructus, Zao Jia 皂荚 Chinese Honeylocust FruitZao Jia (TCM) Gleditsia sinensisJaume Saint-Hilaire, J.H., Traité des arbres forestiers, (1824) Gledatsia sinensis(Photo by Rupp.de~commonswiki) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gleditsia sinensis, G. japonica Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Toxic Classification: P. Clear Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:-excess phlegm that is hard…

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Opal

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Opal OpalusDan He Shi (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Australian Opal(Photo by Adam, 2019) Mineralogical Name: Opalus Parts used: prepared stone Temperature & Taste: Neutral/Cooling. Sweet, Salty Constituents: Hydrous silicon dioxide (SiO2·nH2O)Opal contains up to 20% water Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-‘It stimulates the Heart, preserves from Contagious and Infectious airs, Drives away Despondency,…

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly PRO

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Nymphyae, Water Lilly Nenufar (Latin)Nilofar, Nasreen (Unani)Utpala (White-flolwered, Ayurveda)Nitopal (Blue-flowered, Ayurveda)Neelothpalam (Blue-flowered, Siddha) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Botanical name: Nymphea alba.Related species have been used. N. stellata (Indian Blue Water Lily) is used in Ayurveda, and both N. alba…

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Evodia, Wu Zhu Yu PRO

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Evodia, Wu Zhu Yu 吴茱萸 EvodiaWu Zhu Yu (TCM) Evodia ruticarpaSiebold & Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, (1875) Evodia ruticarpaPhoto by Rudolphous (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Evodia ruticarpa (syn. E. rutaecarpa, E. officinalis), E. rutaecarpa var. oficinalis, E. rutaecarpa var. bodinieri Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Slightly Toxic Classification: M. Warm to Expel…

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Perilla, Perilla seed, Zi Su Zi PRO

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Perilla Semen, Perilla seed, Zi Su Zi 紫苏子 Perilla seedZi Su Zi (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Wheezing-fullness and stifling of the…

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Crab

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Crabs & Crayfish Sdig srin  སྡིག་སྲིན  (Tibetan)Sartan (Unani)Sartan Behri Sokhta (Burnt Crab) (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Crab Shell and Crab Claws showing the Black Tips (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Cancer spp.Cancer marinus and othersAlso freshwater species of crayfish Parts used: 1….

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