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Galium, Cleavers PRO

ByAdam Tate

Galium, Cleavers Goosegrass; Gallion, Aparine, Aspergula, PhilanthroposZangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Galium aparine Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet Classifications: B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears…

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Lilium brownii, Bai He FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lilium brownii, Bai He 百合 Brown’s Lily, Hong Kong LilyBai He (TCM) Lilium browniiHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, (1845) Lilium browniiBury, E., A selection of Hexandrian plants, 1831 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lilium spp. L. brownii (syn. L. japonicum) L. lancifolium L. pumilum Parts…

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Terra Sigillata, Sealed Earth

ByAdam Tate

Terra Sigillata, Sealed Earth Sealing ClayTin Makhtum (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Several types of Sealed Earth with Arabic inscriptionMetallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 A number of varieties of ‘Sealed Earth’Museum Wormianum, Olao Worm, 1655 A number of types of Sealed Earth. The right illustration is specifically Terra Sigillata prepared from Lemnian Earth and includes Arab…

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Rehmannia, Sheng Di Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rehmannia, Sheng Di Huang 生地黄 Chinese FoxgloveSheng Di Huang (TCM) Edwards’s Botanical Register (1837) Rehmannia glutinosa flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rehmannia glutinosa Parts used: Dried, unprepared rootNote the prepared Root is Rehmannia Shu Di Huang Temperature & Taste: Cold, moist. Sweet, Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat, Cools the Blood     B. Clears Deficient Heat…

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Choerospondias, Guang Zao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Choerospondias, Guang Zao 广枣 Hog Plum; Choerospondias fruitGuang Zao  广枣  (TCM)Snying Zho Sha  སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan) Choerospondias axillaris Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898) Choerospondias axillaris (Photo by Zhangzhugang) (Wikimedia) Choerospondias Guang Zao(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Choerospondias axillaris Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used…

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Achyranthes, Niu Xi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Achyranthes, Niu Xi 牛膝 Prickly Chaff flowerNiu Xi (TCM)Apamarga, Chirchita (A. aspera, Ayurveda)Shveta Apamarga (A. bidentata, Ayurveda)Chirchita (Unani) Achyranthes asperaSibthrop & Smith, Flora Graeca, 1819 Achyranthes aspera(Photo by Renjusplace) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Achyranthes bidentata, A. aspera (syn. A. argentea, A. indica), A. longifolia Parts used: Root; also Leaf…

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Prunus mume, Wu Mei PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunus mume, Wu Mei 乌梅 Wu Mei (TCM)  von Siebold, P. &, J. Zuccarini Flora Japonica, Sectio Prima (Tafelband), 1870 Prunus mume Wu Mei (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Prunus mume Parts used: Fruit, almost ripe and baked until blackened Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sour (has both dry and moistening qualities) Classification: Astringent Uses: 1….

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Perilla, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye PRO

ByAdam Tate

Perilla Folium, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye 紫苏叶 Perilla leafZi Su Ye (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Resists Poison: -Cold, Flu with Cough-acute Cough with Cold-Phlegm-Fish…

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Acetosella, Wood Sorrel FREE

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Oxalis acetosella Parts used: Herb; sometimes the Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Sour…

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Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb PRO

ByAdam Tate

Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumBartang (Unani)Che Qian Cao (TCM, Herb)Tha ram ཐ་རམ  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491      Red Plantain (variety)                                Greater Plantain       Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left:…

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Swertia, Chiretta PRO

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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Pumex, Pumice

ByAdam Tate

Pumex, Pumice, Fu Shi 浮石 Spuma maris (“Sea Foam”)Fu Shi (TCM) Pumex and TofusConradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 2 types of Pumice(Adam, 2022) Mineralogical Name:Pumex; Volcanic scoria Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING3K. EXPECTORANT TCM:P. Clears Hot Phlegm Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Phlegm…

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