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Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong 肉苁蓉 Rou Cong Rong (TCM) von Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4: 1833 Large wild Rou Cong Rong for sale in Chengdu (Adam, 2016) Bunches of Wild Cistanche at the Chengdu Medicine Market (left), and the Urumqi Medicine Market (right), Xinjiang, China (Adam, 2017) Cistanche tubulosa(Photo by Nikola, cropped) (Wikimedia)…

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Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum

ByAdam Tate

Rhei Pontici Rapontici, Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum English Rhubarb Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 The Root, from Gerards Herbal, 1636 Botanical name: Rheum rhaponticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Neutral), dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Poison, Purges:-Purges Choler (Bile), Phlegm…

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Kermes

ByAdam Tate

Kermes Kermes, Chermes; Kermes Grains; Alhermes; Dying Grains; Grana Tinctorum; Coccum Baphica; Coccus infectorium; Coccus of the Oak Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Illex cocciferaDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Coccus illicis on Holm Oak(Photo by Bernard DUPONT) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Insect of Coccus illicis (syn. Kermes illicis) on Illex coccifera Parts used: Insect…

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Amomum krervanh, Bai Dou Kou

ByAdam Tate

Amomum krervanh, Bai Dou Kou 白豆蔻 Round Cardamon, Cluster Cardamon, Java CardamonBai Dou Kou (TCM)Khemama (Unani) Amomum compactumRoscoe, W., Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae (1854) Botanical name: Amomum krervanh (A. kravanh), A. compactum Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Aromatic Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Moves Qi, Strengthens…

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Catechu, Er Cha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Catechu, Er Cha 儿茶 Er Cha (TCM)Khi la wa ri (Tibetan)Khadira (Ayurveda) Acacia catechuBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Acacia catechuAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Uncaria Gambir (used as an alternate source in TCM)Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Catechu (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Acacia catechu (Black Catechu)TCM uses Uncaria gambir…

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Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Picrasma quassioides, Ku Mu 苦木 Indian QuassiaKu Mu (TCM)Kashshing (Ayurveda) Picrasma quassioidesKirtikar, K.R., Basu, B.D., Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 2 (1918) Picrasma quassioides(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Picrasma quassioides Parts used: Branches and leaves (TCM)Wood and Bark (Ayurveda) Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Very Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Toxin:-Common Cold or…

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Lysmachia, Jin Qian Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lysimachia, Jin Qian Cao 金钱草 LysmachiaJin Qian Cao 金钱草, Guo Lu Huang 過路黄 (TCM) The closely related and similar looking Western Lysimachia nummulariaIcones Plantarum Medicinalium. 1788 Lysimachia christinae flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lysimachia christinae (syn . L. legendrei)A number of plants supply Jin Qian Cao on the…

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Myrtus, Myrtle

ByAdam Tate

Myrtus, Myrtle Myrtle, Clove Myrtle, Spanish MyrtleHabb-ul-Ass, Muurad (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MyrtusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Myrtus communis(Photo by Javier martin) (Wikimedia) Myrtle berries(Photo by Giancarlo Dessì) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Myrtus communis Parts used: Leaves, Fruit (‘berries’), SeedLeaf is more commonly used internally, berries mostly externally“Small…

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Arctium, Burdock PRO

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Polygala, Yuan Zhi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polygala, Yuan Zhi 远志 Chinese Senega, Thinleaf MilkwortYuan Zhi (TCM)Byi ‘u srad ma  བྱི་འུ་ སྲད་མ་ (Herb, Tibetan Medicine) Colla., Icones plantarum rariorum herbarium pedemontanum, (1835-1837) Polygala sibirica flower(Photo by Igorpysh) (Wikimedia Botanical name: Polygala spp. P. tenuifolia P. sibirica Parts used: Root. Classically, the root and leaf were often both used. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis)A number of local species have been used including H. humifusum Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

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Dalbergia, Jiang Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dalbergia, Rosewood, Jiang Xiang 降香 Indian Rosewood, Sisau TreeJiang Xiang (TCM)Shimshapa, Krishna-shimshapa (Ayurveda)Seesham (Unani)Irupoolai (Siddha) Dalbergia sissooBeddome, The flora sylvatica of southern India, vol. 1 (1869-1874) Dalbergia sissoo(Photo by Bijay Chaurasia) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Dalbergia odorifera, D. sissoo Parts used: Heart woodThe leaves are also used in India Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly…

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