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Paeoniae suffruticosa, Tree Peony rootbark, Mu Dan Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po  ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosaP. delavayi (syn. P. lutea) is a yellow-flowered Tree…

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Paeoniae officinalis, Western Peony FREE

ByAdam Tate

Paeoniae, Peony Ood Saleeb, Ood Gharqi (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Male Peony; Right: Female PeonyKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia officinalis (‘Female’ Peony)Others to supply the Peony of the West include P. mascula and P. corallina (‘Male’ Peony), P. parnassica, P. clusii, P….

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Perilla, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye FREE

ByAdam Tate

Perilla Folium, Perilla leaf, Zi Su Ye 紫苏叶 Perilla leafZi Su Ye (TCM) Perilla frutescensCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Resists…

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Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu 石斛 Shi Hu (TCM)Pu shel rtse  པུ་ཤེལ་རྩི  (Tibet) Dendobium nobileAtlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Above: Bunches of freshly harvested DendrobiumRight: fresh, stripped and bunched stems(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Dendrobium spp.D. nobile, D. candidum, D. fimbriatum are listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.The sources for Dendrobium Shi Hu are…

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Morinda, Ba Ji Tian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Morinda, Ba Ji Tian 巴戟天 Indian MulberryBa Ji Tian (TCM) Morinda in Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Imperial Encyclopedia, early 18th century) Botanical name: Morinda officinalis Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: N. Yang Tonics Uses: 1. Strengthens Kidneys, Tonifies Yang:-Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, Spermatorrhea-Urinary frequency, Incontinence-Infertility in male or female, irregular Menstruation-Menopausal…

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Cirsium japonicum, Da Ji

ByAdam Tate

Crisium japonicum, Da Ji 大蓟 Japanese Thistle, Large ThistleDa Ji (TCM) Cirsium japonicum(Photo by OgreBot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cirsium japonicumIn Tibetan Medicine several species of Cirsium are used including C. verutum Parts used: Root. Sometimes the whole fresh plant is used Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: L. Stop Bleeding Uses: 1. Cools…

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Coral, Shan Hu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Bassad, Besed, Bassath (Arabic)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Red Coral necklaceKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Red Coral; Center top: Coral Trunk; Center…

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Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi (Siddha)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra ja  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Psoralea corylifoliaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent,…

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Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle FREE

ByAdam Tate

Alchemilla, Lady’s Mantle Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s MantleFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Lady’s Mantle(Photo by Plenuska) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Alchemilla vulgarisA number of varieties were used including Lesser and Alpine Parts used: Herb (fresh is best); sometimes the root Temperature & Taste: Temperate…

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Curculigo, Xian Mao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Curculigo, Xian Mao 仙茅 Xian Mao (TCM)Talpatri, Krishna Musali, Musali Kanda, Sveta Musali (‘Black Musali’) (Ayurveda)Musali Siyah (Unani)Nilappanan Kizhangu (Siddha) Kerner, Hortus sempervirens, 1806 Curculigo orchioides(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Curculigo Xian Mao dried root (Adam 2023) Botanical name: Curculigo orchioides Parts used: Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent, Slightly Toxic Classifications: 3J. INCREASE SEMENN….

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Alcyonium

ByAdam Tate

Alcyonium, Balla Marina, Spuma Marina Sea FoamAlcionion, Alcimoneum, Alcymonium, Alcionium (Greek)Zabad al-bahr (Unani) The name Alcyonium is applied to several species of marine zoophytes, including soft coral, sponges and holothurians. A number of different species were recognised. Alcyonium, the First of Dioscoridescalled Balla Marinae Alcyonium, the Second of Dioscorides Alcyonium, the Third of Dioscorides Alcyonium,…

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Cinnabar, Zhu Sha

ByAdam Tate

Cinnabar, Zhu Sha 朱砂 Zhu Sha (TCM)Hingula (Ayurveda)Mtshal  མཚལ  (Tibetan)Hingula, Zanjafar (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Native Cinnabar in crystal formExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Different grades of Natural and Artificial Cinnabar / Vermillion. (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Grains of Natural Cinnabar Vermillion; man-made red sulphide of Mercury Mineralogical name: Cinnabar; Native Red Mercury Sulphide;Vermillion…

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