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Alpinia oxyphylla, Yi Zhi Ren PRO

ByAdam Tate

Alpinia oxyphylla, Yi Zhi Ren 益智仁 Black Cardamon, Bitter-seeded Cardamon, Sharp-leaved GalangalYi Zhi Ren (TCM) Alpinia oxyphylla(Photo by 阿橋 HQ) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Alpinia oxyphylla Parts used: Fruit kernels (shell removed) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: N. Tonify Yang Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Astringes Essence:-frequent, pale and copious urination-Incontinence, Dribbling Urine-Spermatorrhea, Leukorrhea-Irregular…

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Seahorse & Pipefish

ByAdam Tate

Seahorse, Hai Ma 海马 Pipefish, Hai Long 海龙 Seahorse-Hai MaPipefish-Hai Long Seahorse (Hippocampus spp.) and Pipefish (Syngnathus acus)Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom, Goodrich, 1859 A seller at the old Chengdu Medicine Market specialising in Seahorse and PipefishThese types of stalls are no longer seen at the new Chengdu Medicine market. (Adam, 2009) Dried…

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Salvia haematodes, Red Behen FREE

ByAdam Tate

Salvia haematodes, Red Behen Meadow SageBehman Surkh (Red behen, Unani)Behman Safaid (White Behen, Unani) Red BehenNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Red BehenKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Limonium maritimum (Sea Lavender) is often listed as a source of Red Behen(Source New York Public Library‘s Digital Library) (Wikimedia) Red Behen root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Astragalus, Huang Qi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Astragalus, Huang Qi 黄芪 Huang Qi (TCM) Astragalus mongholicusLedebour, C.F. von, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4 (1833) Wild Astragalus Huang Qi root in long, uncut lengths at the Chengdu Medicine Market. Steamed and flattened Huang Qi (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:   1. Astragalus membranaceus (syn. Astragalus propinquus)  2….

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Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree PRO

ByAdam Tate

Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree Salmali (Stem-bark), Mocha (Ayurveda)Chevvilavu (Siddha)Na ga se sar; Pad ma ge sar (Tibetan)Mu Mian Hua (TCM, flower)Mochras (Unani) Salmalia malabaricaIllustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Bombax ceibaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Fresh flower of Salmalia malabarica(Photo by Tlong Zhuhai, edited) (Wikimedia) Dried Flower of Salmalia (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Salmalia malabarica…

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Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete

ByAdam Tate

Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Bastard Dittany, Dictamnus of Candia New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Origanum dictamnus (syn. Dictamnus creticus) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Moves Blood, Promotes Menstruation:-Promotes Urine, expels a Dead Fetus (Galen)-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-Uterine diseases associated with Blood stasis-promotes Birth, clears…

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Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan

ByAdam Tate

Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan 血余炭 Xue Yu Tan (Carbonised Human Hair) (TCM)Sha’r (Unani, Avicenna) From ‘Treatise on the Hair‘, Nashua & Co., 1876 (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Homo sapiensIn TCM, burnt Human hair is used.The burnt hair and wool from various quadripeds or from Humans was used in the West. Parts used: Burnt…

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Black Salt

ByAdam Tate

Black Salt, Kala Namak Halitum violaceum, Halitum purpureumHimalayan Black Salt, Sonchal SaltKala Namak, Sauvarcala Lavana, Visa Lavana (Ayurveda)Kha ru tsha (Tibet)Zi Nao Sha 紫硇砂 (TCM) Black Salt, Kala Namak(Photo by Hedonistin, Wikimedia) Minerological name: Halitum violaceum In the Western Tradition, “Indian Salt or “Black Salt” is sometimes listed in formulas. This is said to be…

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Campsis, Ling Xiao Hua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Campsis, Ling Xiao Hua 凌霄花 Trumpet CreeperLing Xiao Hua, Zi Wei (TCM) Campsis grandifloraWitte, H., Flora (1868) Campsis grandiflora(Photo by bastus917) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Campsis grandiflora (syn. C. chinensis), C. radicans Parts used: Flower is listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia; Flower or whole plant (Barefoot Doctors Manual)Root and leaf are also used the same. Temperature…

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Asphodelus, Asphodel

ByAdam Tate

Asphodelus, Asphodel White Asphodel, Royal Staff, King’s Spear, AffodillusAsras, Hunta (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Left: White Asphodel; Right: Yellow AsphodelKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Sibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca (1823) Botanical name: Asphodelus ramosusIn Unani, A. fistulosus and A. tenuifolius are used. Parts used: Root Temperature &…

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Chamedrys, Germander PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani)Kamadrius (Avicenna) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys (Chamaedrys officinalis)There were several types of Germander used similarly including: Large-leaved Germander Jagged-leaved Germander Thorny Germander Mountain Germander Rocky Germander. Parkinson listed 14 types of Germander Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature…

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Coral, Shan Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)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 Various Coral species, including Corallina, dealt with elsewhere (bottom right)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Red Pipe CoralThis…

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