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Lycium Fructus, Gou Qi Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lycium Fructus, Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 ‘Goji’; Chinese WolfberryGou Qi Zi (TCM)Chirchita (Ayurveda)‘Dre tsher ma འདྲེ་ཚེར་མ་ (Tibet) Lycium barbarumDuhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition 1800-1803 Lycium Gou Qi (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lycium chinense, L. barbarum.There are a number of Lycium species that supply…

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Mentha, Mint, Bo He PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mentha, Mint, Bo He 薄荷 Bo He (TCM)Pudina (Unani)Gur tig གུར་ཏིག་ (Tibet) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: ‘Greater’ and Right ‘Lesser’ MintsDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 M. piperitaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 M. viridisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Mentha spp.Various types are used: Peppermint: M x piperita, M. arvensis var….

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Musk, Moschus, She Xiang 麝香

ByAdam Tate

Musk, Moschus, She Xiang 麝香 MuskMuska (Persian)Mushk (Unani)Mrgamadah (Sanskrit)Gla Rtsi  གླ་རྩི  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Tibetan Musk Deer (Wikimedia) Above: Container traditionally used to transport Musk pods. (Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578)Left: Musk Deer (Shaw, G. Zoological Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, 1809) Left: Tonkin Musk; Right: Russian MuskHandbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Hager, 1878…

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Spermatorrhea and Nocturnal Emission

ByAdam Tate

Spermatorrhea / Nocturnal Emission Western Tradition TCM Classification Spermatorrhea1, Drink a decoction of Fenugreek daily. Simple Syrup of CoralSyrup of Agnus CastusSyrup of Purslane seed (Mesue)The Strengthening GelatinDecoction of Water Lily CompoundPowder for Spermatorrhea (Nicholas)Powder for Spermatorrhea (Bononiense)Powder for GonorrheaPowder for Gonorrhea from Heat (Nicholas)Powder of Licorice (Unani)Powder of Digher (Unani)Pills for SpermatorrheaPills of Datura…

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Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gentiana, Gentian, Long Dan Cao 龙胆草 Ghaafis, Jantiana (Unani)related species:–In TCM G. gabra (Long Dan Cao)–In Ayurveda, G. kurroo (Trayamana)–In Tibet G. robusta (Kyi lce) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Greater and Lesser GentiansDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Japanese Herbal, 17th century (Welcome) Gentiana luteaFlora Medica, Royal College of Physicians, 1829 Gentiana purpureaFlora von Deutschland…

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Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao

ByAdam Tate

Praying Mantis Egg Case, Sang Piao Xiao 桑螵蛸 Sang Piao Xiao (TCM) Mantis religiosa Egg CasePhoto by Dhrm77 (Wikimedia) Above: Praying Mantis Egg Case for sale atthe Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Left: Mantis religiosa (Photo by Chaos) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Various species of Praying Mantis: Mantis religiosa (Bao Chi Tang Lang) Paratenodera sinensis (syn….

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Scilla, Squill PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scilla, Squill Isqeel (Unani)Vana-Pataandu, Korikanda (Ayurveda, S. indica)Kattu Velvengayam (Siddha, S. indica) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1890 Left: South Indian Squill, S. indica; Right: Indian Squill, Urginea indicaFigures of Indian Plants, Wight, 1853 SQUILL1. Concentric slices of Squill bulb.  2….

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Viscum, Mistletoe, Sang Ji Sheng FREE

ByAdam Tate

Viscum, Mistletoe, Sang Ji Sheng 桑寄生 Viscus (Latin)Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe, Loranthus [Taxillus] spp. TCM);Hu Ji Sheng (Northern Mistletoe, Viscum spp., TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 ViscumBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Viscum albumKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Loranthus europeausFlora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Viscum (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION…

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Carissa carandas, Karamarda PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carissa carandas, Karamarda Karanda Karamarda (Ayurveda)Kalakkai (Siddha)Kakronda, Karaunda (Unani)Laaz (Arabic) Carissa carandasW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, (1795) Carissa carandas(Photo by Sakurai Midori, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Carissa carandasOthers reportedly used include Carissa spinarum, C. inermis (Syn. C. macrophylla) Parts used: Root; also leaf and fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter…

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Earthworm, Di Long FREE

ByAdam Tate

Earthworm, Di Long 地龙 Di Long ‘Earth Dragon’ (TCM)Kharateen (Unani) Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Bulk Prepared Earthworm as available on the Chinese Market (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2015) Dried Earthworm as used in Unani medicine (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Entomological name: Primarily Lumbricus and…

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Phellinus, Sang Huang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellinus, Sang Huang 桑黄 Black Hoof MushroomSang Huang (‘Mulberry Yellow’), Sang Huang Ling Zhi  (TCM)Meshima (Japan)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) Boletus igniarius (syn. Phellinus igniarius)Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (Sowerby, 1797–1809) Sang Huang from the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2018) Phellinus igniarius, photo by George Chernilevsky (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellinus…

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Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui PRO

ByAdam Tate

Solanum nigrum, Black Nightshade, Long Kui 龙葵 Garden NightshadeKakamachi, Kakahya (whole herb, Ayurveda)Brhati (dried root, Ayurveda)Mako (Unani)Long Kui (TCM)Manatakali (Siddha)  Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 SOLANUM FRUIT1. Fruits of variable size.  2. Pedicle and persistent calyx. 3. Sunken surface of the fruit. …

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