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Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 Sweet FlagVacha (Ayurveda)Vasambu (Siddha)Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 (TCM)Shu dag  ཤུ་དག  (A. calamus, Tibetan)Waj, Waj e Turki (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578  PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Acorus calamusKohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 The ‘True’ (original) Acorus…

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Taxus, Yew tree PRO

ByAdam Tate

Taxus, Yew tree Milax (Dioscorides)Sthauneya (Ayurveda)Thuner, Talispatr (Unani)Jiang Guo Zi Shan (TCM)Nan Fang Hong Dou Shan: Taxus wallichiana var. mairei (TCM) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Taxus baccataMouillefert, P., Traité des arbres et arbrissaux, Atlas, t. 32 (0) Taxus baccata(Photo by Jebulon) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Taxus spp. T. baccata (European or English Yew) T wallichiana. (syn….

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Larinus Cocoon, Shakar Teghal

ByAdam Tate

Larinus Cocoon, Shakar Teghal Honeydew, Trehala MannaShakar Teghal (‘Sugar of Nests’) (Unani)Trehala (Turkish)Qand Teghal (Persian)Shakara Tagara (Hindi) Science Papers, Hanbury, 1876 Hemiptera Cocoon (Shakar Teghal) with insect at bottom.(Calcutta Unani Medicine College, Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Larinus maculatus, L. mellifera Parts used: Cocoon of Larinus maculatus, principally found on Echinops persicusIrregular pieces of dirty-white color,…

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Cnidium, She Chuang Zi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子 She Chuang Zi (TCM)La la phud ser po  ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ  (Tibetan Medicine) Cnidium monnieriJacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies…

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Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭

ByAdam Tate

Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭 Shui Zhi (TCM)Jonk, Pichchian, Jonkan (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Dried Leech as used in TCM.(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2009) See also Leeching Entomological name: Hirudo and Whitmania spp.In TCM, the Official species used are: Hirudo nipponica Whitmania acranulata W. pigra There are…

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Album Graecum, White Dog Dung

ByAdam Tate

Album Graecum, White Dog Dung Zoological name: Canine spp. Parts used: White sun-bleached Dog Dung Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry Uses: 1. Resists Poison, Resolves Inflammation:-Sore Throat, Tonsillitis as a gargle-Swelling or falling down of the palate of the mouth (gargle)-used as a plaster to the neck, also used in gargles, or the powder blown…

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Uva Ursi, Bearberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Uva Ursi, Bearberry Red Bearberry, Trailing ArbutusInbud-dub, Angur-e-khiras, Rech Dakh (Unani) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clear Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:-Cystitis,…

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Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu FREE

ByAdam Tate

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

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Brain, Cerebrum

ByAdam Tate

Cerebrum, Brain Zoological name: Dervied from various animals: Pig, Sheep, Cow Chicken Parts used: 1. Decoction2. Dried and prepared Brain3. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens the Brain:–Mental dullness or Mental deficiency–Poor or failing memory–‘Strengthens the Wit and Memory‘ (Chicken Brain)–Neurasthenia, melancholy, epilepsy, chorea, migraine, psychosis, insanity, hysteria…

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Sanguinaria, Bloodroot FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sanguinaria, Bloodroot Bloodroot, Redroot, Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis The Botanical Magazine, Curtis, 1792 Mary Vaux Walcott, North American wild flowers (1925-1927) BloodrootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica, Maisch, 1882 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sanguinaria canadensis Parts used: Rhizome, root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Lung Heat:-Cough,…

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Aeginetia, Ye Gu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aeginetia, Ye Gu 野菰 Indian Aeginetia, Indian Broomrape, Ghost FlowerYe Gu, Guan Hen Huang (TCM)Ankuri Bankuri (Hindi) Wight, R., , Icones plantarum Indiae orientalis (1846) Roxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795) Left:Aeginetia indica(Photo by Vinayaraj)(Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aeginetia indica (A. aeginetia, A. boninensis, A. japonica, Orobanche aeginetia) Parts used: Whole Herb, fresh…

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Deglued Deer Horn, Lu Jiao Shuang

ByAdam Tate

Deglued Deer Horn, Lu Jiao Shuang 鹿角霜 Lu Jiao Shuang (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Deglued Deer horn (Adam, 2016)  Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are:  1. C. nippon (Sika Deer)  2. C. elaphus (Red Deer) Parts used: Horn…

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