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Talcum, Hua Shi

ByAdam Tate

Talcum, Hua Shi 滑石 Hua Shi (TCM)Talq (Unani)Ha shig ཧ་ཤིག  (Tibetan) Green TalcPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Minerological name: Hydrated Magnesium Silicate  Mg3 (Si4Oio) (0H)2 Parts used: The Lexicon of Alchemy says there was 4 species: white, yellow, black and red‘Greenish foliaceous Venice Talc’ was preferred for medicinal use…

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Myrobalan, Yellow PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Yellow Citrine MyrobalanHalela Zard (Unani)A ru gser mdog  ཨ་རུ་གསེར་མདོག་ (Tibetan) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Yellow MyrobalanIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic…

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Rhodiola, Rose root, Hong Jing Tian FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhodiola, Rose root RosewortHong Jing Tian  红景天  (TCM)Sro lo dmar po   སྲོ་ལོ་དམར་པོ  (Tibet) RhodiolaKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Rhodiola roseaNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Rhodiola roseaSeboth & Graf, Die Alpenpflanzen nach der Natur gemalt, 1839 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhodiola rosea (syn. Sedum roseum, S. rhodiola) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste:…

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Momordica fruit, Luo Han Guo

ByAdam Tate

Momordica fruit, Luo Han Guo 罗汉果 Longevity Fruit, Magic Fruit, Monk fruitLuo Han Guo (TCM) Momordica grosvenorii fruit(Photo by ProjectManhattan) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Momordica grosvenorii fruit (syn. Siraitia grosvernori, Thladiantha grosvernori) Parts used: Dried Fruit (fresh fruit is rarely used) Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Classifications: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Moistens the Lungs,…

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Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rubia, Madder, Qian Cao 茜草 Dyers MadderQian Cao (TCM)Manjistha (Ayurveda)Manjeeth, Manjesta, Favvah (Unani)Btsod  བཙོད  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Rubia tinctorumMedizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler, 1897 Madder root as used in Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Rubia spp.Two main species are used: R. tinctorum (Europe) R. cordifolia…

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Cynosbatus, Rose Hip FREE

ByAdam Tate

Cynosbatus, Rose Hip Cherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi 金樱子 CynosbatusCherokee Rose Hip, Jin Ying Zi  金樱子 (TCM)Se rgod  སེ་རྒོད   (Tibetan) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 R. caninaFlora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 R. laevigata (Jin Ying Zi) used in TCMEdwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 23, 1922 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rosa caninaA number…

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Hypericum, St. Johns Wort FREE

ByAdam Tate

Hypericum, St. John’s Wort Hiofariqun (Unani)Guan Ye Lian Qiao 贯叶连翘 (TCM) HypericumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 HypericumDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 HypericumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hypericum perforatumFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum (syn. H. officinalis) Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (traditionally classed…

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Chinese Materia Medica

ByAdam Tate

Chinese Materia Medica See also Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine AA Wei 啊魏 Assafoetida, AsafetidaAi Na Xiang 艾纳香 Blumea balsamifera  Ai Ye 艾叶 Artemisia, MugwortAn Xi Xiang 安息香 Benzoin BBa Dou 巴豆 CrotonBa Ji Tian 巴戟天 Morinda Ba Yue Zha 八月札 Akebia FructusBai Bian Dou 白扁豆 Dolichis, Hyacinth BeanBai Bu 百部 StemonaBai Dou Kou 白豆蔻, Amomum…

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Satureia, Savory

ByAdam Tate

Satureia, Savory Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 S. montanaSturm & Sturm, Deutschlands flora, 1845-1849 Botanical name: Satureja montana; S. hortensis (Summer Savory)Garden, Mountain, Cretic and Thyme-leaved varieties were known Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD4a. CEPHALIC.    4i. UTERINE Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Moves…

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Sparrow Brain

ByAdam Tate

Sparrow Brain Maghz Sar Kanjishk (Sparrow brain, Unani)Maghz Sar Kanjishk Ner (Male sparrow brain, Unani)Que Nao 雀脑 (TCM) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Photo by Boothsift (Wikimedia) Sparrow ‘Brain’ as available on the Chinese market (with skull) Sparrow skullPhoto by Hirvenkürpa (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Passer domesticus is the Common European Sparrow. P. montanus is the Tree sparrow.P. rutilans…

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Phyllanthus amarus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phyllanthus amarus, Bhuiamla Bhuiamla, Bhumyumalaki, Bahupatri, Bahuphala, Tamalaki (Ayurveda)Bhui Amala (Unani)Kellkay Nelli, Kizkaynelli Camulam (Siddha)Ye Xia Zhu (TCM) Phyllanthus amarusPhoto by Sailesh Botanical name: Phyllanthus amarus, P. fraternus, P. debilis, P. niruri (Thailand)Other local species are also used. Parts used: Leaf; root; or the whole plant in powder Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. very Bitter…

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Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ligustrum, Glossy Privet Fruit, Nu Zhen Zi 女贞子 Glossy PrivetNu Zhen Zi (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 52 (1825) Ligustrum lucidum fruit(Photo by SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ligustrum lucidum; L. thibeticum is also used. Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cool. Bitter, Sweet“It is Warm” (Li Shi Zhen) Classification: N. Yin Tonic…

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