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Cosmos, Mexican Aster PRO

Cosmos, Mexican Aster Garden CosmosDa Bo Si Ju (TCM) Cosmos bipinnatusStep, E., Bois, D., Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse (1896) Cosmos bipinnatus(Photo by Leo Michels, cropped) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cosmos bipinnatus, C. sulphureus Parts used: Whole herb in flower; Flower; Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Heat-type bleeding-other disorders…

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Adiantum, Maidenhair PRO

Adiantum, Maidenhair Capillus Veneris, Venus HairParsiaoshan (Unani)Hamsapadi (Ayurveda)Rtsa rma dongs རྩརྨ་མདོངས་ Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Common MaidenhairDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 English Maidenhair (Trichomanes)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Adiantum capillus-venerisA number of related species are used: Golden: Adiantum aureum (used as Maidenhair) White: Asplenium Ruta…

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Lepidium meyenii, Maca

Lepidium meyenii, Maca Peruvian Ginseng Lepidium meyenii(Photo by Vahe Martirosyan) (Wikimedia) Maca root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Lepidium meyenii (syn. L. peruvianum) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:-Aphrodisiac; increases Sperm-Impotence-Infertility (in men and women)-useful for Menopause (loss of libido, flushing,…

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Trichosanthes Radix, Tian Hua Fen FREE

Trichosanthes Radix, Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Tian Hua Fen, Guo Lou Gen (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii, T.  rosthornii Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold,…

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Verdigris, Aerugo, Tong Lu 铜绿

Verdigris, Aerugo, Tong Lu 铜绿 Verdigris, Copper acetateAeris erugoTong Lu (TCM)Zangar, Zanjar (Unani) Aeris erugoHortus sanitatis, 1491 Mineralogical Name: Copper subacetate Parts used: Two main types recognized:  1. Blue or French Verdigris, consisting chiefly of mono-basic Copper Acetate;  2. Green, English, German or Swedish varieties which is chiefly semi-basic Copper Acetate. Temperature & Taste: Hot,…

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Populus, Poplartree

Populus, Poplar-tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Black PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 White PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Black PoplarDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 White PoplarNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Black PoplarKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 BLACK POPLAR BUDSSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Populus nigra (less commonly White Poplar, P. alba)The Aspen (P. tremula) was…

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Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石

Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石 Zhong Ru Shi (TCM)Dkar po sbal rgyab དཀར་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ་, Ba nu བ་ནུ་ (Tibet) Aldrovandi, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 British Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1804 Mineralogical Name: Stalactitum Parts used: Tubular tips Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, pungent Classification: N. Yang Tonic Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys, Benefits Yang:-Impotence, Spermatorrhea-Diarrhea with watery stool from…

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Balsam, Balsam tree

Balsam, Balsam tree Balm of Gilead, Balsam of JudeaUnani:–Roghan-e-Balsaan (oil)–Hab-e-Balsaan (fruit)–Ood-e-Balsaan (wood) True Balsam tree with a guard protecting it, indicating its high valueMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krater-Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, Cartes et figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, 1792 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884…

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Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏

Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏 Shi Gao (TCM)Godanti (Ayurveda)Jibsin (Unani)Selenite, Lapis Selenite; Lapis Specularis: Affroselinum, Glacies Marie; the Crystallized form of Gypsum Gypsum Affroselinum (Selenite) Alabaster Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871 Gypsum (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Mineralogical name: Calcium sulphateThere are 3 main types of Gypsum: Alabaster: Nicomar (a fine grained…

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Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Mian Ma Guan Zhong PRO

Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Guan Zhong 贯众 Male Fern, Shield-fernGuan Zhong, Mian Ma Guan Zhong (TCM) Dryopteris crassirhizoma (Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Dryopteris Guan Zhong(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Dryopteris crassirhizoma A number of other species have been said to provide varieties of Guan Zhong including: Woodwardia japonica Blechnum orientale Lunathyrium acrostichoides Osmunda japonica Matteuccia struthiopteris Parts used:…

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Trapa natans, Water Chestnut PRO

Trapa natans, Water Chestnut Water Caltrops, Tribulus aquaticus, Nux aquaticaShrngataka (Ayurveda) Singara, Singhara (Siddha)Singhara (Unani)Joz Al-qastal (Arabic)Ling (TCM) Trapa natansW. Roxburgh, Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819) Trapa natansRepräsentanten einheimischer Pflanzenfamilien in buntenWandtafeln mit erläuterndem, Bollmann (1879-1882) Trapa natans(Photo by MurielBendel) (Wikimedia) Trapa natans nuts: ‘Water Chestnuts’(Photo by Gdsaverio) (Wikimedia) Botanical name:…

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Pulegium, Pennyroyal FREE

Pulegium, Pennyroyal Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT.    2B ATTENUATER.    2F. PURIFYING.    2H. CARMINATIVE.    2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC.   …

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