Alectorius – Cock Stone Electorius Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 “In an old Cock you may find, when you have opened his gizzards and looked, a White Stone. sometimes more than one, never fewer. This being born about one add Valor, and makes one strong in…
Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….
Rhus, Sumac SumachSumaq (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rhus coriaria(Photo by Lazaregagnidze) (Wikimedia) SUMACSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts…
Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort Damanka (Ayurveda) Artemisia argyi, Chinese Mugwort, Ai Ye 艾叶 Ai Ye (TCM) Artemisia (Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563) Flora von Deutschland (29), Kohler, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia vulgarisRed and White varieties were traditionally known. Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitteropens, discusses…
Cistanche, Broomrape, Rou Cong Rong 肉苁蓉 Rou Cong Rong (TCM) von Ledebour, Icones plantarum novarum, vol. 4: 1833 Bunches of Wild Cistanche at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2017) Cistanche tubulosa(Photo by Nikola, cropped) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cistanche deserticola is the official species.Other species used in China include:…
Solidago virgaurea, Golden Rod Saracens WoundwortConsolida aurea, Consolida rubra, Consolida Saracenia, Colsolida Regalis, CalcatrippaLiu Zhi Huang, Yi Zhi Huang Hua (TCM) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Thomé, 1905 Solidago virgaurea var. leiocarpa(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solidago virgaureaS. virgaurea var. leiocapa is…
Bircher Muesli Bircher Muesli is one of the Traditional types of Muesli and for many, it is the best way to have a ‘western’ type cereal breakfast. Soaking the Oats makes them much easier to digest. Additionally, if it is wanted to be taken warm, it can be gently heated (not boiled), or else a…
Rabbit Heart Ri bong snying རི་བོང་སྙིང༌ (Tibetan) Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583 Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Several species of Lepus Parts used: Dried Heart Temperature & Taste: Warm. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the…
Acne Acne is a condition of infection and inflammation of the sebaceous glands of the skin, most commonly the face, shoulders and back. It can be divided into several types: Toxic Heat–excess heat and toxin in the Blood causes red, inflamed pimples with yellow centers; there will be dry stool or constipation, yellow urine, red…
Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶 He Ye (TCM) Nelumbo nucifera Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Leaf, fresh or dried Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat: -Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating-Restlessness,…
Geranium, Li ga dur ལི་ག་དུར Cranesbill, Common Heron’s Bill,Lao Guan Cao 老鹳草 (TCM)Li Ga Dur (Tibetan)Bhanda (Ayurveda, G. nepalense) Geranium carolinianumA.J. Cavanilles, Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem, (1787) Geranium wilfordii(Photo by Alpsdake) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Geranium spp.A number of species are used: G. wilfordii G. carolinianum G. sibiricum G. nepalense (syn. G. affine) (TCM, Tibetan) G….
Echinacea Cone-flower, Purple Cone-flower, Black Sampson Echinacea purpureaWitte, H., Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen, 1868 Echinacea purpurea(Photo by James St. John) (Wikimedia) Echinacea rootA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Botanical name: Echinacea spp. 1. E. purpurea (syn. Rudbeckia purpurea) 2. E….
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