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Lacca FREE

ByAdam Tate

Lacca Laksha, Lakh (Ayurveda)Luk (Arabic)rgya skyegs  རྒྱ་སྐྱེགས  (Tibetan Medicine)Zi Cao Rong (TCM) Gum Lacca with one of the source tressMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 LaccaAromaticum et Simplicium Aliquot, de Orta, 1579 Lacca on stick (top); interior of Lacca showing eggs (second from top) (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Close-up of the raw Lacca containing Egg chambers.(Adam, 2016)…

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Hemiphragma, A bi ra PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hemiphragma, A bi ra ཨ་བི་ར A bi ra (Tibet)Bian Da Xiu Qiu (TCM) Hemiphragma heterophyllumWallich, N., Tentamen florae Napalensis illustratae (1826) Hemiphragma heterophyllum(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hemiphragma heterophyllum Parts used: Whole Herb or Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet (Warm in TCM) Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Damp, Opens the Channels, Eases Pain:…

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Phlomis younghusbandii, Lug Mur PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phlomis younghusbandii, Lug Mur ལུག་མུར Jerusalem SageLug Mur (Tibet)Pang Xie Jia, Kuai Jing Cao Su (TCM) Phlomis tuberosaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1813) Phlomis tuberosa(Photo by Stefan.lefnaer) (Wikimedia) Phlomis root (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Phlomis younghusbandii (syn. P. kawaguchii, P. tuberosa, Phlomoides younghushandii)Tibetan texts recognise 3 types of Lug mur: Male (Pho): white, solid, hard root with…

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Lilium candidum, White Lily

ByAdam Tate

Lilium candidum, White Lily Rosa Junonis Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 White Lily Yellow Lily Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Botanical name: Lilium candidum (syn. L. album) Parts used: Bulb (fresh and dried); Flower (fresh and dried) Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist. Sweet. (Salmon said the…

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Nelumbo Plumuia, Lotus Plumule, Lian Zi Xin, PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nelumbo Plumuia, Lotus Plumule, Lian Zi Xin 莲子心 Lian Zi Xin (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Plumule Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heart Fire: -High fever with confusion, delirium, insomnia, irritability 2. Clears Heat,…

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Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng FREE

ByAdam Tate

Eleutherococcus, Siberian Ginseng, Ci Wu Jia 刺五加 Russian Ginseng, Spiny Acanthopanax, Devil’s Shrub, Eleutherococcus GinsengCi Wu Jia (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R. (1934-1964) Eleutherococcus senticosus(Photo by Salicyna) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Eleutherococcus senticosus (syn. Acanthopanax senticosus, Hedera senticosa) Parts used: Root, Root-bark or Stem-bark Temperature…

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Viola tricolor, Heartsease

ByAdam Tate

Viola tricolor, Heart’s Ease Heartsease, Herba Trinitatis Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Viola tricolor Parts used: Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Slightly Pungent and Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Wind and Heat, Settles Spasms:-various acute conditions coming from Wind and Heat-itchy skin conditions from wind;-infantile Convulsions, Epilepsy-rheumatic…

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Iris, Orris, or Flower de Luce FREE

ByAdam Tate

Iris, Orris and Flower de Luce Bekh e Sosan, Irsa (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Left: Iris germanica;   Right: I. florentinaDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 (left) Iris germanicaFlora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Iris florentinaDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 IRIS FLORENTINA1, Branched rhizome. 2. Root scars on the…

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Ocimum, Basil FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ocimum, Basil BasilicumBabuitulsi (Ayurveda); Tusli (Sacred Basil, Ayurveda)Luo Le (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Clove Basil (Left);  Great Basil (Right)Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Chaumeton, Flore médicale (vol. 1), 1833 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ocimum spp.O. basilicum is the Common or Sweet BasilHoly or Sacred Basil (O. sanctum)…

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Piper methysticum, Kava PRO

ByAdam Tate

Piper methysticum, Kava Kava KavaKa Wa Hu Jiao 卡瓦胡椒 (TCM) Image from Natural History Museum, London Piper methysticum (Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Piper methysticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter. Numbing Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Calms the Nerves:-Anxiety, mild Depression; in Anxiety, its effects…

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Skin Diseases

ByAdam Tate

Skin Diseases in General Skin diseases are generally acknowledged to be due to Blood disorder, especially Heat or Heat and Toxin of the Blood. Cases with Burning indicate excess Heat; when there is itching, Wind is involved. Weeping as is seen in ‘Wet Eczema’ indicates involvement of Damp. Skin diseases may also be associated with…

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Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Qin Pi 秦皮 Korean or Chinese Ash treeQin Pi (TCM)Stab seng  སྟབ་སེང༌ (Tibet) F. chinensisNakai, T., Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper [Dai Nihon jumokushi] (1935-1951) Fraxinus rhynchophylla(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Fraxinus rhynchophylla (syn. F. chinensis)Other sources reportedly used in TCM include: F. bungeana, F. szaboana (syn. F. chinensis var…

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