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Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea bulbifera, Huang Yao Zi 黄药子 Air Potato, Potato YamVarahi, Varahikanda (Ayurveda)Barahikand (Unani)Kodi-kilangu, Pannu-kilangu (Siddha)Huang Yao Zi (TCM) Ben Cao Tu Pu, 1644 (Welcome) Dioscorea bulbifera(Seikei Zusetsu, 1804, Leiden University Library) Dioscorea bulbifera(Photo by Forest and Kim Starr) (Wikimiedia) Dioscorea bulbifera fresh tuber (Photo by Rémi Tournebize) (Wikimiedia) Botanical name: Dioscorea bulbifera (syn. D. sativa,…

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Rhubarb, Da Huang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari, Rhubarb, Da Huang 大黄 Rha Barbarum, Raved Sceni, Turkey RhubarbDa Huang: ‘Big Yellow’ (TCM)Amla-Vetasa or Amla Parni (Ayurveda)Chutsu (Tibet) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Two forms of RhubarbBotanische wandplaten, (1904–1914) Wild-crafted Rhubarb: whole (left) and sliced (right)(Chengdu, 2016, photo by Adam) Large slices of Wild Rhubarb (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua PRO

ByAdam Tate

Chaenomeles, Chinese Quince, Mu Gua 木瓜 Chinese Quince, Flowering Quince, ChaenomelesMu Gua (TCM)Bse yab  བསེ་ཡབ (Tibetan) Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, 1815 Chaenomeles speciosa(Photo by MOs810) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chaenomeles spp. C. lagenaria C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) C. sinensis (Chinese Quince) In Tibetan Medicine, C. speciosa (Bengal Quince) is most used….

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Phellodendron, Huang Bai PRO

ByAdam Tate

Phellodendron, Huang Bai 黄柏 Amur cork-tree barkHuang Bai (TCM) Sargent, Trees and shrubs, illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants, 1855 Phellodendron amurense(Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Phellodendron chinense, P. amurense Parts used: Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat & Damp Uses: 1. Drains Damp-Heat:-purges Damp-Heat, especially…

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Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺

ByAdam Tate

Sulphur, Liu Huang 硫磺 Gandhaka (Ayurveda)Gandhak (Unani)Liu Huang (TCM)Mu Zi   མུ་ཟི  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Sulphur, from Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Sulphur crystalsPhoto by Oscar Lumps of Raw Tibetan Sulphur (Adam, 2009) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Sulphur, Sulfur Parts Used:Native (raw) Sulphur may be used externally; Purified Sulphur is better…

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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE…

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Ambergris PRO

ByAdam Tate

Ambergris Ambra greceAmber Ash-hab (Unani) AmbergrisOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1491 Sperm WhaleMedical Zoology and Mineralogy, Stephendon, 1832 Ambergris, Skagway MuseumPhoto by Wmpearl, edited) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: waxy secretion from the Sperm Whale, Physeter spp. Parts used: Waxy secretion of the Sperm Whale“Grey coloured variety is considered best. Next in order of qulity are the…

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Geum, Avens

ByAdam Tate

Geum, Avens G. urbanum: Herb Bennet, Benedict’s Herb, Colewort, Blessed Herb, Yellow Avens, Wood Avens, Avance, Anancia, Enancia, CaryophyllataG. rivale: Water Avens, Cure-All, Chocolate root Geum urbanumHand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Geum urbanumDeutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Geum rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Geum spp.Several varieties are used, all with very similar…

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Camomila, Camomile

ByAdam Tate

Chamomila, Camomile Bubunaj (Unani) Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Matricaria                                                                                                                    AnthemisIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 MatricariaBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Matricaria recutitaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Anthemis nobilisAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Anthemis nobilis–Garden or Roman CamomileMatricaria recutita (syn. M. camomilla)–German Camomile (most used) Parts used:…

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Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus PRO

ByAdam Tate

Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus རྒུ་དྲུས Rgu drus (Tibet) Corydalis dasypteraMaximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem Flora Tangutica, vol. 1 (1889) Botanical name: Corydalis dasypteraTwo types of Rgu drus are recongised: Superior: Swertia wolfangiana (Rgu drus mchog) Inferior: Corydalis dasyptera (Rgu drus dman pa) Swertia kingii is called Ser po Rgu…

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Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam PRO

ByAdam Tate

Dioscorea villosa, Wild Yam Wild Yam (U.S.), Colic Root N.J. von Jacquin, Icones plantarum rariorum, vol. 3 (1786-1793) C.F. Millspaugh, American medicinal plants, vol. 2 (1892) 1. Dioscorea villosa var. glabra2. Dioscorea villosa(King’s American Dispensatory, Felter & Lloyd, 18th Ed., 1898) 1, Portion of stem attached to the rhizome and a rhizomewhich is branched and…

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Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma PRO

ByAdam Tate

Hackelia, Nad ma snun ma ནད་མ་སྣུན་མ་ Hooked StinkseedNad ma snun ma (Tibet) Hackelia uncinata(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Hackelia uncinata closeup(Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hackelia uncinata (syn. H. glochidiata, Cynoglossum uncinatum, C. laxum, Eritrichium uncinatum)Three types of Nad ma are differentiated in Tibetan Medicine: Nad ma ‘byar ma: Cynoglossum wallichii, C. lanceolatum Nad…

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