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Bull / Deer Pizzle / Testes

ByAdam Tate

Deer / Bull Pizzle / Testes Dried Deer Pizzle(Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017)​ Dried Deer Pizzle ornately packaged(Adam, 2017) Zoological name: Deer: Cervus spp.Bull: TaurusOther sources used include Pig, Fox, Horse, and in TCM, Dog (traditionally) and Seal Parts used: Dried Penis and/or TesticlesOften the entire Pizzle and Testes are dried and used, this being…

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Prunella, Self heal, Xia Ku Cao PRO

ByAdam Tate

Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Also called Consolida minorXia Ku Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Botanical name: Prunella vulgarisPrunella hispida is also used in parts of China. Parts used: Flowering tops; Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. (Warm in the…

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Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石

ByAdam Tate

Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi  (TCM)Cong Zhi  ཅོང་ཞི  (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Mineralogical name: CalcitumCalcium carbonate Parts Used:Various types and sources of ‘Calcite’ have been used. Some are related stones, for example, Red Gypsum is used for Calcite in North China and Limestone varieties may be also used. Tibetan Medicine…

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Thymus, Thyme PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thymus, Thyme Serpyllum, Mother of Thyme Mother of Thyme: Serpillum, Quendel–Ajagandha (Ayurveda)–Hasha, Jangali Pudina (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 ThymeOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 SerpyllumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Thyme (Left), Mother of Thyme (Right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 ThymeKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: T. vulgars; Right: T. serpyllum (Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893)…

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Cuminum, Cumin PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cuminum, Cumin Sweta Jiraka (Ayurveda)Cirakam (Siddha)Zeera Safaid (Unani)Zi ra dkar po  ཟི་ར་དཀར་པོ  (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Cuminum cyminumFour Kinds were described in Unani: Farsi, or Persian Nabti, Nabathean Kirmani, Black Cumin Shami, or Syrian Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent“Cumin is hot in…

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Carum, Caraway PRO

ByAdam Tate

Carum, Caraway Zeera Siyah (Unani)Krishnajeeraka (Ayurveda)Go snyod  གོ་སྙོད  (Tibetan) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Carum carvi Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent“Hot and dry in the second degree” (Avicenna) Classification: 2C INCIDERS.   2H. CARMINATIVE3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    4e. STOMACHIC Uses:…

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Scammonia, Scammony PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scammonia, Scammony Diagridium, Diagrydium (when prepared)Saqmunia (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Scammony Root1. Crown with stem scars and bases. 2. Twisted root with deep furrows.3. Cross-section showing mottled surface. 4. Fractured surface. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919…

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Rapi, Turnip

ByAdam Tate

Rapi, Turnip Rape Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Round-rooted TurnipDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Long-rooted TurnipNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanical name: Brassica rapaLong (‘Female’), Round (‘Male’) types were differentiated Parts used: Seed, Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: 3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3I. APHRODISIAC.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach and Spleen,…

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Polipodium, Polypody PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599   Official Polypody                                              …

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Aconitum carmichaeli, Wu Tuo PRO

ByAdam Tate

Aconitum carmichaeli, Wu Tuo 乌涂 Aconitum, Chuan Wu 川乌 Aconitum, Cao Wu 草乌 Chuan Wu, Cao Wu, Wu Tuo (TCM) Aconitum carmichaeliCurtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1841) Left: Aconitum Cao Wu (prepared); Right: Aconitum Chuan Wu (prepared)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Aconitum spp.  1. A. carmichaeli (Chuan Wu, Wu Tuo)  2. A. kusnezoffii (Cao Wu)Over 20…

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Arctium, Burdock FREE

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Verbena, Vervain FREE

ByAdam Tate

Verbena, Vervain, Ma Bian Cao 马鞭草 Sacra Herba, Sideritis, Herba Sanguinalis, ColumbinaMa Bian Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Verbena officinalisSeveral different varieties were noted including ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Parts used: Root, herb in flower Temperature…

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