| | | | | | | | | | | |

Cedrela, Xiang Chun PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cedrela, Xiang Chun 香椿 Chinese MahogonyXiang Chun, Zhong Guo Yang Chun (TCM)Xiang Chun Zi (Fruit, TCM) Revue horticole, sér. 4 (1875) Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)(Photo by KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Cedrela sinensis (syn. Toona sinensis)The Indian C. toona (syn. C. ciliata–Indian Mahogony tree or Indian Red Cedar) is used similarly, especially for Dysentery…

| | | | | | | | |

Chicken Egg

ByAdam Tate

Chicken Egg Centrum Ovi: Egg Yolk.Cerebrum Arietis: Egg White.            Alumen Philosophorum: Lime of Egg Shells. Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts used: Whole Egg, Egg shell, ashes of Egg Shell, Egg Yolk, Egg White Temperature & Taste: “The eggs (as a whole) are moderate. The white and the yolk…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Ferrous sulphate, Green Vitriol, Iron Sulphate

ByAdam Tate

Ferrous sulphate, Green Vitriol, Iron Sulphate Ferrum vitriolatum, Sulphas Protoxidii Ferri, Mars vitriolatus, Sal Chalybis, Sal Martis, Vitriolum viride, Vitrolum Martis, Vitrolum Ferri, Vitriolum Romanum, Vitriolum HungaricumLu Fan 綠礬 (Melanterite, TCM) VitriolHortus sanitatis, 1491 Native MelanteritePhoto: Rob Lavinsky (iRocks.com) Minerological name: Ferrum sulphate, Green VitriolMelanterite is the native form; it is a hydrated Iron Sulphate….

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Myrica, Bayberry PRO

ByAdam Tate

Myrica, Bayberry Myrica, Box Myrtle, Wax-Myrtle, Candleberry, WaxberryTuffah Alajaib, Ood al-Barg Tandol, Kaayaphal (Unani)Katphala (Ayurveda)Marudam (Siddha) The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 MYRICA ROOT-BARK1, Portion of the bark without the corky layer.  2. Piece of the corkylayer.  3, Cross-section of the bark.  4, A thick piece of the bark. Squibb’s Atlas of…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Nitrum, Saltpeter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi FREE

ByAdam Tate

Nitrum, Saltpeter, Niter, Potassium nitrate, Xiao Shi 硝石 Kali nitricum, Nitrum depuratum, Nitrum prismaticum, Sal petraXiao Shi (TCM)Yavakshara, Saindhava, Ushara or Sora (Ayurveda)Shora Qalmi (Unani)Ze tsha  ཟེ་ཚ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 The preparation of Saltpeter(Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Nitrum; Potassium nitrate Parts…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Argentum, Silver

ByAdam Tate

Argentum, Silver, Yin 银 Raupya, Rajata, Chandi (Sanskrit)Fizza, Nuqra (Unani)Yin (TCM)Dngul དངུལ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Silver in Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Native Silver (Photo by Halfdan) (Wikimedia) Mineralogical Name: Argentum Parts used: Silver leaf; Bhasma; various preparations of Silver including Silver Nitrate (caustic) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry (some said Moist). Sour, sweet. Properties:Nature:…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Vitis, Grape Vine PRO

ByAdam Tate

Vitis, Grape Vine VineDrakshadi (Raisins, Ayurveda)Pu Tao 葡萄 (TCM)Kishmish (Raisins, Unani)rgun brum  རྒུན་འབྲུམ (Raisins, Tibetan) Grapes                                                                                                          RaisinsOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Medical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Grape Vine and WineMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Grapes (Adam, 2017) Light (‘Golden Sultanas’) and Dark (‘Purple Raisins’) dried fruit (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Vitis…

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Pearl, Margarita, Zhen Zhu 珍珠

ByAdam Tate

Pearl, Margarita, Zhen Zhu 珍珠 Zhen Zhu (TCM)Mukta (Ayurveda.)Mu Tig  མུ་ཏིག  (Tibetan)Marwareed (Unani) Mother of Pearl, Zhen Zhu Mu 珍珠母 Zhen Zhu Mu (TCM)Mukta Shukti (Ayurveda.)Nya phyis  ཉ་ཕྱིས  (Tibetan)Sadaf Marwareed (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Pearl and Pearl huntersMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Mother of PearlKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578  Pearl at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2012) BUY PEARL…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Anogeissus, Dhava PRO

ByAdam Tate

Anogeissus, Dhava Crane tree, Button treeDhava, Madhuravalka (Ayurveda) Dhava, Samagh-e-Hindi (Gum), Gond Zanana (Gum) (Unani)Vellaynaga (Siddha) Anogeissus latifolia J.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, Plates (1839) Botanical name: Anogeissus latifolia Parts used: Heartwood; Stem-bark; Gum-resin; Fruit Temperature &…

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

Rhus, Sumac PRO

ByAdam Tate

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 Botanical name: Rhus spp.R. parviflora, R. coriaria (European Sumac); some American species are used similarly Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry….

| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Opopanax

ByAdam Tate

Opopanax Rough Parsnip Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Woodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 3th edition, 1832 Opopanax opopanax(Photo by Consultaplantas) (Wikimedia) BUY OPOPANAX Botanical name: Commiphora guidottii (syn. Opopanax opopanax, O. chironum, Ferula opopanax, Pastinaca opopanax, P. sylvestris) Parts used: Gum Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungentmollifies, digests Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS    2M. DRAWING    2Q. ANODYNE3M….

| | | | | | | | | | | |

Artemisia dracunculus, Tarragon

ByAdam Tate

Artemisia dracunculus, Tarragon French TarragonTarkhun ‘Little Dragon’ (Arabic, Unani)Xia Ye Qing Hao (TCM) Oeder, G.C., Flora Danica (1761-1861) Kerner, J.S., Abbildungen aller ökonomischen Pflanzen (1786-1798) Botanical name: Artemisia dracunculus (syn. A. dracunculoides, Dracunculus hortense) Parts used: Whole Herb or Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent (some classed as Cool)‘Cuts, digest, opens Obstructions’ Classification:…

End of content

End of content