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Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun PRO

ByAdam Tate

Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་ Tang kun (Tibet)Mura (Root, Ayurveda)Mural (Siddha) Selinum wallichianum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Tang kun: Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium) Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina Some modern Russian sources list Cnidium dahuricum…

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Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain

ByAdam Tate

Plantaginis aquatica, Water Plantain, Ze Xie 泽泻 Water PlantainZe Xie (TCM)Zammarah al-rai (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Water Plantain root Ze Xie on the Chinese market (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Alisma spp. A. plantago (West) A. orientalis (TCM) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, neutral in…

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Chamepitys, Ground Pine

ByAdam Tate

Chamepitys, Ground pine Yellow Bugle, CamaepitiumKamafius (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two types of Ground Pine traditionally used (left is the primary)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Botanical name: Ajuga chamaepitys (syn. Teucrium chamaepitys)Other varieties were listed by Galen and Dioscorides including A….

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Gundelia PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gundelia Crown of Thornsal-Kankarzad, Akoob, Akkoub (Arabic) Gundelia tournefortiiP. Miller, Figures of the most beautiful, useful and uncommonplants, described in the gardeners’ dictionary, vol. 2 (1755-1760) Gundelia tournefortii(Photo by Mattan nahum) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gundelia tournefortii Parts used: Whole Herb / leaf and stemJuice / gumThe wild plant is harvested and eaten as a vegetable…

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Mimusops, Bakula

ByAdam Tate

Mimusops, Bakula Indian Medlar, West Indian Medlar, Spanish Cherry, BulletwoodBakula (Ayurveda)Magilam (Siddha)Molsari (Unani) Mimusops elengiRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Botanical name: Mimusops elengi Parts used: Bark, Fruit; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent. Ripe fruit is SweetFlower: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classification: Uses: BARK1. Moves the Blood:–Tonic for…

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Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood PRO

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) Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat from…

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Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan FREE

ByAdam Tate

Alumen, Alum, Bai Fan 白矾 Called Stypteria by DioscoridesBai Fan (TCM)Sphatikari or Kamakshi (in Sanskrit)Phitkari, Phitki (Unani)Tshur dkar  ཚུར་དཀར  (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 1. Impure Alumen Sissile;  2. Alumen Sissile Volaterrani;  3. Alumen Rotundum;  4. fragment of a species of Alum; 5. a species of Sissile Alum;  6. Alum Schistis;  7. Aluminosa Balnei Scorpionis(Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum,…

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Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi

ByAdam Tate

Ophicalcite, Hua Rui Shi 花蕊石 Hua Rui Shi (TCM) OphicalcitePhoto by Lysippos (Wikimedia) Minerological name: OphicalcitumSerpentine mixed with CalciteSee Serpentine which is similar and used in Ayurveda. Parts used: Prepared Mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sour, astringent Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Constituents: Calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium silicate, Fe, Al. There are also traces of…

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Allium, Garlic FREE

ByAdam Tate

Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM)Lashuna (Ayurveda)Lehsun (Unani)Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Allium sativum Parts used: Bulb Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except…

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Thea, Tea

ByAdam Tate

Thea, Tea Cha (China)Chai (India) Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Botanical name: Thea chinensisThere are many varieties of tea; a primary difference is ‘green’ (green, white tea) or ‘fermented’ (black, hong cha) Parts used: leaf Temperature & Taste: Black (fermented) tea is warm, Green tea is Cool. Bitter, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes…

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Mangifera, Mango PRO

ByAdam Tate

Mangifera, Mango Mango–Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)–Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)–Mang Guo (TCM)Mango kernel:–Amra Beej (Ayurveda)–Khasta Aam (Unani)–a bras  ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)–Mang Guo He (TCM) Flora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 Flore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846 Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Mangifera indica, M. persiciformis Parts used: Kernel Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb

ByAdam Tate

Rhabarbari monachorum, Monk’s Rhubarb Herb Patience, Hippolapathum, Lapanthus hortense, Rhubarbarum Monachorum Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Sturm, 1796 Rumex alpinus(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Rumex alpinus Parts used: Root; the yellower the better Temperature & Taste: Cool (Neutral according to some) dry. Mildly Bitter Classifications: Aperitive, Abstersive, Astringent, Uses: 1. Purges…

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