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Talcum, Hua Shi

Talcum, Hua Shi 滑石 Hua Shi (TCM)Talq (Unani)Ha shig ཧ་ཤིག  (Tibetan) Green TalcPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Minerological name: Hydrated Magnesium Silicate  Mg3 (Si4Oio) (0H)2 Several varieties are known: Talc Soapstone; composed primarily of Talc Substitutions in the basic formula often occur: Al or Ti can substitute Si; Fe, Mn, and Al can substitute Mg; very…

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Arsenolite, Pi Shi

Arsenolite, Pi Shi 砒石 ArsenicumPi Shi, Pi Shuang (TCM)Sammul Far (Unani) ArsenolitePhoto by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Arsenic trioxide, As2O3Two types are use:  1. Natural Arsenolite ores  2. or from the oxidation of arsenic sulphides, including arsenopyrite, realgar or orpiment Parts used: Prepared MineralRed and White varieties are known. the white being preferred medicinally….

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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao FREE

Paeoniae lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’…

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Soroseris, Srol gong PRO

Soroseris, Srol gong སྲོལ་གོང་ Srol gong  (Tibet)Kong Tong Can  空桶参 (TCM) Soroseris hookeriana (or S. hirsuta)(Photo by Ed Shaw) (Flickr) Botanical name: Soroseris spp.Several herbs supply different varieties of Srol gong in Tibetan Medicine: Srol gong ser po (Yellow): Soroseris hookeriana, S. hirsuta Srol gong smug po (Blue): Syncalathium haulaguchi (S. kawaguchii?) Saussurea stella has…

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Solanum lyratum, Bai Ying PRO

Solanum lyratum Bai Ying 白英 Bai Ying, Bai Mao Teng, Shu Yang Quan (TCM) Solanum lyratumThunberg, C.P., Icones plantarum japonicarum (1794-1805) Solanum lyratum(Photo by harum.koh) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum lyratum Parts used: Whole herb Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, slightly Toxic Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Edema, Strangury, Ascites-Jaundice–cholecystitis, cholelithiasis-Leukorrhea 2. Clears Wind-Damp:-Arthritis,…

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Gold, Aurum, Jin

Gold, Aurum, Jin 金 Jin (TCM)Gser  གསེར  (Tibetan)Tila (Unani)Svara (Ayurveda) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native GoldBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Gold coinsKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 The Latrobe Gold Nugget (717 grams)Photo by Gump Stump Mineralogical name: Aurum Parts used: 1. Gold Leaf or Powder2. ‘Potable Gold’ (Gold in dissolution)3. Ash (Bhasma)4. Gold chloride; Aurum muriaticum (prepared with Aqua…

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Tephrosia, Sharapunkha PRO

Tephrosia, Sharapunkha Wild Indigo, Purple Tephrosia, Yellow ThitsleSharapunkha (Ayurveda)Kolingi (Siddha)Sarphoka, Sarphuka (Unani) Tephrosia purpureaJ. Moninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 8 (1682-1709) Tephrosia purpurea(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Tephrosia purpurea (syn. T. hamiltonii, Cracca purpurea, Galega purpurea, Galiga purpurea)There are several species of Tephrosia used. The white variety of Sharpunkhaa is equated with Tephrosia procumbens,…

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Gramen, Couch Grass FREE

Gramen, Couch-grass Quick-grass, Dogs-grass, Quitch-grass, Triticum Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2, 1890 TRITICUM REPENS ROOT AND RHIZOME1, Node with circle of roots. 2. Mass of chopped rhizomes.8. Cross-section of the rhizome with hollow pith. 4. Furrowed internode. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…

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Orchis, Orchid, Satyrion, Salep FREE

Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Male SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female SatyrionHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Several different species of Satyrion from Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Orchis maculata(‘A’ being the flower of O. morio)Flora von Deutschland, Kohler,…

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Zinc Bhasma

Zinc Bhasma Zinc ashYasada Bhasma (Ayurveda)Ti Tsha Thal (Tibet) Minerological name: Zincum, Cadmia Parts used: Zinc ash Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet (Neutral in Tibetan Medicine)Zinc Bhasma principally settles Kapha (Phlegm) and Pitta (Bile) Classification: Uses: 1. Strengthens Kidneys, Restrains Essence:–chronic and obstinate Urinary diseases including Diabetes–Spermatorrhea–Leukorrhea–Nourishes Sperm, thickens Seminal fluid, prevents Premature…

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Bambusa, Zhu Li, Zhu Ru FREE

Bambusa Succus, Zhu Li 竹沥 Bambusa Caulis, Zhu Ru 竹茹 Bamboo Sap: Zhu Li (TCM)Bamboo Shavings: Zhu Ru (TCM) Bambusa tuldoidesCamus, E.G., bambusées, Atlas (1913) Phyllostachys bambusoides(Photo by Marco Schmidt) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Bamboo species including the following: Bambusa tuldoides, B. emeiensis Sinocalamus beecheyanus var. pubescens Phyllostachys nigra…

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Daucus, Wild Carrot

Daucus, Wild Carrot Nan He Shi  (TCM, Wild Carrot seed) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Wild Carrot flower (above) and Seed head (right) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Daucus carrotaCommon Garden Carrots were used, as well as Cretian Daucus which was regarded as best….

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