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Fossil Spirifer

ByAdam Tate

Fossil Spirifer Dove Stone, Swallow StoneShi Yan  石燕 (‘Swallow Stone’, TCM)Byi ‘u mgo  བྱི་འུ་ མགོ་ (‘Small Bird Head’, Tibetan Medicine) Fossilve Spirifer (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2016) Zoological name: Devonian fossil brachiopods including Spirifer disjunctus Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Salty, slightly Sweet Constituents: Mainly calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, small amount…

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Primula, Shang dril PRO

ByAdam Tate

Primula, Shang dril ཤང་དྲིལ་ Shang dril (Tibet) Primula secundifloraCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1914) Primula sikkimensisRegel, E.A. von, Gartenflora (1876) Botanical name: Primula spp.A number of species are used in Tibetan Medicine: Shang dril smug po (Brown): P. calderiana Shang dril dkar po (White): P. reidii, P. atrodentata Shang dril ser po: (Yellow): P. sikkimensis Shang…

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Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang PRO

ByAdam Tate

Eugenia, Clove, Ding Xiang 丁香 Caryophyllatus aromaticusAnthophyllum: Mother Cloves: Mature ClovesLavanga (Ayurveda)Kirambu, Ilavankam (Siddha)Ding Xiang (TCM); Mother Clove is Mu Ding Xiang (literally “Mother Clove”)Li Shi  ལི་ཤི  (Tibetan)Qaranful (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Anthophyllum or ‘Mother Clove’Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902…

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Euonymus, Gui Jian Yu PRO

ByAdam Tate

Euonymus, Gui Jian Yu 鬼箭羽 Winged Spindle tree, Winged Euonymus Gui Jian Yu (TCM) Euonymus alatusCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1919) Botanical name: Euonymus alatus (syn. E. alata) Parts used: Winged branches Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, Bitter (Classed as Warm in Barefoot Doctors Manual) Classification: Uses: 1. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:–Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea–Metrorrhagia-Postpartum stasis,…

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Galium odoratum, Woodruff

ByAdam Tate

Galium odoratum, Woodruff Sweet Woodruff, Woodroof, WoodrowelXiang Che Ye Cao (TCM) Galium odoratumIllustrated Flora, Vol 3, Britton and Brown, 1913 Galium odoratumMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France, vol. 2 (?) Botanical name: Galium odoratum (syn. Asperula odorata)Salmon (Botanologia) listed:  1. Common (White-flowered) Woodruff  2. Blue-flowered Woodruff  3. Small Stone-break Woodruff Parts used: Herb collected…

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Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry FREE

ByAdam Tate

Rubus fruticosus, Blackberry Bramble Fuchs, L., New Kreüterbuch (1543) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus (syn. R. fructicosus)R. villosus (Low-running or Tall Blackberry), R. flagellaris, R. nigrobaccus, R. cuneifolius are also used. Parts used: Fruit (ripe and unripe), Leaf Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classification: R. AstringentThe unripe fruit is…

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Punica Flos et Pericarp, Pomegranate Flower & Rind PRO

ByAdam Tate

Punica Flos et Pericarp, Pomegranate Flower & Rind Wild Pomegranate Flower–Balaustium; Dadima (Ayurveda)–Anar, Bidana (Unani)–Ruman, Ruman Halw, Ruman Murr (Arabic);Cultivated Pomegranate flower: CytinoiPomegranate Rind:–Shi Liu Pi (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Pomegranate fruit (left), Pomegranate flower, double (right)Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum,…

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Aesculus, Horse Chestnut

ByAdam Tate

Aesculus, Horse Chestnut Mandar (Ayurveda)Baloot (Unani)Suo Luo Zi 索罗子 (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Medical Botany, Stevenson & Churchill, Vol II, 1831 Botanical name: Aesculus hippocastanumTCM uses A. wilsonii, A. chinensis Parts used: Seed (ripe fruit without shell), leaf, bark Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, SweetCool according to some TCM sources (Bensky). However,…

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Ganoderma applanatum, Artists Conk FREE

ByAdam Tate

Ganoderma applanatum, Artist’s Conk Artist’s BracketShu She Ling Zhi  樹舌靈芝 (TCM)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) 2 local examples of Ganoderma (Adam, Victoria, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ganoderma applanatum (syn. Elfvingia applanata, Polyporous applanatus)Several other Gandoerma spp. including Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket Fungus) and G brownii of…

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Myrobalan, Black

ByAdam Tate

Myrobalan, Black Indian MyrobalanHalela Siyah (Unani) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748  1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left to Right: Yellow Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Belleric Myrobalan, Emblic Myrobalan (stoned), Black Myrobalan (Adam, 2017) See…

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Sida, Bala FREE

ByAdam Tate

Sida, Bala Indian Country MallowBala (Ayurveda)Bala, Beej Band (Unani)Xin Yin Huang Hua Zai (TCM) Sida cordifoliaMartius, Eichler, Urban, Flora Brasiliensis, 1891 Sida cordifolia(Photo by Karen Pagel) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sida cordifolia (syn. Malva tormentosa) Parts used: Root (rarely the seed or fresh plant juice) Temperature & Taste: Cool,…

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Thalictrum, Ma Wei Lian PRO

ByAdam Tate

Thalictrum, Meadow Rue Asian Meadow Rue, Leafy Meadow Rue, Gold ThreadJin Si Ma Wei Lian or Tang Song Cao (TCM)Pitaranga (Ayurveda)Piaranga (Unani)Mamira (along with Coptis, Unani)Babunay Almasakin (Arabic)Sngo Sprin (Tibet)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Che Ba (Tibet, T. cultratum)Sngo Sprin Lo Ma Chung Ba (Tibet, T. reniforme) Thalictrum foliolosum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Thalictrum reniforme(Photo by…

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