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Holarrhena, Kutaja PRO

ByAdam Tate

Holarrhena, Kutaja Tellicherry, Easter treeKutaja, Kurchi, Kalinga, Vatsaka (Ayurveda)Indrayava (Seeds, Ayurveda);Teewaj, Kurchi (bark), Inderjao Talkh (seed) (Unani)Kudasappalai (Siddha)Dug Mo Nyung  དུག་མོ་ཉུང༌ (Tibetan) Holarrhena antidysentericaIllustrations of the forest flora of North-West and Central India, Brandis, 1874 Wrightia antidysenterica(Photo by Lionel Allorge) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Holarrhena antidysenterica (syn. H. pubescens, Wrightia antidysenterica)Two types of Indrayava are used…

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Cytisus, Broom PRO

ByAdam Tate

Cytisus, Broom Scotch Broom; Genista, Genesta, Genestra, Scoparius, Spartium Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 BROOM TOPS1. Stem showing the two wings ending in a node.  2. A large flower and aflower bud.  3. The hairy pistil..  4. Fruit.  5. Three foliate leaves. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield,…

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Talcum, Hua Shi

ByAdam Tate

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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Chinese Peony, Shao Yao FREE

ByAdam Tate

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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Gold, Aurum, Jin

ByAdam Tate

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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Gramen, Couch Grass FREE

ByAdam Tate

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

ByAdam Tate

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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Daucus, Wild Carrot

ByAdam Tate

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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Anisum, Aniseed PRO

ByAdam Tate

Annis, Aniseed Anisoon (Unani) Ortus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Aniseed (Adam, 2016) Botanical name: Pimpinella anisum Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet.Sweet and Bitter varieties were traditionally recognised.“According to Galen anise is Hot in the Second and Dry in the Third degree”….

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Myristica, Nutmeg & Mace FREE

ByAdam Tate

Myristica, Nutmeg, Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 Nux Muscata (Latin)Jatiphala (Ayurveda, Unani)Rou Dou Kou 肉豆蔻 (TCM)Dza ti  ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Top: Whole NutmegBottom: Mace Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Parts used: Fruit (Nutmeg); Mace…

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Plumbago, Chitraka PRO

ByAdam Tate

Plumbago, Chitraka Leadwort, Ceylon LeadwortChitraka, Chitrak (Ayurveda)Tsi tra ka  ཙི་ཏྲ་ཀ  (Tibet)Sheetraj Hindi, Chitrak (Unani)Venkodiveli (Siddha)Bai Hua Dan (TCM) Plumbago zeylanicaEdwards’s Botanical Register, 1846 Plumbago zeylanica(Photo by David Eickhoff) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Plumbago spp.  1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety)  2. P. indica (Red variety)  3. P. capensis Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Very Warm,…

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Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin FREE

ByAdam Tate

Chicken Gizzard Skin, Ji Nei Jin 鸡内金 Ji Nei Jin (TCM)Qalzah (Arabic)Sangdana Murgh (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dried Chicken Gizzard skin (Unani)(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019)  Prepared Chicken Gizzard skin (TCM)(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Zoological name: Gallus domesticus (Gallus gallus var. domesticus) Parts used: Prepared…

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