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Coriandrum, Coriander PRO

Coriandrum, Coriander Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)Koththumali Vitai (Siddha)‘U su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 CORIANDER FRUIT1. Small coriander. 2, Coriander of a normal size, 3, Indian coriander (not official) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Coriandrum sativum…

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Lavendula, Lavender FREE

Lavendula, Lavender Spike New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lavendula officinalis (syn. L. vera, L. angustifolia, L. spica, L. vulgaris) Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.    3E. DIURETIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3M….

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Coptis, Huang Lian PRO

Coptis, Huang Lian 黄连 Gold Thread, CoptisHuang Lian (TCM)Mamira, Tiktamula (Ayurveda)Mamisa, Mamira (Unani)Myang rtsi spras  མྱང་རྩི་སྤྲས  (Tibetan) Coptis teetaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, vol. 1 (1918) Coptis trifoliaMateria Medica Botanica, Wellman, 1845 Coptis japonica var. anemonifolia(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia)  Above: Slices of Coptis Huang Lian from Chengdu Medicine Market showing bright yellow-orange…

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Mastic, Mastic Gum PRO

Mastic, Mastic Gum LentiskMastagi (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanische wandplaten (1904–1914) Left: P. lentiscus    Right: P. terebinthusFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 BUY MASTIC Botanical name: Pistachio lentiscus (syn. Lentiscus mastiches)Related species which have supplied Mastic or have been used as a substitute include P. terebinthus, P. cabulica (‘Roman Mastic’, ‘East…

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Magnetite, Ci Shi

Magnetite, Ci Shi 磁石 LodestoneKanta (Ayurveda)Ci Shi (TCM)Khab len  ཁབ་ལེན  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Magnetite specimen (from Bolivia)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name:Magnetitum Parts used: The best is black and strongly magnetic Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, Bitter and Salty Constituents: Ferriferrous oxide (Fe3O4); traces of…

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Centaurium, Centaury FREE

Centauri minus, Centaury the less Centaurea, Febrifuga, Fel Terra, Libadion (Pliny), Leptophyllum (Theophrastus)Seigar (Arabic) Mesuae Opera, 1570 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centaurium erythraea Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold (said to be Warm), dry. Bittergently binding, cleansing, opening Classifications: 2A APERIENT.   2B ATTENUATER.   2F. PURIFYING.  …

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Marrubium, Horehound FREE

Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   …

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Emerald, Smaragdus

Emerald, Smaragdus Zamarrund (Unani)Lu Bao Shi (TCM) Emerald in Schist (Afghanistan)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Emerald as used in Tibetan Medicine (Library ofTibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India,Photo by Adam, 2009) Mineralogical name: Emerald is a type of Beryl, Al2Be3Si6O18Traditionally the stronger colored stones were called Male, and lighter colored stones, Female. Culpeper said ‘there…

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Shilajit

Shilajit, Mumiya Shilajit–Punjabi Asphalt, Indian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Punjabinum–Shilajit (Ayurveda)–Brag zhun  བྲག་ཞུན  (Tibetan)–Xue Ling Zhi (TCM)–Mumiya Hindi (Unani)Mumiya, Momiya, Mumiai–Persian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Persicum, Mumiai Persica–Mumiya, Mumiya Farisi (Unani) Mumia, showing the use of Mummified Human bodies supplied by grave robbers.Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Massive lump of raw Shilajit from Sichuan province, China (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…

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Lacca PRO

Lacca Laksha, Lakh (Ayurveda)Luk (Arabic)Rgya skyegs  རྒྱ་སྐྱེགས  (Tibetan Medicine)Zi Cao Rong (TCM) Gum Lacca with one of the source tressMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Aromaticum et Simplicium Aliquot, de Orta, 1579 Lacca; Lacca on stick (top); interior of Lacca showing eggs (second from top) (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Close-up of the raw Lacca containing Egg chambers.(Adam,…

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Chamomila, Camomile PRO

Chamomila, Camomile Bubunaj (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Matricaria                                                                                                                    AnthemisIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 MatricariaBotanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Matricaria recutitaKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Anthemis nobilisAn Encyclopaedia of useful and ornamental Plants, Burnett, 1852 Botanical name: Anthemis nobilis–Garden or Roman CamomileMatricaria recutita (syn. M. camomilla)–German Camomile (most used) Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool (mildly Warm…

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Myrtus, Myrtle PRO

Myrtus, Myrtle Myrtle, Clove Myrtle, Spanish MyrtleHabb-ul-Ass, Muurad (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MyrtusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Myrtus communis(Photo by Javier martin) (Wikimedia) Myrtle berries(Photo by Giancarlo Dessì) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Myrtus communis Parts used: Leaves, Fruit (‘berries’), SeedLeaf was more commonly used internally, berries mostly externally“Small shoots of its roots are most potent”….

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