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Coriandrum, Coriander FREE

Coriandrum, Coriander Kishneez, Kishniz (Unani, Seed)Dhanyaka (Ayurveda)‘u Su  འུ་སུ  (Tibetan, Seed) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 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 Members CLICK HERE for…

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Nigella, Gith, Black Cumin FREE

Nigella, Gith Black Cumin, MelanthiumKalonji (Unani)Habat al-Baraka (Arabic)Kalajira, Mugrela (Ayurveda)Zi ra nag po  ཟི་ར་ནག་པོ  (Tibetan)Hei Zhong Cao Zi 黑种草子 (TCM) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nigella spp. N. sativa N. damascena N. glandulifera (syn. Nigella sativa var. hispidula) Parts used:…

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Calamine, Lu Gan Shi 炉甘石

Calamine, Lu Gan Shi 炉甘石 Lapis Calminaris, Smithsonite, Zinc sparLu Gan Shi (TCM)Gangs Thigs  གངས་ཐིགས  (‘Drops of Snow’, Tibetan)Rasaka, Kharpara (Ayurveda) Smithsonite(Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Mineralogical name: Calamina; Smithsonitum Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classifications: 2T. GLUTINATE    2Z. CICATRIZING4b. OPTHALMICS TCM:T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Clears the Eyes, Removes Films (West, TCM,…

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Cassia Fistula FREE

Cassia fistula Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Cassia SolutivaAmaltas (Unani)Amaltas (Hindi)Arag-vadha (Sanskrit)Dong ga དོང་ག (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 CASSIA FISTULA1, 2. Grooves and ridges on one side of the fruit.3, Short stout pedicle. 3 (lower), Shows the cross partitionsand several seeds. 4, Round disk…

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Oreganum, Marjoram, Oregano FREE

Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano Marjoram: Sweet Marjoram, Marjoram gentleOregano: Wild or Winter Marjoram Oregano (left) and Marjoram (right)Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Oregano and MarjoramKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left Oregano;    Right MarjoramIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Oreganum spp.O. marjorana (Marjoram), O. vulgare (Oregano)A number of…

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Butea PRO

Butea Flame of the Forest; Bengal Kino (Gum)Tesu, Dhak, Palas (Hindi); Palasha, Kimshuka (Sanskrit)Palas, Dhak, Tesu, Samagh Dhak, Kamarkas (Unani)Ma ru rtse  མ་རུ་རྩེ་ (Tibetan) Butea monospermaKerner, Hortus sempervirens, 1802 Butea monosperma(Photo by Varinder Naturaphile) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Butea monosperma (syn. B. frondosa) Parts used: Gum; also seed, leaf and flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry….

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Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree PRO

Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree Salmali (Stem-bark), Mocha (Ayurveda)Chevvilavu (Siddha)Na ga se sar; Pad ma ge sar (Tibetan)Mu Mian Hua (TCM, flower)Mochras (Unani) Salmalia malabaricaIllustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Bombax ceibaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Fresh flower of Salmalia malabarica(Photo by Tlong Zhuhai, edited) (Wikimedia) Dried Flower of Salmalia (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Salmalia malabarica…

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Chamedrys, Germander PRO

Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani)Kamadrius (Avicenna) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys (Chamaedrys officinalis)There were several types of Germander used similarly including: Large-leaved Germander Jagged-leaved Germander Thorny Germander Mountain Germander Rocky Germander. Parkinson listed 14 types of Germander Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature…

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Coral, Shan Hu FREE

Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Various Coral species, including Corallina, dealt with elsewhere (bottom right)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Red Pipe CoralThis…

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Nasturtium, Watercress

Nasturtium, Watercress Nasturtium Aquaticum; Classically called Sysimbrium Nasturtium aquaticumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 Flora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Nasturtium officinale (syn. N. aquaticum, Sisymbrium nasturtium) Parts used: Herb (preferably fresh); sometimes the Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 3O. MASTICATORIES & STERNUTATORIES4f. SPLENETIC    4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Clears…

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Chicorium, Chicory PRO

Chicorium, Chicory Also called Succory, IntybusKasni (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Botanical name: Chicorium intybus Parts used: Root, Seed (of the Garden variety); Herb (of the Wild variety) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. BitterOpening, attenuates, cleanses Classification: 2A APERIENT.   2F. PURIFYING.  …

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Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond PRO

Prunus amygdala dulcis, Sweet Almond Badam (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Apricot kernel (Xing Ren) (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Prunus amygdalus dulcis (formerly Amygdalus communis)TCM uses Apricot kernel Xing Ren synonymously: P. armeniaca, P. sibirica, P. mandshurica Parts used: Kernels; expressed Oil Temperature…

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