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Rapi, Turnip

ByAdam Tate

Rapi, Turnip Rape Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Round-rooted TurnipDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Long-rooted TurnipNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanical name: Brassica rapaLong (‘Female’), Round (‘Male’) types were differentiated Parts used: Seed, Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: 3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3I. APHRODISIAC.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach and Spleen,…

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Polipodium, Polypody PRO

ByAdam Tate

Polipodium, Polypody Bisfayaj (Unani)Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599   Official Polypody                                              …

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Arctium, Burdock FREE

ByAdam Tate

Arctium Radix, Burdock Root Bardana, Lappa Major, PersonataNiu Bang Gen (TCM)Byi bzung  བྱི་བཟུང་ (Tibetan Medicine) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 ARCTIUM LAPPA1, Crown with tuft of white hairs. 2. Longitudinal section showing the white pith and the incurved edges of the cortex. 3, Small curved root. 4,…

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Ononis, Restharrow

ByAdam Tate

Ononis, Restharrow Cammock, Spiny Restharrow, Wild Licorice, Onomia OnonisOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Common Restharrow; Right: Yellow-flowered RestharrowKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Ononis spinosaAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Ononis spinosa(Photo by C T Johansson) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ononis spinosaA number of varieties were recognised including Great Yellow, Lesser Yellow, Yellow Prickly, and Purple Restharrows Parts…

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Porrum, Leeks, Jiu Cai Zi

ByAdam Tate

Porrum, Leek, Jiu Cai Zi 韭菜籽 Leek SeedJiu Cai Zi (Seed, TCM)Kurrath (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Botanical name: Allium porrumIn TCM, the seed of A. tuberosum (Chinese Leek) is used similarly.Allium ascalonicum is the Shallot, the seed of which is used very…

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Nux Pinea, Pine nuts PRO

ByAdam Tate

Nux Pinea, Pine nuts StrobilorumSong Zi (TCM)Chilghoza (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Pine nuts in the shell (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pinus gerardianaLocal species are used in various parts. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet“The larger variety i.e. neozapine is moderately Hot and excessively Moist but the edible pine is Hot and…

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Armenian Earth, Bole Armeniac, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂

ByAdam Tate

Armenian Earth, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂 Bole Armeniac, Armenian BoleBura Armani (Unani)Chi Shi Zhi (TCM, related Earth)Suvarnagairika (Ayurveda)Gairika is Red Ochre, used in Ayurveda. Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Red Earth (Adam, 2016) BUY RED EARTH Mineralogical name: Hydrated Aluminium Silicate with small amounts of iron oxide.Two main types can be recognised: Kaolinitum rubrum; Halloysitum…

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Chicorium, Chicory

ByAdam Tate

Chicorium, Chicory Also called Succory, IntybusKasni (Unani) Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION 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.   2N. REPELLENT3B….

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Asparagus racemosus, Shatavari PRO

ByAdam Tate

Asparagus racemosa, Shatavari Indian AsparagusShatavari (Ayurveda)Satavar (Unani)Nye Shing  ཉེ་ཤིང༌  (Tibetan) Figures of Indian Plants, Wight, 1853 Asparagus racemosusPhoto by S.K. Gawali Botanical name: Asparagus racemosusOthers used include A. sarmentosus, A. curillus, A. filicinus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood and Yin, Regulates Menstruation:-considered a special tonic medicine for…

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Marrubium, Horehound PRO

ByAdam Tate

Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE.    3K. EXPECTORANT.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE4d. PECTORAL.    4f. SPLENETIC.   …

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Plumbago, Chitraka FREE

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) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Plumbago spp.  1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety)  2. P. indica (Red variety)  3. P. capensis Parts…

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Malva, Mallow, Dong Kui Zi PRO

ByAdam Tate

Malva Semen, Mallow seed Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani) Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子 Dong Kui Zi (TCM)Lcam pa  ལྕམ་པ  (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Left: Musk Mallow   Right: Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui…

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