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Heart, Cordis Zoological name: Various animal Hearts have been used: Parts used: 1. Fresh Heart in Decoction2. Dried and prepared Heart3. Tincture (prepared from the dried Heart)4. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, salty Uses: 1. Strengthens the Heart: –Heart weaknerss-Palpitations or Arrhythmias from Heart weakness Rabbit / Hare Heart has other…
Goat Blood, Capra Sanguinis Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Zoological name: Capra hircus and related species Parts used: Dried Blood“The blood which is used in medicines must be taken from healthy animals”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Salty Classifications: 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Breaks Stones: -Edema, Dysuria-Gravel, Stones (considered Specific)-Arthritis-“the use…
Cucumis, Cucumber Maghz e Tukhm e Khiyar (Unani) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Regular and Long CucumberNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1750 Botanical name: Cucumis sativusSeveral varieties were known including Regular and Long Parts used: Seed kernel Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. One of the 4 Greater…
Medicines of Hippocrates The following list give an overview of some of the medicines used by Hippocrates (C. 400 BCE). The writings of Hippocrates contained over 400 different medicines of vegetable, mineral and animal origin. The following contains a representative list of medicines used by Hippocrates.B=medicines known to have been used in Babylonian Medicine. Fruits…
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Iberis, Bitter Candytuft Wild Candytuft, Rocket Candytuft, Annual Candytuft, Clown’s Mustard Qu Qu Hua 屈曲花 (TCM) Iberis amaraKops, J., Flora Batava (1800-1934) Botanical name: Iberis amara (syn. Thlaspi amarum, Crucifera iberis) Parts used: Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Cold and Damp, Promotes Urine: -Edema, fluid swelling-Gout, Rheumatism 2. Stops Cough: -Bronchitis,…
Timeline of Traditional Medicine The following gives a point-form overview of the history of Traditional Medicine. It is intended to be brief and to allow people to see what was happening in different systems at a given time. Some of the sources for the information given are older sources and therefore certain dates or other…
Carlina, Carline Thistle Chameleon, Leucoacantha, Radix Heracanthae New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 (Illustration from «Bilder ur Nordens Flora», Carl Axel Magnus Lindman) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Carlina vulgaris, C. acaulis (Dwarf Carline Thistle) and related speciesBlack and White types were traditionally differentiated Parts used: Root, gathered in spring; rarely the herb Temperature & Taste:…
Embelia, Vidanga Embelia, Vidanga Vidanga, Viranga (Ayurveda)Vayvidankam (Siddha)Birang-e-Kabuli, Bao Birang (Unani)Byi tang ga བྱི་ཏང་ག (Tibetan)Xian Suan Qiang (TCM) Embelia ribesKirtikar & Basu, Indian medicinal plants, 1918 Embelia ribes(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Embelia fruit(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Embelia ribes, E. robusta Parts used: Dried Fruit; Seed;…
TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS Weakness and Deficiency Strengthening and Tonic Formulas “Those who have more Innate Spirit, or Natural Heat, and Radical Moisture are more strong and active, and they who have less are weak, and sooner die. And when that flourishing humor is consumed like Oil by the heat of the…
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