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Sapphirus, Sapphire Nilama (Ayurveda)Nilam (Unani)Ain gra ni la ཨཻན་གྲ་ནི་ལ་ (pronounced ‘Inda nila’) (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Ruby Crystal and Star SapphiresExotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Sapphire crystalPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical Name: Corundum (Al2O3) Parts used: Blue Sapphire prepared; Ayurveda also uses Yellow Sapphire Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm in Unani), dry. Salty and…
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Punica Cortex, Pomegranate Bark Post Bekh e Anar (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (25), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Bark, especially Root-Bark Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Classification: 3Q. ANTHELMINTIC Uses: 1. Kills Worms: -Tape-, Round-, and Pin-worms and Ascaris-this is the primary action of the Bark 2. Astringes to…
Spongia Marina, Sponge Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Spongia officinalisPhoto by Liez Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Phylum poriferaSpongia officinalisSpongia lacinulosa (of the Red Sea, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean was said to be most used). Many sponges have been used. Parts used: whole dried Sponge; Sponge ashes; Sponge stone, a stone at the…
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Stellaria holostea, Stitchwort Holosteum, All Bones Greater StitchwortBotanologia, Salmon, 1710 Bulliard, P., Flora Parisiensis, vol. 2 (1776-1781) Stellaria holostea(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stellaria holostea Parts used: Herb; Seed Temperature & Taste: Seed: Warm, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Eases Pain: -stitches, pain in the sides; flowers have been chewed for…
Sabina, Savin Abhul (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Good, 1847 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Male SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Female SavinIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Botanical name: Juniperus sabinaThere are 2 main varieties known: var. cupressina and tamariscifolia. A protrate or Creeping variety…
Jugulans Nux, Walnut, He Tao 核桃 He Tao (TCM)Akhrot (Unani)Star ka སྟར་ཀ་ (Tibet) Della Materia Medicinale,Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Jugulans regia Parts used: Ripe Nut; Confected Nuts Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweetconfected Walnuts are Warm, moist…
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Ipomoea sepiaria, Lakshmana Purple Heart Glory, Hedge BindweedLakshmana, Banakalami (Ayurveda)Thaalikeerai, Taalikkirai (Siddha) Ipomoea sepiaria(Image from Leiden University Libraries, Leyden, The Netherlands) Ipomoea sepiaria(Photo by George Muttathil Pulikurumba) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Ipomoea sepiaria (syn. I. marginata, I. maxima, I. sagittifolia, Convolvulus marginatus)The Ayurvedic plant Lakshmana has also been equated with Ginseng and Mandrake. Parts used: Root;…
Pluchea, Rasana Rasana, Rasna, Rasnika, Rasa (Ayurveda)Rasna, Rasan, Zanjbeel-Shaami (Unani) Pluchea indicaWight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany, or figures illustrative of each of the natural orders of Indian plants (1850) Pluchea. indica leaf(Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pluchea lanceolata, P. indica (syn. P. foliosa),…
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