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Copper Sulphate Cuprum Sulphuricum, Vitriolum Cupri, Vitriolum coeruleum Blue Vitriol, Spanish, Roman, Cyprian or Salzburg VitriolChalcanthite (native hydrated Copper Sulphate)Tuttham (Ayurveda)Big pan བིག་པན་ (Chalcanthite, Tibet) VitriolHortus sanitatis, 1491 Natural Copper Sulphate Crystal (Chalcanthite)Photo by Didier Descouens (Wikimedia) Artificial Copper Sulphate CrystalPhoto by Lamiot (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Copper Sulphate CuSO4.5H2O Parts used: Native or Artificial Copper…
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Topaz Chrysolite of Pliny is thought to be the modern ‘Topaz’Huang Yu (‘Yellow Jade’, TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Topaz(Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com) Mineralogical Name: TopazChrysolite (yellow-green variety of Olivine), Prase, or Chrysoprase have all been suggested as the ‘Topaz‘ of Pliny. Parts used: Prepared Stone (levigated or burned) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….
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Chicken Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts Used: Cock and HenMeat, Brains, Liver, Gall Bladder, Gizzard SkinBlood, Bones, Fat, DungEgg Uses: MEAT (Warm, Sweet): 1. Strengthens the Spleen, Benefits Qi:-strengthens the digestion and increases Qi. -loose stools and poor digestion from weakness of the Spleen; also for diarrhea, dysentery, and anorexia….
Rumex, Dock Rumex, Dock LapathumHummad (Unani, Avicenna) Top Left: R. crispus. Top Right: R. obtusifoliusAbove Left: R. acutus. Above Right: R. sanguineusFlora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 RUMEX CRISUPS RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS 1. Twisted root. 2. Transverse and longitudinal sections. 1. A twisted, furrowed root, annulate at the crown. 2. Numerous transverse and longitudinal sections….
Granatum, Garnet Carbunculus (also used for other red gems)Cinnamon stone (Hessonite)Gomed (Hessonite, Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Left and Above:Various GarnetsBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Garnet (South Africa)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical name: The Garnet family is complex and is divided into various types: 1. Aluminium Garnets: Pyrope (Red, Violet, to Black and Green): Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 …
Stachys palustris, Clowns Woundwort Woundwort, Clown’s All-Heal, Purple-flowered Woundwort, Marsh BetonyPanax Coloni, Panax Heracleum Alterum (Latin)Guang Ye Shui Su (TCM) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Stachys palustris(«Bilder ur Nordens Flora», Lindman, 1917) (Wikimedia) Stachys palustris(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stachys palustrisS. sylvatica is Hedge Woundwort, used synonymously. Parts used: Whole herb or Root Temperature & Taste:…
Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumChe Qian Cao (TCM) Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Red Plantain; Right: Greater Plantain Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Plantago majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago asciaticaIllustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Members CLICK HERE for…
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Dulcamara, Bittersweet Dulcamara, Bittersweet Glycypicron, Amara Dulcis Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Solanum dulcamara Parts used: Stem; Whole Plant Temperature & Taste: Warm (Cold?), dry. Bittercleansing, opening Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat: -Jaundice–Eczema (pustular), Psoriasis, and other skin…
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