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Lepidium meyenii, Maca Peruvian Ginseng Lepidium meyenii(Photo by Vahe Martirosyan) (Wikimedia) Maca root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Lepidium meyenii (syn. L. peruvianum) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: -Aphrodisiac; increases Sperm-Impotence-Infertility (in men and women)-useful for Menopause (loss of libido,…
Populus, Poplar tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Black PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 White PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Black PoplarDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 White PoplarNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Black PoplarKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 BLACK POPLAR BUDSSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Populus nigra (less commonly White Poplar, P. alba)The Aspen (P. tremula)…
Balsam, Balsam tree Balm of Gilead, Balsam of JudeaOil:–Opobalsam–Roghan-e-Balsaan (oil) (Unani)–Bur (Sumerian)–Basmu (Akkadian)Fruit–Carpobalsam–Hab-e-Balsaan (fruit)Wood:–Xylobalsam–Ood-e-Balsaan (wood) True Balsam tree with a guard protecting it, indicating its high valueMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krater-Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, Cartes et figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, 1792…
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Pulegium, Pennyroyal Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT. 2B ATTENUATER. 2F. PURIFYING. 2H. CARMINATIVE. 2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE. 3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3K. EXPECTORANT. 3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC. 4f. SPLENETIC. 4i. UTERINE. 4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Warms the Womb,…
Borago, Borage Gaozaban (Unani Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Borago officinalis Parts used: Root (bark removed); Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral (some said Warm), moist; Schroder said Warm and Moist in the 1st degree…
Aplysia, Sea Hare Lepus marinusArnab bahri (Unani) Ocean World : Being a Descriptive History of the Sea and its Living InhabitantsFibuier, Louis (1868) Aplysia depilans(Photo by Jeffdelonge) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Aplysia spp.A. depilans is most often cited, although related species are no doubt used.Dolabella auricularia is the Wedge Sea Hare, which may have been considered synonymous.The…
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Agrimonia, Agrimony Chinese Agrimony, Xian He Cao 仙鹤草 Xian He Cao (TCM Herbarius Moguntinus, 1484 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, (1885) Eupatorium of Avicenna (left); Eupatorium of Mesue (right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Agrimonia eupatoriaA, pilosa and A….
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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang 安息香 An Xi Xiang (TCM)Loban (Unani) Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Two Different varieties of Benzoin available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)Left: is Benzoin Amygdaloides; Right: was called Benzoin in sortis; Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Styrax benzoinSeveral types were traditionally…
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