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Rosmarinus, Rosemary Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Darstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Rosmarinus officinalis Parts used: Herb in flower; Flower. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2B ATTENUATER. 2C INCIDERS. 2G. CLEANSING. 2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3E. DIURETIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE. 3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3K. EXPECTORANT3M. ARTHRITIC4a. CEPHALIC. 4b. OPTHALMIC. 4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC. 4g….
Cassia Fistula Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Cassia SolutivaAmaltas (Unani)Amaltas (Hindi)Arag-vadha (Sanskrit)Dong ga དོང་ག (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 CASSIA FISTULA1, 2. Grooves and ridges on one side of the fruit.3, Short stout pedicle. 3 (lower), Shows the cross partitionsand several seeds. 4, Round disk…
Marjorana, Oreganum; Marjoram and Oregano Marjoram: Sweet Marjoram, Marjoram gentleOregano: Wild or Winter Marjoram OreganoDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 MarjoramDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Oregano and MarjoramKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 OreganoIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 MarjoramIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1804 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Oreganum spp.O. marjorana (Marjoram), O. vulgare (Oregano)A…
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Seahorse, Hai Ma 海马Pipefish, Hai Long 海龙 Seahorse-Hai MaPipefish-Hai Long Seahorse (Hippocampus spp.) and Pipefish (Syngnathus acus)Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom, Goodrich, 1859 A seller at the old Chengdu Medicine Market specialising in Seahorse and PipefishThese types of stalls are no longer seen at the new Chengdu Medicine market. (Adam, 2009) Dried Seahorse…
Salvia haematodes, Red Behen Meadow SageBehman Surkh (Red behen, Unani)Behman Safaid (White Behen, Unani) Red BehenNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Red BehenKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Limonium maritimum (Sea Lavender) is often listed as a source of Red Behen(Source New York Public Library‘s Digital Library) (Wikimedia) Red Behen root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Members CLICK HERE for the…
Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Bastard Dittany, Dictamnus of Candia New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Origanum dictamnus (syn. Dictamnus creticus) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Moves Blood, Promotes Menstruation: -Promotes Urine, expels a Dead Fetus (Galen)-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-Uterine diseases…
Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan 血余炭 Xue Yu Tan (Carbonised Human Hair) (TCM)Sha’r (Unani, Avicenna) From ‘Treatise on the Hair‘, Nashua & Co., 1876 (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Homo sapiensIn TCM, burnt Human hair is used.The burnt hair and wool from various quadripeds or from Humans was used in the West. Parts used: Burnt…
Black Salt, Kala Namak Halitum violaceum, Halitum purpureumHimalayan Black Salt, Sonchal SaltKala Namak, Sauvarcala Lavana, Visa Lavana (Ayurveda)Kha ru tsha (Tibet)Zi Nao Sha 紫硇砂 (TCM) Black Salt, Kala Namak(Photo by Hedonistin, Wikimedia) Minerological name: Halitum violaceumIn the Western Tradition, “Indian Salt or “Black Salt” is sometimes listed in formulas. This is said to be a…
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Asphodelus, Asphodel White Asphodel, Royal Staff, King’s Spear, AffodillusAsras, Hunta (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, Dodoens, 1569 Left: White Asphodel; Right: Yellow AsphodelKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Sibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca (1823) Botanical name: Asphodelus ramosusIn Unani, A. fistulosus and…
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