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Magnetite, Ci Shi 磁石 LodestoneKanta (Ayurveda)Ci Shi (TCM)Khab len ཁབ་ལེན (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Magnetite specimen (from Bolivia)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical Name: Magnetitum Parts used: The best is black and strongly magnetic Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent, Bitter and Salty Constituents: Ferriferrous oxide (Fe3O4); traces…
Centauri minus, Centaury the less Centaurea, Febrifuga, Fel Terra, Libadion (Pliny), Leptophyllum (Theophrastus)Seigar (Arabic) Mesuae Opera, 1570 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centaurium erythraea Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cold (said to be Warm), dry. Bittergently binding, cleansing, opening Classifications: 2A APERIENT. 2B ATTENUATER. 2F. PURIFYING. …
Marrubium, Horehound Prassium New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Two varieties of Marrubium traditionally usedHerbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Koehler, F.E., Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Marrubium vulgare Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Warm), dry. Bitter, slightly Pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES. 2K. RESOLVENT3G. EMMENAGOGUE. …
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Crocus, Saffron, Xi Hong Hua 西红花 Kum Kuma (Sanskrit)Safran (Hindi)Xi Hong Hua, Fan Hong Hua (TCM)Zafrah (Unani)Gur Gum གུར་གུམ (Tibetan) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Saffron Filaments from Iran Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Crocus sativus Parts used: stigmas Temperature & Taste: Moderately Warm (some sources say Cool), dry. Pungent, sweetopens,…
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Foeniculum, Fennel, Xiao Hui Xiang 小茴香 Traditionally called MaratrumXiao Hui Xiang (TCM)La la phud ལ་ལ་ཕུད (Tibetan)Badiyan (Seed, Unnai)Bekh e Badiyan (Root, Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Parts used: Root, Seed; sometimes the herb Temperature &…
Litharge, Mi Tuo Seng 密陀僧 Mi Tuo Seng (TCM) Murdar Sang (Unani)Marirdar Shring (Ayurveda)Mtshal dkar མཚལ་དཀར་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Yellow (‘Gold’) LithargePhoto by Walkerma Mineralogical Name: Yellow Lead monoxideLitharge (formed from fused and powdered Massicot) Three types of Litharge were mentioned by Pliny: 1. Chrysitis (Gold colored, best; also called German Gold Litharge);…
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Piper longum, Long Pepper, Bi Ba 筚拨 Bi Ba (TCM)Pippali (Ayurveda)Filfil Daraz, Peepal (Unani)Thippili (Siddha)Pi pi ling པི་པི་ལིང༌ (Tibetan)The root of Long Pepper is called Peepalmool (Unani), Thippiliver (Siddha) Long Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper longumWoodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 1832 Long Pepper (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name:…
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