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Cerefolium, Chervil Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Anthriscus cererfoliumThree varieties are listed by Salmon (Botanologia, 1710): Garden, Wild, and Tooth-pick Chervil. Parts used: Leaf; Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungentdiscusses Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine: -Edema, Stoppage of Urine (used internally and externally)-breaks Stones 2. Warms and…
Anchusa officinalis, Bugloss Oshsenzung (German) Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanical name: Anchusa officinalis Parts used: Root; Herb; Flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist. Sweet, Bitter Uses: Use and Dose as for Borage Dose: Powder 1–3 gramsInfusion or Brief Decoction: 2–6 grams Substitute: Borage Main Combinations: Often combined with Borage1….
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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) 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 of Si, Pb, Ti, P, Mn, Ca,…
Pistacia, Pistacio Pistacia, Pistachio Pistah, Pista, Fastaq (Unani)Mistaka (Arabic) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition, 1809 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pistacia vera Parts used: Nut Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING. 2S. STRENGTHENING3J. INCREASE SEMEN. 4d. PECTORAL. 4g….
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Armenian Earth, Red Earth, Chi Shi Zhi 赤石脂 Bole Armeniac, Armenian BoleBura Armani (Unani)Chi Shi Zhi (TCM, related Earth)Gairika is Red Ochre, used in Ayurveda. The Earthy–Clay variety is basically the same Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Red Earth (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Hydrated Aluminium Silicate with small amounts of…
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Viper, Bai Hua She 白花蛇Agkistrodon, Qi She 蕲蛇Zaocys, Black Striped Snake, Wu Shao She 乌梢蛇Bungarus, Jin Qian Bai Hua She 金钱白花蛇 Sbrul gyi སྦྲུལ་གྱི (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Vipera berus (syn. V. communus)(Photo by Bouke ten Cate) (Wikimedia) Dried Viper (top), Viper with Live Birth, Heart & Liver (center),…
Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 Sweet FlagVacha (Ayurveda)Vasambu (Siddha)Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 (TCM)Shu Dag ཤུ་དག (Tibetan)Waj e Turki (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Local variety of Calamus used in Tibetan Medicine. (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for…
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