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Goethite, Mdung rtse dkar po མདུང་རྩེ་དཀར་པོ་ Mdung rtse dkar po (Tibetan)Zhen Tie Kuang (TCM) Goethite from Colorado(Photo by Rob Lavinsky) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Goethitum (Iron oxide mineral)There are several types of Mdung rtse in Tibetan Medicine: Parts used: Prepared Mineral Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes: –used for Eye…
Bruscus, Butcher’s Broom Ruscus, Knee Holy Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ruscus aculeatus Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, bittercuts, attenuates, opens Classification: 2A APERIENT4g. HEPATIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC Uses: 1. One of the Opening…
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Bidens tripartita, Water Agrimony, Lang Ba Cao 狼杷草 Water Agrimony, Bur Beggarsticks, Bur Marigold, Bastard HempHepatorum, EupatoriumLang Ba Cao (TCM) Bidens tripartitaKorsmo, E., Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planches des mauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer (1934) Botanical name: Bidens tripartita (syn. B. comosa, B. connata) Parts used: Whole Plant in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter…
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Stacte, Liquid Myrrh Stacte, Liquid Myrrh Commiphora myrrhaKöhler, F.E., Köhler’s Medizinal Pflanzen (1890) Botanical name: Commiphora myrrha Parts used: Liquid oily gum-resinTwo types were differentiated: 1. Native: spontaneous liquid exudation of the Myrrh tree in an oily state2. Factitious: oil extracted from fresh Myrrh by mixing with a little water and pressing (Dioscorides) It is…
Menispermum canadense, Yellow Parilla Canadian Moonseed, Pisswort, Yellow Sarsaparilla, Texas Sarsaparilla Menispermum canadense,Addisonia, Vol. 8 (1916) Menispermum canadense rhizome and rootletsNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Menispermum canadense (syn. M. angulatum, M. smilacinum, Cissampelos smilacina) (America)M. dauricum of TCM is used similarly, but we have separated them. Parts used: Rhizome and root…
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