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Levisticum, Lovage Levisticum, Lovage HipposelinumSisaliyus (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Flora von Deutschland (27), Kohler, 1886 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Levisticum officinaleLigusticum chinensis (syn. L. sinensis, L. wallichi) is the Chinese Lovage Ligusticum Chuan Xiong. Parts used: Root; also the Seed and Leaf Temperature & Taste:…
Anemone coronaria, Wild Poppy Wild Poppy, Wind-Rose, Bastard Wild Poppy, Poppy Anemone, Crown AnemoneArgemonia, Concordia, Concordialis, Herba liburnica Two varieties of ArgemoneEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Anemone coronariaJ. Sibthrop, J.E. Smith, Flora Graeca, vol. 6 (1826) Botanical name: Anemone coronaria, A. fulgens, A. apennina Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry….
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Solanum indicum Solanum indicum, Bruhati Indian Nightshade, Poison BerryBruhati (Ayurveda)Tian Qie Zi (TCM) Solanum indicumPapillons de Surinam dessinés d’après nature”, plate 74, circa 1850 Solanum indicum(Photo by Muthukurussi) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Solanum indicum (syn. S. anguivi) Parts used: Root or Whole Plant; sometimes the Fruit Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: Uses: 1. Clears…
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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa གཡེར་ཤིང་པ (Tibetan) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Scrophularia spp. 1. S. nodosa (West) 2. S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM) 3. S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii (Tibetan) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold,…
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Chlorite Schist, Meng Shi 礞石 Qing Meng Shi (Chlorite Schist)Jin Meng Shi (Vermiculite Schist)Gser bye (Vermiculite) (Tibetan) Chlorite SchistPhoto by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Several Minerals fall within the classification of Meng Shi: Parts used: Prepared MineralThe best quality is Blue-Green and sparkling. Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet; Vermiculite is Neutral, Sweet…
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Calamintha, Calamint Also called Mountain Mint New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Greater (top left) and Lesser (right) CalamintParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Curtis, William, Flora Londinensis, vol. 6 (1789-1798) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Calamintha officinalis (syn. Clinopodium nepeta subsp. glandulosum, Melissa nepeta, Melissa calamintha)C. nepeta (Lesser Calamint) is used…
Lapis Hystericus Mother Stone, Woman Stone, Womb Stone, Vulva Stone, Stone of VenusHysterolithos, Hysteroptera Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Palaeozoologie, Zittel, 1876–1880 Photo taken from Zoologische und paläontologische Objekte, Carola Fey & Reinhard Ziegler (University of Heidelberg website) Zoological name: Fossil brachiopods, most often spiriferids and ortids. (Duffin)Schizophoria vulvaria is commonly given as the source. Parts…
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