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Formica, Ant Pismire, Emmet Formica rufaPhoto by Richard Bartz (Makro Freak) Entomological name: Formica spp.Wood Ant: Formica rufaMany species have been used. Various species are used for different conditions in modern TCM. Parts used: Whole AntVarious ants are used which have a strong acid odor (due to formic acid) Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent…
Lycopodium, Clubmoss, Shen Jin Cao 伸筋草 Clubmoss, Stag Horn, Wolf Claw, Snake Moss, Vegetable SulphurMuscus terrestris, Muscus clavatus, Plicaria (old names)Shen Jin Cao “Stretch Tendon Herb” (TCM) Lycopodium clavatumEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Lycopodium clavatumF.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 1 (1887) Lycodium spores under magnificationSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members…
Bombyx, Silkworm, Bai Jiang Can 白僵蚕 Bai Jiang Can (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Silkworm, Silkworm Cocoon, SilkInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Live Silkworms(Photo by Bingar1234) (Wikimedia) White Dead Silkworm (Bai Jiang Can) (Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Two main species supply the market: Parts used: 1. Dead Silkworm (West)2. White Dead Silkworm (Lava infected…
Flint Flint Silex, Lapis TiliceusNaturally perforated Flint is called Holy Stone, Hag Stone, Witches Stone, Silex Pertusus (‘perforated Flint’) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Varieties of Flint fromAldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 Varieties of FlintBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Silex pertusus, Naturally Perforated Flint, ‘Hag Stone‘Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Flint stonesPhoto by Anton…
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Sambucus Flos, Elder flower Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Della Materia Medicinale,Andrea Valuassori, 1562 ‘Common’ and ‘Jagged’ ElderParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Sambucus nigra Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS. 2F. PURIFYING. 2J. RAREFYING. 2L. EMOLLIENT. …
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