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Alchemilla arvensis, Parsley Piert Knawell, Parsley Breakstone, German Knotgrass, Polygonum germanicum Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Oeder, Flora Danica, (1761-1883) Botanical name: Alchemilla arvensis (syn. Aphanes arvensis, Alchemilla occidentalis) Parts used: Herb, fresh or dried (fresh was considered best) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Classifications: Diuretic, Lithontriptic, Abstersive, Vulnerary, Nephritic Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes…
Serenoa, Saw Palmetto Sabal Saw Palmetto (Forestry Images) (Wikimedia) Saw Palmetto fruit(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Serenoa repens (syn. S. serrulata, Chamaerops serrulata Sabal serrulata) Parts used: Ripe Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, Dry. Pungent, slightly Sweet Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: -Impotence–urinary obstruction, Dysuria-nocturnal urination-Spermatorrhea-Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), Prostatitis-it is…
Gold, Aurum, Jin 金 Jin (TCM)Gser གསེར (Tibetan)Tila (Unani)Svara (Ayurveda) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Native GoldBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 The Latrobe Gold Nugget (717 grams)Photo by Gump Stump Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Aurum Parts used: 1. Gold Leaf or Powder 2. ‘Potable Gold’ (Gold in dissolution) 3. Ash (Bhasma) 4….
Shilajit, Mumiya Shilajit –Punjabi Asphalt, Indian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Punjabinum–Shilajit (Ayurveda)–Brag zhun བྲག་ཞུན (Tibetan)–Xue Ling Zhi 血灵脂, Shi la ji te 施拉吉特 (TCM)–Mumiya Hindi (Unani)Mumiya, Momiya, Mumiai–Persian Pissasphalt–Asphaltum Persicum, Mumiai Persica–Mumiya, Mumiya Farisi (Unani) Mumia, showing the use of Mummified Human bodies supplied by grave robbers.Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Massive lump of raw (unpurified) Shilajit from Sichuan province,…
Turquoise Turkey StoneTurchois (Latin)Gyu གཡུ་ (Tibet)Lu Song Shi (TCM)Rajvart, Turkhaja, Viraja, Pirojaka (Ayurveda)Firoza (Unani) TurchoisHortus sanitatis, 1491 Turquoise (Arizona)(Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Minerological name: Turquoise CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2OHydrated Copper and Aluminium Phosphate (CuO 9.78%; Al2O3 37.6%; P2O5 34.9%; H2O 17.7%).Copper is responsible for its Green color, although Iron is said to contribute also.Dark blue Turquoise has…
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Corydalis, Yan Hu Suo 延胡索 Yan Hu Suo (TCM)Su mi སུ་མི (Tibet) Corydalis yanhusuo Corydalis glaucescens Gartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 27 (1878) Corydalis decumbens(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Corydalis yanhusuo (syn. C. ternata)Others used in various parts of China include C. turtschaninovii (classical source), C. repens,…
Santalum, Sandalwood, Tan Xiang 檀香 Chanana (Ayurveda)Tan Xiang (TCM)Tsan Dan Dkar Po ཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ (Tibetan)Sandal Safed (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Santalum album,Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Australian Sandalwood available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (2010) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Santalum album (White); S. citrinum (Yellow);The Australian Sandalwood (S. spicatum, S. lanceolatum) are used and are…
Ricinus Oleum, Castor Oil CataputiaArand (Unani)Dan Khra དན་ཁྲ (Tibetan) New Kreüterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 Atlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Castor leaves (above) and Seed pods (right) (Adam, 2017) Castor seedParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Botanical name: Ricinus communi Parts used: Expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist. Pungent…
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