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Dictamnus, White Dittany, Bai Xian Pi Dictamnus, White Dittany, Bai Xian Pi 白鲜皮 Polemonium of the ancients; FraxinellaBai Xian Pi (Root-bark of the Chinese Dittany) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dictamnus alba (syn. D. fraxinella, Fraxinella dictamnus)D. dasycarpus and D. angustifolius are…
Ovis, Sheep Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Ovis aries and related species Uses: BILE: 1. With Honey for Falling Sickness.2. Applied (with wool) to a child’s navel to loosen the belly.3. Also applied to Cancers: it ‘cures the Carcinoma (anointed)’. (Schroder, Salmon)4. Applied to eye diseases, and dimness of sight (Salmon)5. dropped into…
Tinospora Starch, Giloy Satva Giloy Satva, Guduchi Satva, Giloe ka sat (Ayurveda) Tinospora cordifolia Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia and related species. (See Tinospora) Parts used: Starch extracted by water extract Temperature & Taste: Warm (Neutral), Sweet, BitterBalance Vata (Wind) and Pitta (Bile) Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach, Benefits Digestion: –Indigestion, malabsorption–Colic, bloating, abdominal distention–Heartburn, chronic Gastritis–clears…
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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi 五加皮 Wu Jia Pi (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 16 (?) Eleutherococcus henryiCurtis’s botanical magazine, vol. 136 (1801) Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (called ‘Narrow-leaf Wu Jia‘ in China)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1915 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Acanthopanax spp. (syn. Eleutherococcus spp.) 1. A. gracilistylus …
Jade, Yu 玉 Lapis Nephriticus: Nephrite: Kidney StoneYu (TCM)Sangeyasab (Ayurveda, Sanskrit)Yasaba, Hajarul Yasaba (Arabic)Yashab (Unani)Yang tri (Tibetan) Jadeite (Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Two different minerals are called Jade: Parts used: Prepared Green mineral Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Salty Properties: Hardness: Nephrite 5-6; Jadeite: 6.5-7.Refractive index: 1.66-1.68Density: 2.98 – 3.33 g/ccLuster: Greasy…
Angelica Canda (Unani) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEEDSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Angelica archangelica Parts used: Root; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 3A….
Calendula, Marigold CalthaMe tog gur gum མེ་ཏོག་གུརགུམ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Calendula officinalis Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2L. EMOLLIENT3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS. 3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3E. DIURETIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE4c….
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