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Chenopodium, Goosefoot Fat Hen, White Goosefoot, Wild Spinach, PigweedVastuka (Ayurveda)Parupukeerai (Siddha)Bathua (Unani)al-Sarmagh (Arabic)Sne ‘U སྣེའུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Li (TCM) Chenopodium albumE. Korsmo, Unkrauttaflen – Weed plates – Planchesdes mauvaises herbes – Ugressplansjer, (1934-1938) Botanical name: Chenopodium album (syn. Atriplex alba)In Tibetan Medicine, several types of Sne ‘U are used: 1. C. album (Sne ‘U) 2. C. botrys 3. C. album subsp. pedunculare 4….
Potassium Sulphate, Tartar Vitriolate Kali Sulphuricum, Arcanum Duplicatum, Sal Polycrestum; Specificum purgans, Nitrum fixum: Panacea holsatica Minerological name: Potassium Sulphate. K2SO4 Parts used: Prepared salt Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: -Burning Fever, Putrid Fever, Chronic Fever, Fever from Phlegm or Melancholy;-Measles and other Spotted Fevers; Plague-chronic Heat diseases, Consumption,…
*Argemone mexicana, Mexican Poppy Prickly Poppy, Yellow ThistleShialkanta, Swarnaksiri (Ayurveda)Satyanasi (Unani)Piramathandu (Siddha)Ji Ying Su (TCM) Millspaugh, C.F., American medicinal plants, vol. 1 (1892) Botanical name: Argemone mexicana Parts used: 1. Seed; Expressed Oil of the Seed2. Whole plant; Plant latex Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Constituents: Alkaloids:Seed: sanguinarine, dihydrosanguinarineLatex: berberine (0.74%), protopine (0.36…
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Aspongopus, Stink Bug, Jiu Xiang Chong 九香虫 Jiu Xiang Chong (TCM) Aspongopus spissusSchouteden, Genera Insectorum 153rd fascicule 1913 (Image from Wikimedia) Stink Bug (Menecles insertus)(Photo by Katja Schulz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Aspongopus chinensis and others are used in ChinaMenecles spp. are also sources of Stink Bug.Related species can probably be used synonymously.A. nepalensis is used…
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Heart, Cordis Zoological name: Various animal Hearts have been used: Parts used: 1. Fresh Heart in Decoction2. Dried and prepared Heart3. Tincture (prepared from the dried Heart)4. Distilled Water or Spirit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, salty Uses: 1. Strengthens the Heart: –Heart weaknerss-Palpitations or Arrhythmias from Heart weakness Rabbit / Hare Heart has other…
Goat Blood, Capra Sanguinis Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Zoological name: Capra hircus and related species Parts used: Dried Blood“The blood which is used in medicines must be taken from healthy animals”. (Avicenna) Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Salty Classifications: 3F. LITHONTRIPTIC Uses: 1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Breaks Stones: -Edema, Dysuria-Gravel, Stones (considered Specific)-Arthritis-“the use…
Akebia Caulis, Mu Tong 木通 Chocolate VineMu Tong (TCM) Akebia quinataLindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829-1847) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Akebia spp. 1. A. quinata 2. A. trifoliata 3. A. trifoliata var. australis Parts used: Caulis Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Classification: C. Clears Damp, Promote Urine Uses: 1. Clears…
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