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Plantago ovata, Ispaghul, Psyllium Ispaghul, Ispaghula, Blonde PsylliumAshwagol (Ayurveda)Tukhm Aspghol (Unani) H.G.A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, Plantaginaceae, vol. 269 (1937) Botanical name: Plantago spp.Two main species supply Psyllium or Ispaghul: Parts used: Seed; Mucilage; Seed Husk Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Stomach Heat, Soothes Irritation: -Gastritis-Diarrhea, Dysentery from Heat (seed, seed husks)-has…
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Pisum, Peas Karsana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Pisum sativumSeveral varieties were known and used Parts used: Peas Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot from the first to the second degree and dry in the third degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1….
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Asphaltus, Bitumen Judaicum Judean Pitch, Jew’s Pitch, Resina TerraPissasphaltum is manufactured from Bitumen and PitchQafr al-Yahud (Avicenna) Minerological name: Bitumen Parts used: Traditionally from Judea (Dead Sea) and BabylonThe best was accounted purplish-black. However, other Bitumenous substances were commonly used in its place.‘It is found in the form of light black pieces which are fragile…
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Fossil Spirifer Dove Stone, Swallow StoneShi Yan 石燕 (‘Swallow Stone’, TCM)Byi ‘u mgo བྱི་འུ་ མགོ་ (‘Small Bird Head’, Tibetan Medicine) Fossil Spirifer (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2016) Zoological name: Devonian fossil brachiopods including Spirifer disjunctus Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Salty, slightly Sweet Constituents: Mainly calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, small amount…
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