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Gold Bhasma Gold AshSvarna Bhasma (Ayurveda)Gser thal (Tibet) Minerological name: Aurum cini Parts used: Prepared Gold Temperature & Taste: Mildly Warm, dry. Bitter and Sweet Unani says Gold is neither Hot or Cold, Classification: Uses: 1. Increases Qi, Nourishes Essence: (West, Ayurveda, Tibet) –Rasayana (tonifies 7 Body Constituents) (Ayurveda)–Tonic to the Heart, Brain, Liver and all…
Lophatherum, Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹叶 Dan Zhu Ye (TCM) Lophatherum gracileDuperrey, L.I., Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette deS.M. La Coquille, pendant les années 1822-1825, Atlas (1826) Botanical name: Lophatherum gracile Parts used: Leaf and stem Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter Classifications: B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: 1. Clears Heat,…
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Frog Oviduct, Ha Ma You 蛤蟆油 Forest Frog OviductHa Ma You (TCM) Rana dybowskii(Photo by Pierre Fidenci) (Wikimedia) Packaged Frog Oviduct and Guangzhou Medicine Market.(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Rana dybowskii (Official)Other species are also used including R. chinensis and R. temporaria Parts used: Dried Oviduct, harvested in Autumn Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Salty Constituents:…
Silver Bhasma Rajata Bhasma, Raupya Bhasma (Ayurveda)Dngul thal (Tibetan)Nuqra Kushta (Unani) Minerological name: Argentum Parts used: Prepared Silver Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sour, SweetCopper Bhasma principally settles Kapha (Phlegm) and Vata (Wind) Constituents: Silver 67-96%, with admixtures of Al, Ca, phosphate, chloride and carbonate. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: –Heat and Toxin affecting…
Phellinus, Sang Huang 桑黄 Black Hoof MushroomSang Huang (‘Mulberry Yellow’), Sang Huang Ling Zhi (TCM)Meshima (Japan)Phansomba (Ayurveda, used for Phellinus and Ganoderma species) Boletus igniarius (syn. Phellinus igniarius)Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (Sowerby, 1797–1809) Sang Huang from the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2018) Phellinus igniarius, photo by George Chernilevsky (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE…
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Ulmus rubra, Slippery Elm Red Elm C.S. Sargent, The Silva of North America, (1898) F.A. Michaux, The North American sylva, vol. 3 (1819) Slippery Elm bark1, Outer surface of the peeled bark with adhering patches of cork.2, Fibers showing at the broken ends. 3, The long, coarsely striated inner surface.(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs,…
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