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Sardonyx Sardonyx (Photo by Arpingstone) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Chalcedony type Parts used: Sardonyx as we know it today is red and white banded Agate. However, the term traditionally included a number of other Chalcedony varieties: Pliny described it as having a white opaque layer upon a red transparent layer of true Sard. This was the…
Grasshopper Cicada (classical)Zha Meng 蚱蜢 (TCM)Cha ga pa ཆ་ག་པ་ (Tibet) two forms of GrasshopperHistory of the zoophytes. Goldsmith, 1824 Entomological name: Gryllulus domesticus, G. campestris (Field Cricket)In TCM, local types have been used including G. sigellatus, G. chinensis (Chinese Cricket), G. mitratus,Generally, any local Grasshopper can be used. A Tibetan classic text states that all Grasshoppers…
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Ferula sumbul, Musk root Ferula sumbul, Musk root Sumbul, SambalaRishah-i-kalafs (Unani)Sumbuluttib (Arabic) Curtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Sumbul rootNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Ferula sumbul (syn. F. moschata) Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter. Has a…
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Zataria, Satyr Saatar Faarsi, Al-Saatar, Satyr (Unani) Zataria multifloraHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1883) Botanical name: Zataria multiflora (syn. Z. bracteata)Three varieties are known in Unani: 1. Sahraayi (Wild)2. Kohi (Found on hills)3. Bustaani (Cultivated) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent. The wild is hottest Classification: ‘Dissolvent,…
Draconite, Serpent Stone Stone of a Snakes Head, Snake Stone, Dragon Stone, Lapis DraconiteShe Huang (TCM) DraconiteHortus sanitatis, 1491 Two ‘Snake Stones’ bought by Adam in Rajasthan, India, in 2006. The one of the left waspurchased from a member of the Naga (Snake) caste who showed the supposed skull of the King Cobrait had been…
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