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Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Origanum dictamnus, Dittany of Crete Bastard Dittany, Dictamnus of Candia New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Botanical name: Origanum dictamnus (syn. Dictamnus creticus) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Moves Blood, Promotes Menstruation: -Promotes Urine, expels a Dead Fetus (Galen)-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea-Uterine diseases…
Crisinis carbonis, Burnt Hair, Xue Yu Tan 血余炭 Xue Yu Tan (Carbonised Human Hair) (TCM)Sha’r (Unani, Avicenna) From ‘Treatise on the Hair‘, Nashua & Co., 1876 (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Homo sapiensIn TCM, burnt Human hair is used.The burnt hair and wool from various quadripeds or from Humans was used in the West. Parts used: Burnt…
Black Salt, Kala Namak Halitum violaceum, Halitum purpureumHimalayan Black Salt, Sonchal SaltKala Namak, Sauvarcala Lavana, Visa Lavana (Ayurveda)Kha ru tsha (Tibet)Zi Nao Sha 紫硇砂 (TCM) Black Salt, Kala Namak(Photo by Hedonistin, Wikimedia) Minerological name: Halitum violaceumIn the Western Tradition, “Indian Salt or “Black Salt” is sometimes listed in formulas. This is said to be a…
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Asphodelus, Asphodel White Asphodel, Royal Staff, King’s Spear, AffodillusAsras, Hunta (Unani) Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581) Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, Dodoens, 1569 Left: White Asphodel; Right: Yellow AsphodelKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Sibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca (1823) Botanical name: Asphodelus ramosusIn Unani, A. fistulosus and…
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Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Various Coral species, including Corallina, dealt with elsewhere (bottom right)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Red Pipe CoralThis…
Alcea, Hollyhock Hollihock, Tree MallowHubbazza (Unani)Gul Khera (Ayurveda, flower)Ha Lo ཧ་ལོ (Tibetan) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Alcea rosea (syn. Althea rosea)Salmon listed 2 varieties: 1. Common Hollyhock2. Tree Hollyhock Common Hollyhock has single-flowered and double-flowered varieties. There are several types of the ‘Tree Hollyhock’. Parts used: Primarily Flowers; other parts…
Nasturtium, Watercress Nasturtium Aquaticum; Classically called Sysimbrium Nasturtium aquaticumOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 Flora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Botanical name: Nasturtium officinale (syn. N. aquaticum, Sisymbrium nasturtium) Parts used: Herb (preferably fresh); sometimes the Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 3O. MASTICATORIES & STERNUTATORIES4f. SPLENETIC 4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Clears…
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