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Inonotus obliquus, Chaga Hua Jie Kong Jun 桦褐孔菌 (TCM)Kabanoatanake (Japan) Inonotus obliquus(Photo by Tocekas) (Wikimedia) Inonotus obliquus at the Chengdu Medicine Market(Adam, 2018) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Inonotus obliquus Parts used: Fungii, traditionally only from the Birch treeTypically found on Birch, Elm and Alder trees Temperature & Taste: Neutral. slightly…
Plumbago, Chitraka Leadwort, Ceylon LeadwortChitraka, Chitrak (Ayurveda)Tsi tra ka ཙི་ཏྲ་ཀ (Tibet)Sheetraj Hindi, Chitrak (Unani)Venkodiveli (Siddha)Bai Hua Dan (TCM) Plumbago zeylanicaEdwards’s Botanical Register, 1846 Plumbago zeylanica(Photo by David Eickhoff) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Plumbago spp. 1. P. zeylanica (syn. P. rosea) (White variety) 2. P. indica (Red variety) 3. P. capensis Parts used: Root-bark Temperature & Taste: Very Warm,…
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Bursa pastoris, Shepherds Purse Ji Cai 荠菜 (TCM)Sog ka pa སོག་ཀ་པ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, (?) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Capsella bursa-pastoris Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Mildly Sweet and Bitter dries, binds, astringes Classification: 2P. HEMOSTATIC Uses: 1. Cools…
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Formica, Ant Pismire, Emmet Formica rufaPhoto by Richard Bartz (Makro Freak) Entomological name: Formica spp.Wood Ant: Formica rufaMany species have been used. Various species are used for different conditions in modern TCM. Parts used: Whole AntVarious ants are used which have a strong acid odor (due to formic acid) Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent…
Lycopodium, Clubmoss, Shen Jin Cao 伸筋草 Clubmoss, Stag Horn, Wolf Claw, Snake Moss, Vegetable SulphurMuscus terrestris, Muscus clavatus, Plicaria (old names)Shen Jin Cao “Stretch Tendon Herb” (TCM) Lycopodium clavatumEicones plantarum seu stirpium, Jacobus Theodorus, 1590 Lycopodium clavatumF.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 1 (1887) Lycodium spores under magnificationSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members…
Bombyx, Silkworm, Bai Jiang Can 白僵蚕 Bai Jiang Can (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Silkworm, Silkworm Cocoon, SilkInsectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, 1634 Live Silkworms(Photo by Bingar1234) (Wikimedia) White Dead Silkworm (Bai Jiang Can) (Adam, 2019) Entomological name: Two main species supply the market: Parts used: 1. Dead Silkworm (West)2. White Dead Silkworm (Lava infected…
Flint Flint Silex, Lapis TiliceusNaturally perforated Flint is called Holy Stone, Hag Stone, Witches Stone, Silex Pertusus (‘perforated Flint’) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Varieties of Flint fromAldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 Varieties of FlintBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Silex pertusus, Naturally Perforated Flint, ‘Hag Stone‘Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Flint stonesPhoto by Anton…
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