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Amylum, Starch Amidum, AmisumNashastij (Arabic) Preparation of StarchOrtus sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Botanical name: Starch extract from various plants, usually Wheat Parts used: Starch prepared from Wheat bran or Wheat meal. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Benefit the Lungs, Stops Cough: -soreness, dryness, roughness and irritation of the Throat-Cough,…
Perilla Semen, Perilla seed, Zi Su Zi 紫苏子 Perilla seedZi Su Zi (TCM) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50 (1823) Perilla frutescens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Perilla frutescens Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: Q. Stop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Stops Cough and…
Vetiveria, Ushira Cuscus, Khus-KhusUshira (Ayurveda)Khas (Unani)Vattiver (Siddha)Yan Lan Cao (TCM) Vetiveria zizanioidesRheede tot Drakestein, H.A. van, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, (1703) Bunches of Vetiveria zizanioides root for sale at Réunion Island(Photo by David Monniaux) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Vetiveria zizanioides (syn. Chrysopogon zizanioides, Andropogon muricatus, A. squarrosus, Anatherum zizanioides) Parts used: Dried…
Cucurbitas, Gourd Tukhm Kadu (Bottle Gourd seed) (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Botanical name: Various species from the Curcibitaceae, especially from the following 2 genus: 1. Cucurbitas spp., including varieties of C. pepo and C. maxima 2. Lagenaria: Lagenaria siceraria, L. vulgaris (Bottle or White Gourd; Sweet variety is…
Rhamnus catharticus, Buckthorn Rhamnus, Buckthorn Purging Buckthorn Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Rhamnus cathartica Parts used: Berries, fresh or dried; less commonly the Bark Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry: Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Promotes Stool: -chronic constipation, hemorrhoids, and irritation of the bowels and anus.-approved by Commission E for…
Potassium Sulphate, Tartar Vitriolate Kali Sulphuricum, Arcanum Duplicatum, Sal Polycrestum; Specificum purgans, Nitrum fixum: Panacea holsatica Minerological name: Potassium Sulphate. K2SO4 Parts used: Prepared salt Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: -Burning Fever, Putrid Fever, Chronic Fever, Fever from Phlegm or Melancholy;-Measles and other Spotted Fevers; Plague-chronic Heat diseases, Consumption,…
Hematite, Dai Zhe Shi 代赭石 Bloodstone;Lapis Sanguinalis, Ametistus Dai Zhe Shi: ‘Red Stone from Dai County’ (TCM)Gairika (Ayurveda)Shadhanj (Unani)Smug po sbal rgyab སྨུག་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ (Tibetan)Mdung rtse smug po མདུང་རྩེ་སྨུག་པོ་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Varieties of HematiteGemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Two different varieties of HematitePhotos by Parent Gery Hematite as available on the Chinese Market…
Eclipta, Han Lian Cao 旱莲草 Han Lian Cao, Mo Han Lian (TCM)Bhringaraja (Ayurveda)Bhangra (Unani) Eclipta albaMoninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 8; (1682-1709) Eclipta albaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Eclipta alba (syn. E. prostrata, E. punctata, E. erecta, Verbesina alba) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (TCM),…
Bos, Cow Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Bos taurusRelated species are also used Parts used: Bile, Hoof, Horn, Heart, Lungs, Liver, Kidney, Pizzle, Testes, Blood, Bone, Fat Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry Uses: BILE: ‘The best of all Beasts’1. Clears Heat, Alleviate Thirst: -Convulsions from Liver heat (TCM).-Cow bile is specific for Hysteria,…
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