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Ivory EborisXiang Ya 象牙 (TCM)Ag (Unani) Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: A number of sources have traditionally supplied Ivory: Modern accepted sources may include: Parts used: 1. Tusks of various above-mentioned animals2. Spodium: Ivory burnt to whiteness Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Cools the…
Talcum, Hua Shi 滑石 Hua Shi (TCM)Talq (Unani)Ha shig ཧ་ཤིག (Tibetan) Green TalcPhoto by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Minerological name: Hydrated Magnesium Silicate Mg3 (Si4Oio) (0H)2 Several varieties are known: Substitutions in the basic formula often occur: Al or Ti can substitute Si; Fe, Mn, and Al can substitute Mg; very small amounts of Ca can substitute…
Arsenolite, Pi Shi 砒石 ArsenicumPi Shi, Pi Shuang (TCM)Sammul Far (Unani) ArsenolitePhoto by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Minerological name: Arsenic trioxide, As2O3Two types are use: 1. Natural Arsenolite ores 2. or from the oxidation of arsenic sulphides, including arsenopyrite, realgar or orpiment Parts used: Prepared MineralRed and White varieties are known. the white being preferred medicinally….
Cinnamon leaf, Indian leaf, Tejapatra Folium Indicum, MalabathrumTejapatra, Tamalapatra (Ayurveda)San Tiao Jin (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Dried Cinnamomum tamala leaf, Tejapatra(Photo by Stanhopea) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cinnamomum tamalaCinnamomum zeylanica and C. malabathrum have been listed as alternate sources. Parts used: Leaf Temperature &…
Chrysanthemum indicum, Ye Ju Hua 野菊花 Gundandi, Sevanti (Ayurveda)Ye Ju Hua (TCM) Chrysanthemum indicumCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1903 Chrysanthemum indicum(Photo by KENPEI) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Chrysanthemum indicum Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet Classification: B. Clear Heat and Toxin Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin: -acute Wind-Heat Fever; Influenza; acute sore Throat-acute…
Illicium, Star Anise, Da Hui Xiang 大茴香 Anisum StellatumDa Hui Xiang (TCM)Badyan Khatai (Unani) Star AniseIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800–1806 Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Star Anise fruit(Photo by Sanjay Acharya) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Illicium spp.: 1. I. verum2, I. anisatum (Japanese Star Anise) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: M….
Paeoniae lactiflora, Chinese Peony, Shao Yao 芍药 White Peony, Bai Shao 白芍Red Peony, Chi Shao 赤芍 P. lactifloraThe Botanical Register, Edwards & Lindley, 1815 Slices of wild, unsulphured White Peony Bai Shao (Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: TCM uses 2 types of herbaceous Peony, designated ‘Red’…
Aetites, Eagle Stone, Geode Lapis Aetites: ‘Stone with a Child’: Lapis Erodialis: Lapis AquileiusAkathmakath (Unani) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Aldrovandi, Musaeum metallicum, 1648 Metallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Gemmarum et lapidum historia Tollius 1647 Minerological name: Geode Pliny listed several varieties: Rulundus in…
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Drynaria, Gu Sui Bu 骨碎补 Fortune’s Drynaria RhizomeGu Sui Bu (TCM)Be ljang re ral བེ་ལྗང་རེ་རལ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Drynaria fortuneiH.S. Hu, R.C. Ching, Icones filicum Sinicarum, vol. 4 (1937) Aglaomorpha coronans(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Drynaria fortunei (syn. D. roosii, Polypodium fortunei, Aglaomorpha fortunei) Parts used: Root Temperature…
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