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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 5, 2026

Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi (TCM)Cong Zhi ཅོང་ཞི (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Calcitum Parts Used: Various types and sources of ‘Calcite’ have been used. Some are related stones, for example, Red Gypsum is used for Calcite in North China and Limestone…

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Galenic Medicine | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | How to use | Kava | Materia Medica | Piper methysticum | Traditional Medicine

Piper methysticum, Kava FREE
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 30, 2025

Piper methysticum, Kava Kava KavaKa Wa Hu Jiao 卡瓦胡椒 (TCM) Image from Natural History Museum, London Piper methysticum (Photo by Forest & Kim Starr) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Piper methysticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly Bitter. Numbing Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Calms the…

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Ayurveda | Galenic Medicine | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Sanicle | Materia Medica | Sanicula europa | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine

Sanicula, Sanicle
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 16, 2025

Sanicula, Sanicle Wood SanicleSanicula, Sennicula, Diapensia, Ferraria minor, Consolida minor Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Botanical name: Sanicula europaWirtzung described three separate herbs called and used for Sanicle: Salmon described several varieties too: Parts used: Leaf; rarely the Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Salty, astringent Classifications:…

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Ayurveda | Chlorophytum | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | Musali Safed | Subscription | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine

Chlorophytum, Musali PRO
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 20, 2025

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Ayurveda | Da Xue Teng | Galenic Medicine | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | Hong Teng | How to use | Materia Medica | Sargentodoxa | Subscription | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 16, 2025

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Gao Ben | Herbal Medicine | Ligusticum sinense | Materia Medica | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | 藁本

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 25, 2025

Ligusticum sinense, Gao Ben 藁本 Chinese LovageGao Ben (TCM) Ligusticum sinenseHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum (1891) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ligusticum spp. 1. L. sinense2. L. jeholense3. L. tenuissimum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the…

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Ayurveda | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | How to use Coleus | Makandi | Materia Medica | Subscription | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine

Coleus, Makandi PRO
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 25, 2025

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Ayurveda | Citrus limonum | Galenic Medicine | Greek Medicine | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Lemon | Materia Medica | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb

Limonum, Lemon
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 25, 2025

Limonum, Lemon Leemu (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Citrus limonum (syn. Citrus medica, Malus medica, Malum citrum) Parts used: Peel, Fruit Temperature & Taste: Peel: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sour, Aromatic; Fruit: Cool, dry. Sour, Sweet. Classifications: Fruit: B. Clears Heat Uses: PEEL:Peel is…

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Artemisia Scoparia | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Yin Chen Hao | 茵陈蒿

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Artemisia scoparia, Yin Chen Hao 茵陈蒿 Virgate WormwoodYin Chen Hao (TCM)Tshar bong dkar po ཚར་བོང་བོང་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Artemisia scopariaWaldstein & Kitaibel, Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia capillaris, A. scoparia Parts used: HerbAccording to Tibetan texts, the root is most effective, although the herb is…

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Ayurveda | Galenic Medicine | Greek Medicine | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Frankincense | Materia Medica | Olibanum | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 26, 2025

Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香 Also called Thus, Libanos Ru Xiang (TCM)Shallaki (Ayurveda)Kundur (Unani)Spos dkar སྤོས་དཀར (Tibetan) Left: Olibanum; Right: ThusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Boswellia SerrataMedical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640) Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 Frankincense (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Boswellia thurifera,…

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Alstonia | Ayurveda | Galenic Medicine | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | How to use | Materia Medica | Saptaparna | Subscription | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine

Alstonia, Saptaparna PRO
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 19, 2025

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Ayurveda | Galenic Medicine | Herbal Formula | Herbal Medicine | How to use | Liquidambar | Lu Lu Tong | Materia Medica | Subscription | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 14, 2025

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