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Conchite The standard Conchite are fossil Bivalve molluscs. As can be seen below, other shells were also classed as species of Conchite. Metallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Museum Wormianum, Olao Worm, 1655 Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 Conchites Lunatus, Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719
Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Cinnamonum cassiaKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear the Exterior Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu 2. Warms the Yang, Clears…
Costus, Costus root, Mu Xiang 木香 Mu Xiang (‘Wood Fragrance’) (TCM)Kuth, Kushta (Ayurveda)Qust, Qust Shirin, Kuth (Unani)Ru Rta རུ་རྟ (Tibetan) Sweet and Bitter varieties of CostusHerbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Arabian CostusA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Herbarium, showing various Costus types, A. Bitter Costus;B. Sweet Costus; C and D, Another Costus; E. Costus iridem;F. Costus stem /root crown; G. Arabian CostusMatthioli (Polish),…
Pisum, Peas Karsana (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886 Botanical name: Pisum sativumSeveral varieties were known and used Parts used: Peas Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet“Hot from the first to the second degree and dry in the third degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1….
Auricula, Jew’s Ear, Hei Mu Er 黑木耳 Wood Ear, Jelly EarHei Mu Er (TCM) Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 Black Auricula on the Chinese Market (Adam, 2017) Black Wood Ear (Hei Mu Ear)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Auricularia auricula-judae (syn. Hirneola auricula-Judae, Auricula judae)Several species are used including A. polytrichaIn China, White and Black varieties of Mu Er…
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Asphaltus, Bitumen Judaicum Judean Pitch, Jew’s Pitch, Resina TerraPissasphaltum is manufactured from Bitumen and PitchQafr al-Yahud (Avicenna) Minerological name: Bitumen Parts used: Traditionally from Judea (Dead Sea) and BabylonThe best was accounted purplish-black. However, other Bitumenous substances were commonly used in its place.‘It is found in the form of light black pieces which are fragile…
Ginkgo Semen, Ginkgo Nut, Bai Guo 白果 Ginkgo nutBai Guo (TCM) Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1644 (Welcome) Addisonia, vol. 11: (1926) Botanical name: Ginkgo biloba Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Dry, Bitter, Sweet Classification: R. Astingent Uses: 1. Consolidates the Lungs, Stops Wheezing: -Cough, Asthma, Wheezing-Chronic Cough, Cough with excess phlegm 2. Clears…
Aloe, Lu Hui Lu Hui (TCM)Kumari (Ayurveda)Sibr (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Aloe humilisIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Aloe perfoliataIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Left: Socrotine Aloes, Center: Curacao Aloes; Right: Cape AloeSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Dried Aloe juice(Adam 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Aloe spp.A….
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