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Topaz Chrysolite of Pliny is thought to be the modern ‘Topaz’Huang Yu (‘Yellow Jade’, TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Topaz(Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com) Mineralogical Name: TopazChrysolite (yellow-green variety of Olivine), Prase, or Chrysoprase have all been suggested as the ‘Topaz‘ of Pliny. Parts used: Prepared Stone (levigated or burned) Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry….
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Bufonite, Toad Stone Serpents’ EyesLapis Bufon, Stelon, Lapis Borax, Batrachites (Pliny), Crapodinae, Lycodontes Hortus sanitatis, 1491 BufoniteMetallotheca Vaticani, Mercati, 1719 Museum Wormianum,Olao Worm, 1655 De Omni Rerum Fossilium,Gesner, 1565 Aldrovandi,Musaeum metallicum, 1648 A History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Lepidote Fossilized Teeth (Toad stone)(Photo by Natural history museum) (Wikimedia) Examples of Toadstone (Lepidotes spp.)(Photo by Baldovio,…
Chicken Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Gallus domesticus Parts Used: Cock and HenMeat, Brains, Liver, Gall Bladder, Gizzard SkinBlood, Bones, Fat, DungEgg Uses: MEAT (Warm, Sweet): 1. Strengthens the Spleen, Benefits Qi:-strengthens the digestion and increases Qi. -loose stools and poor digestion from weakness of the Spleen; also for diarrhea, dysentery, and anorexia….
Rumex, Dock Rumex, Dock LapathumHummad (Unani, Avicenna) Top Left: R. crispus. Top Right: R. obtusifoliusAbove Left: R. acutus. Above Right: R. sanguineusFlora von Deutschland (9), Kohler, 1882 RUMEX CRISUPS RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS 1. Twisted root. 2. Transverse and longitudinal sections. 1. A twisted, furrowed root, annulate at the crown. 2. Numerous transverse and longitudinal sections….
Granatum, Garnet Carbunculus (also used for other red gems)Cinnamon stone (Hessonite)Gomed (Hessonite, Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, 1491 Left and Above:Various GarnetsBritish Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Garnet (South Africa)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical name: The Garnet family is complex and is divided into various types: 1. Aluminium Garnets: Pyrope (Red, Violet, to Black and Green): Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 …
Stachys palustris, Clowns Woundwort Woundwort, Clown’s All-Heal, Purple-flowered Woundwort, Marsh BetonyPanax Coloni, Panax Heracleum Alterum (Latin)Guang Ye Shui Su (TCM) Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Stachys palustris(«Bilder ur Nordens Flora», Lindman, 1917) (Wikimedia) Stachys palustris(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Stachys palustrisS. sylvatica is Hedge Woundwort, used synonymously. Parts used: Whole herb or Root Temperature & Taste:…
Bufo, Toad, Chan 蟾Toad Venom, Chan Su 蟾酥 Toad Venom: Chan Su (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Toad Bufo gargarizans(Photo by DrewHeath) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Bufo spp. 1. Bufo gargarizans (TCM) 2. B. melanostictus (TCM) 3. B. vulgaris (common European Toad) 4. B. marinus (Cane Toad) and B. alvaris may be used similarly. Parts used:…
Plantago Herba, Plantain Herb, Che Qian Cao 车前草 ArnoglossumChe Qian Cao (TCM) Plantago majorOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Plantago minor (P. lanceolata)Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Left: Red Plantain; Right: Greater Plantain Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Plantago majorFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago. lanceolataFlora von Deutschland (20), Kohler, 1885 Plantago asciaticaIllustrations Of Indian Botany, Vol. II, Wight, 1850 Members CLICK HERE for…
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