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Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa གཡེར་ཤིང་པ (Tibetan) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Scrophularia spp. 1. S. nodosa (West) 2. S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM) 3. S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii (Tibetan) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold,…
Arctium Semen, Burdock seed, Niu Bang Zi 牛蒡子 Niu Bang Zi (TCM, Seed) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Burdock seed(Adam, 2025) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artcium lappaGreater and Lesser types were recognised. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: A. Clears Exterior…
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Chlorite Schist, Meng Shi 礞石 Qing Meng Shi (Chlorite Schist)Jin Meng Shi (Vermiculite Schist)Gser bye (Vermiculite) (Tibetan) Chlorite SchistPhoto by Ser Amantio di Nicolao (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Several Minerals fall within the classification of Meng Shi: Parts used: Prepared MineralThe best quality is Blue-Green and sparkling. Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet; Vermiculite is Neutral, Sweet…
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Calamintha, Calamint Also called Mountain Mint New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Greater (top left) and Lesser (right) CalamintParkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Curtis, William, Flora Londinensis, vol. 6 (1789-1798) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Calamintha officinalis (syn. Clinopodium nepeta subsp. glandulosum, Melissa nepeta, Melissa calamintha)C. nepeta (Lesser Calamint) is used…
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Punica Fructus, Pomegranate Fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru སེ་འབྲུ (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan…
Morus Ramulus, Mulberry Twig, Sang Zhi 桑枝 Sang Zhi (TCM） Botanische wandplaten (Plantillustrations) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Morus alba Parts used: Twig Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Bitter Classifications: D. Clear Wind and Damp Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Damp, Clears the Channels, Benefits Joints: -wind-damp joint and muscle pain, especially of the…
Cardamomum, Lesser Cardamom Sukshmaila (Ayurveda)Heel Khurd (Fruit, Unani)Dana Heel Khurd (Seed, Unani)Sug smel སུག་སྨེལ (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Cube, Johann von, 1501 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Lesser CardamonIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica, Pisonis, 1658 Lesser, Medium and Greater CardamonsNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Lesser Cardamon (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the…
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