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Olea, Olive tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Wild and Domestic OliveDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Olea europea Parts used: Fruit (pickled); Leaf; Expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: LEAF: Cool and dry, BitterOIL: Warm and Moist….
Calcined Boar Feces, Gar nag གར་ནག ‘Black Camphor’Gar nag (Tibetan Medicine) Zoological name: Sus scrofa and related species Parts used: Carbonised Boar dung Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin: -Septic disorders-Infectious and Epidemic Fevers-Tumors from Bile-also regarded as an antidote to poison in the West 2. Promotes Digestion, Clears…
Pyrethrum, Pellitory Spanish Camomile, Pellitory of Spain; BertramAaqarqarha, Ood al-qarh (Unani)Akarkara, Aakarakarabha (Ayurveda)Akirakaram (Siddha)Dingir Babbar (Sumerian)Samas (Akkadian) Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Left: Greater Pyrethrum; Right: Lesser PyrethrumKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Medical Botany, Stephenson & Churchill, 1836(Image by Rawpixel) (Wikimedia) 1, Broken surface showing radiate ridges. 2. Tuft of…
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Lobelia Indian Tobacco, Pukeweed, Asthma Weed, Emetic rootDevanala (Ayurveda) Lobelia inflataAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 1. Channeled and winged stems.2. Mass of leaves and stems.3. Inflated calyx.4. Three types of leaves.5. Raceme of flowers(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Botanical name: Lobelia inflata Parts used: Whole Herb; Dried aerial…
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Malachite Molochite, Melochites, Chrysocolla (Dioscorides)Kong Que Shi 孔雀石 (TCM)Spang ma སྤང་མ (Tibetan)Dahnaj (Unani)Za Tu Mus Gir (Sumerian) MelochitesHortus sanitatis, 1491 MalachitePhoto by Miguel Calvo (Wikimedia) Minerological name: MalachitumGreen Copper Carbonate with admixture Parts used: Mineral, usually washed or burned for internal use.Nodular or laminate varieties are used. Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sour, Astringent. Slightly…
TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS Sweating Western Tradition Compounds Sage infusion (taken cool)Gelatin of Deer HornSyrup Against ConsumptionSage TinctureCooling Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Frigidum)Tragacanth Cooling Powder (Diatragacanth Frigidum)Halys PowderNew Rose Powder (Rosata Nouvelle)Restorative Electuary (Antidotus Analeptica) (Nicholas)Electuary of Coral (Diacorallion)Electuary of Pine Kernels (Lohoch de Pino) (Mesue) Powder for Excess Sweating (externally)Oil of Quince (externally)Myrtle…
Andrographis, Chuan Xin Lian 穿心莲 Indian GentianKalmegha (Ayurveda)Kiryat (Unani)Rgya Tig རྒྱ་ཏིག (Tibetan)Chuan Xin Lian (TCM) Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1846) Andrographis paniculata(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Andrographis paniculata Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Damp: -Liver…
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