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Deer / Bull Pizzle / Testes Dried Deer Pizzle(Adam, Chengdu Medicine Market, 2017) Dried Deer Pizzle ornately packaged(Adam, 2017) Zoological name: Deer: Cervus spp.Bull: TaurusOther sources used include Pig, Fox, Horse, and in TCM, Dog (traditionally) and Seal Parts used: Dried Penis and/or TesticlesOften the entire Pizzle and Testes are dried and used, this being…
Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi (TCM)Cong Zhi ཅོང་ཞི (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Mineralogical name: CalcitumCalcium carbonate 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 varieties may be also used.Tibetan Medicine…
Centella, Pennywort, Ji Xue Cao 积雪草 Indian Pennywort, Gotu KolaBrahmi, Mandukaparni (Ayurveda)Ji Xue Cao (TCM) Kirtikar, Basu, Indian medicinal plants, Plates, 1918 Centella asiatica(Photo by Md. Siddiq Hasan) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Centella asiatica (syn. Hydrocotyle asciatica)The European C. vulgaris has been used similarly.In India, Brahmi also encompasses Bacopa…
Actinolite, Amianthus, Yang Qi Shi 阳起石 Amianthus, a type of Actinolite (traditionally Alumen plumbosum)Yang Qi Shi (TCM)Rdo chu, Rdo rul, Rdo skyur (Tibet) Amianthus and Asbestos treated together inMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 AmianthusA History of Fossils, Hill, 1751 Actinolite (Heath Canyon, California, USA)Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com Mineralogical name: Green mineral of the amphibole group…
Paeonia suffruticosa, Tree Peony, Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Tree PeonyMu Dan Pi (TCM)Shing pad ma ser po ཤིང་པད་མ་སེར་པོ་ (P. delavayi, Tibetan Medicine) Paeonia suffruticosaThe botanist’s repository [H.C. Andrews] 1806-1807 Paeonia suffruticosa(Photo by Cillas) (Wikimedia) Tree Peony root bark Mu Dan Pi (Adam, 2022) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Paeonia suffruticosa Parts…
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Rapi, Turnip Rape Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Round-rooted TurnipDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Long-rooted TurnipNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Botanical name: Brassica rapaLong (‘Female’), Round (‘Male’) types were differentiated Parts used: Seed, Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent Classifications: 3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3I. APHRODISIAC. 3J. INCREASE SEMEN4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Strengthens Stomach and Spleen,…
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