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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 26, 2025

Malva Semen, Mallow seed Tukhm e Khubbazi (M. sylvestris, Unani) Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Dong Kui Zi 冬葵子 Dong Kui Zi (TCM)Lcam pa ལྕམ་པ (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Malva sylvestrisKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Musk MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Low MallowFlora von Deutschland (21), Kohler, 1885 Musk Mallow Seed (Dong Kui Zi)…

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Ayurveda | Calcite | Cong Zi | Han Shui Shi | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb | 寒水石

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 5, 2026

Calcite, Han Shui Shi 寒水石 Han Shui Shi (TCM)Cong Zhi ཅོང་ཞི (Tibetan) Calcite crystal(Photo by Slim Sepp) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Calcitum 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…

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Ayurveda | Chlorophytum | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | Musali Safed | Subscription | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 20, 2025

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Gao Ben | Herbal Medicine | Ligusticum sinense | Materia Medica | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | 藁本

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 25, 2025

Ligusticum sinense, Gao Ben 藁本 Chinese LovageGao Ben (TCM) Ligusticum sinenseHooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum (1891) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ligusticum spp. 1. L. sinense2. L. jeholense3. L. tenuissimum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the…

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Ayurveda | Citrus limonum | Galenic Medicine | Greek Medicine | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Lemon | Materia Medica | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb

Limonum, Lemon
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 25, 2025

Limonum, Lemon Leemu (Unani) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Botanical name: Citrus limonum (syn. Citrus medica, Malus medica, Malum citrum) Parts used: Peel, Fruit Temperature & Taste: Peel: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sour, Aromatic; Fruit: Cool, dry. Sour, Sweet. Classifications: Fruit: B. Clears Heat Uses: PEEL:Peel is…

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Artemisia Scoparia | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Yin Chen Hao | 茵陈蒿

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Artemisia scoparia, Yin Chen Hao 茵陈蒿 Virgate WormwoodYin Chen Hao (TCM)Tshar bong dkar po ཚར་བོང་བོང་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibetan Medicine) Artemisia scopariaWaldstein & Kitaibel, Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae (1799-1802) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artemisia capillaris, A. scoparia Parts used: HerbAccording to Tibetan texts, the root is most effective, although the herb is…

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 26, 2025

Olibanum, Frankincense, Ru Xiang 乳香 Also called Thus, Libanos Ru Xiang (TCM)Shallaki (Ayurveda)Kundur (Unani)Spos dkar སྤོས་དཀར (Tibetan) Left: Olibanum; Right: ThusOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Boswellia SerrataMedical Botany, Stephenson and Churchill, 1836 Frankincense tree (Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640) Herbarium, Matthioli (Polish), 1596 Frankincense (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Boswellia thurifera,…

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Aftimo | Ayurveda | Cuscuta | Galenic Medicine | Greek Medicine | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Dodder | Materia Medica | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Cuscuta Herba, Dodder herb Aftimoon (Unani)Akash Bel (Hindi)Tu Si Cao (TCM) Left: Dodder, Cuscuta ; Right: Dodder of Thyme, EpithymumKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 C. europeaBritish Phaenogamous Botany, Baxter, 1834 C. vulgaris (syn. C. epilinum)Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cuscuta spp.European is supplied by C. europea, C. epithymum (syn. C. minor),…

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Ayurveda | Ficus carica | Galenic Medicine | Greek Medicine | Herbal Medicine | Hippocrates | How to use Fig | Materia Medica | TCM | Tibetan Medicine | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | Unani Medicine | Unani-Tibb

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 25, 2025

Ficus, Fig tree Dried Figs were traditionally called CariceAnjeer (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Dried Fig slices added to flower teas in China (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Ficus caricaRelated species are used similarly in various systems. Parts used: Fruit, most…

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

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Dan Shen | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | Salvia miltiorrhiza | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | 丹参

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 1, 2025

Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dan Shen 丹参 Dan Shen (TCM) Salvia Dan Shen flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Salvia Dan Shen dried root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2015) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Salvia miltiorrhiza Parts used: Root and rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter (Some traditional sources have said it…

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Ginseng | Herbal Medicine | Materia Medica | Panax | Ren Shen | TCM | Traditional Chinese Medicine | Traditional Herbal Formula | Traditional Medicine | 人参

Panax, Ren Shen, Ginseng FREE
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 20, 2025

Panax, Ren Shen, Ginseng 人参 Ren Shen (TCM) Panax ginseng (as Aralia ginseng)Baillon, H.E., Histoire des plantes, vol. 7 (1877-1880) Red (left) and White (right) Ginseng (Adam, Chengdu Herb Market) Ginseng often forms man-like roots,hence its name RenShen ‘Man root’.This is similar to the way Mandrakegot its name in the West. This exampleis doing his best Elvis impersonation!…

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