Ovis, Sheep Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Zoological name: Ovis aries and related species Uses: BILE: 1. With Honey for Falling Sickness.2. Applied (with wool) to a child’s navel to loosen the belly.3. Also applied to Cancers: it ‘cures the Carcinoma (anointed)’. (Schroder, Salmon)4. Applied to eye diseases, and dimness of sight (Salmon)5. dropped into…
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Acanthopanax, Wu Jia Pi 五加皮 Wu Jia Pi (TCM) Eleutherococcus senticosusKomarov (Komorov), V.L., Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 16 (?) Eleutherococcus henryiCurtis’s botanical magazine, vol. 136 (1801) Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (called ‘Narrow-leaf Wu Jia‘ in China)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1915 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Acanthopanax spp. (syn. Eleutherococcus spp.) 1. A. gracilistylus …
Angelica Canda (Unani) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Thurneisserus, 1578 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 LEFT: EUROPEAN ANGELICA ROOT; RIGHT: ANGELICA SEEDSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Angelica archangelica Parts used: Root; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classifications: 3A….
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Ceruse, White Lead Cerussa; Flake Lead; Psimytim, AphidegiOxydum Plumbi, Oxydum Plumbi album, Cerussa alba, Subcarbonas Plumbi, Carbonas Plumbi, Subacetas PlumbiIsfidaj (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Beck, 1517 Cerussite crystals on Duftite matrix (from Namibia)Photo by Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical name: Ceruse. Basic Lead Carbonate. PbCO3 (Pb 80%; PbO 86.3%; CO2, 11.3%It is a complex salt composed of…
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Quercus, the Oak Mon cha ra མོན་ཆ་ར (Tibetan) Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Atlas der officinellen pflanzen, Felix, 1899 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Quercus spp.Q. robur, Q. alba, and Q. petraea are currently listed as official Parts used: Bark; Leaf; Acorns and their CupsOak was also the preferred source for…
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Conchite The standard Conchite are fossil Bivalve molluscs. As can be seen below, other shells were also classed as species of Conchite. Metallotheca Vaticana Opus Posthuman, 1719 Museum Wormianum, Olao Worm, 1655 Aldrovani, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 Conchites Lunatus, Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719
Cinnamon twig, Gui Zhi 桂枝 Gui Zhi (TCM) Cinnamonum cassiaKoehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Parts used: twigs Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: A. Clear the Exterior Uses: 1. Clear Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-acute Wind-Cold with sweat; Cold, Flu 2. Warms the Yang, Clears…
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