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Benefits of Powdered Medicine By Adam TateSeptember, 2019 Powdered medicines have been used since antiquity. Powders have a number of benefits over other forms of administration and yet tend to be less commonly used by modern practitioners. Some of the most wonderful formulas in the history of Traditional Medicine have been prepared as powders (or…
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Swallows Nest, Yan Wo 燕窝 Yan Wo (TCM) Swallows Nest (Adam, 2015) ‘Red Blood Birds Next’, the most expensive (Adam, 2015) Zoological name: White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus);Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus Parts used: Nest Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Sweet Constituents: The nest contains mucopolysaccharides, and good levels of calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium as well as…
Helix, Snail Wo Niu 蜗牛 (TCM)Bu skyogs འབུ་སྐྱོགས་ (Snail shell, Tibet) Herbario nuovo, 1667 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Helix pomatia(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Zoological name: Helix spp. Others reportedly used include H. vermiculata, H. quaesita, H. ravida, H. similaris, H. hortensis, and H. arbustorum (Shrub Snail)In China, Bradybaena similaris and others…
Porcus, Pig Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Peraldus (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Zoological name: Scrofus domesticus Temperature & Taste: ‘It is a phlegmatic moist creature’ Uses: BILE (Cool. Bitter):1. Clears Heat: -Typhoid and other extreme fevers, relives thirst; -Purgative and diuretic. (Gall Bladder is used similarly in TCM) 2….
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Prunus humilis, Dwarf Cherry seed, Yu Li Ren 郁李仁 Bush Cherry PitYu Li Ren (TCM) Prunus japonicaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1909) Botanical name: Prunus humilis, P. japonica, P. pedunculata, P. triloba, P. salicina, P. simoniiGreater and Lesser types are known on the market Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Neutral, moist. Sweet, Bitter, Pungent Clasification: E….
Nelumbo Receptaculum, Lotus Receptacle, Lian Fang 莲房 Lian Feng (TCM) Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829) Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Nelumbo nucifera Parts used: Receptacle Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter Classification: L. Stop Bleeding: Uses: 1. Clears Blood Stasis, Stops…
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