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Pontic Rhubarb or Rhaponticum Rhei Pontici Rapontici, Pontic Rhubarb or RhaponticumEnglish Rhubarb Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757 The Root, from Gerards Herbal, 1636 Botanical name: Rheum rhaponticum Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cool (some said Neutral), dry. Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Poison, Purges:…
Kermes Kermes, Chermes; Kermes Grains; Alhermes; Dying Grains; Grana Tinctorum; Coccum Baphica; Coccus infectorium; Coccus of the Oak Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Illex cocciferaDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Coccus illicis on Holm Oak(Photo by Bernard DUPONT) (Wikimedia) Entomological name: Insect of Coccus illicis (syn. Kermes illicis) on Illex coccifera Parts used: Insect…
Amomum krervanh, Bai Dou Kou 白豆蔻 Round Cardamon, Cluster Cardamon, Java CardamonBai Dou Kou (TCM)Khemama (Unani) Amomum compactumRoscoe, W., Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae (1854) Amomum Bai Dou Kou(Adam, 2025) Botanical name: Amomum krervanh (A. kravanh), A. compactumA number of sources list A. cardamomum (Elettaria cardamomum) as a source of Bai Dou Kou. Parts…
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Lysimachia, Jin Qian Cao 金钱草 LysimachiaJin Qian Cao (TCM) The closely related and similar looking Western Lysimachia nummulariaIcones Plantarum Medicinalium. 1788 Lysimachia christinae flower(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Lysimachia christinae (syn . L. legendrei)A number of plants supply Jin Qian Cao on the Chinese Market: Parts used: Whole…
Myrtus, Myrtle Myrtle, Clove Myrtle, Spanish MyrtleHabb-ul-Ass, Muurad (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Two varieties of MyrtusKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Myrtus communis(Photo by Javier martin) (Wikimedia) Myrtle berries(Photo by Giancarlo Dessì) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Myrtus communis Parts used: Leaves, Fruit (‘berries’), SeedLeaf is more commonly used internally, berries mostly externally“Small…
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