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Viper, Bai Hua She 白花蛇Agkistrodon, Qi She 蕲蛇Zaocys, Black Striped Snake, Wu Shao She 乌梢蛇Bungarus, Jin Qian Bai Hua She 金钱白花蛇 Sbrul gyi སྦྲུལ་གྱི (Tibetan) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Vipera berus (syn. V. communus)(Photo by Bouke ten Cate) (Wikimedia) Dried Viper (top), Viper with Live Birth, Heart & Liver (center),…
Acorus, Calamus, Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 Sweet FlagVacha (Ayurveda)Vasambu (Siddha)Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲 (TCM)Shu Dag ཤུ་དག (Tibetan)Waj e Turki (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Calamus (Acorum verum, Acorus of Dioscorides)Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 PseudoacorusNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Local variety of Calamus used in Tibetan Medicine. (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for…
Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen 太子参 Prince GinsengTai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child’s Ginseng) Pseudostellaria heterophylla(Photos by Qwert1234) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Pseudostellaria heterophylla (syn. Krascheninikovia heterophylla, Stellaria heterophylla) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Neutral (slightly Warm and moist), Sweet, slightly Bitter Classification: N. Qi Tonic Uses: 1. Tonify…
Olea, Olive tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Wild and Domestic OliveDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Olea europea Parts used: Fruit (pickled); Leaf; Expressed Oil Temperature & Taste: LEAF: Cool and dry, BitterOIL: Warm and Moist….
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Andrographis, Chuan Xin Lian 穿心莲 Indian GentianKalmegha (Ayurveda)Kiryat (Unani)Rgya Tig རྒྱ་ཏིག (Tibetan)Chuan Xin Lian (TCM) Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1846) Andrographis paniculata(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Andrographis paniculata Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Liver Heat, Resolves Damp: -Liver…
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Haliotis, Abalone, Shi Jue Ming 石决明 Abalone shellShi Jue Ming (TCM) Fischbuch, Gessner, Forrer, 1563 Manual of Conchology, Tryon, 1890 Abalone as a delicacy (Adam, 2017) Zoological name: Haliotis spp. Parts used: ShellIn modern TCM, small shells from farmed abalones are commonly used. These have very little outer crust on the shell so may be…
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