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Cnidium, She Chuang Zi 蛇床子 She Chuang Zi (TCM)La la phud ser po ལ་ལ་ཕུདསེར་པོ (Tibetan Medicine) Cnidium monnieriJacquin, Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, (1770) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Cnidium monnieri (syn. Selinum monnieri) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Classifications: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Warms the Kidneys, Tonifies Yang: -Impotence,…
Leech, Shui Zhi 水蛭 Shui Zhi (TCM) Jonk, Pichchian, Jonkan (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Dried Leech as used in TCM.(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2009) See also Leeching Entomological name: Hirudo and Whitmania spp.In TCM, the Official species used are: There are around 680 species of Leech…
Dendrobium nobile, Shi Hu 石斛 Shi Hu (TCM)Pu shel rtse པུ་ཤེལ་རྩི (Tibet) Dendrobium nobileAtlas des plantes de jardins, Klincksieck, 1896 Bunches of freshly harvested Dendrobium(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Dendrobium spp.D. nobile, D. candidum, D. fimbriatum are listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Parts used: Herb / stem,…
Deglued Deer Horn, Lu Jiao Shuang 鹿角霜 Lu Jiao Shuang (TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Deglued Deer horn (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Cervus spp.A number of Deer species have been used, the main sources in TCM are: 1. C. nippon (Sika Deer) 2. C. elaphus (Red Deer) Parts used: Horn…
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Ammi, Bishop’s Weed, Ajowan Ameos, Ethiopian Cumin, Alexandrian Cumin, Cuminum RegiumNankhuah, Ajwain (Unani)Aatrilal (Ammi majus, Unani)Ajowan, Ajwain, Yavani (Ayurveda) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Left: Ammi copticum; Right: A. majusIcones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Trachyspermum ammi(Photo by Sanjay ach) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Several plants supply Ammi: 1. Trachyspermum ammi (syn. T….
Bees, Apis Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Lustgarten der Gesundtheit, Ryff, 1546 1. Queen Bee, 2. Worker Bee, 3. Male BeeThe Natural History of Insects, Rennie, 1838 Botanical name: Apis spp.A. mellifera; A. indicus, A. sinensis (in China) Parts used: Whole dried Bees; usually toasted or ashed for use Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet….
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