Medicinal Polypores at the Chengdu Medicine Market Adam, 2016–2018 The Polypores are a class of fungii without gills. They release spores through there ‘many holes’ (thus ‘poly’ + ‘pore’). Many of the medicinally important Polypores grow on either living or decaying wood. Most are hard and woody, being composed of lignans leached of the trees…
Identification Issues in Traditional Medicine By Adam Tate, 2015 When studying medicines and formulas of Tradition Medicine, there are often problems with identifying the exact medicine being referred to. This is for a number of reasons. 1. A Number of sources supply the same Medicine Sometimes different plants, or varieties of plants would supply the…
A Western Astragalus variety similar tothe Chinese Astragalus Huang Qi Astragalus exscapusMedical Botany, Woodville, Vol III, 1810 Introduction Astragalus Huang Qi is an important tonic medicine in TCM. It is derived primarily from A. membranaceus and A. membranaceus var. mongholicus, although there are a large number of local species used including A. ernestii, A. monadelphus,…
Yellow, Chebulic, Belleric, Emblic (stoned), and Black Myrobalans (Adam, 2017) Introduction Myrobalans are a group of fruit originally used in India. Triphala, literally meaning ‘Three-Fruits’, is the Sanskrit name for the three fruits which are collectively called Myrobalans in Western texts. They are some of the most used medicines in all the medicine Traditions with…
Traditional Herb Supplier in Chiang Mai, Thailand Photos by Adam, 2019 A Bulk Herb Wholesaler in Chiang Mai, supplying Traditional Thai and ethnic minority Herbal Medicines. While some of the Herbs are used in Ayurveda and Tibetan Medicine, many of the herbs are unique to Thai Medicine or the ethnic minorities and hill tribes of…
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