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Amomum tsao-ko, Cao Guo 草果 Black CardamonCao Guo (TCM) Amomum Cao Guo(Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Amomum tsao-ko (syn. A. hongtsaoko) Parts used: Fruit Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent Classification: J. Aromatics that Resolve Dampness Uses: 1. Moves the Qi, Warms the Stomach, Dries Damp: -epigastric and abdominal…
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Benincasa Semen, Dong Gua Zi 冬瓜子 Winter Melon, Wax GourdDong Gua Zi (TCM) Revue horticole, serié 4, vol. 59: (1887) Botanical name: Benincasa hispida (syn. B. cerifera) Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Discharges Pus: -Phlegm-Heat Cough with thick, yellow Phlegm-Abscess with Pus formation in the Lungs or…
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Poria, Fu Ling 茯苓Poria Rubra, Chi Fu Ling 赤茯苓Poria Cutis, Fu Ling Pi 茯苓皮Poria Pararadicis, Fu Shen 茯神 Indian Bread, Tuckahoe, Hoelen, PoriaFu Ling (TCM)Phu Ling (Tibetan) A whole, wild Poria root (approx. 25cm across) (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Fu Shen, Poria with tree root.Left: Poria still attached to the root; Right: A slice…
Pyrola, Wintergreen, Lu Xian Cao 鹿衔草 Wintergreen, Wild BeetLu Xian Cao (TCM) Pyrola rotundifoliaNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Pyrola rotundifoliaKurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Pyrola rotundifoliaFlora Danica [G.C. Oeder et al],. 1816 Botanical name: Pyrola rotundifolia (Europe)Various local species are used including: Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, Bitter, Astringent Classification: D. Clear Wind…
Lepidium, Garden Cress Cress, PepperwortChandrashura (Ayurveda)Habb-ul-rashad, Halun, Hurf (Unani)Alivirai (Siddha)Zag Hi Li Sar (Sumerian)Sahle (Akkadian) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 lustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 Botanical name: Lepidium sativumSeveral related varieties are used similarly including L. latifolium (Pepperwort)Lepidium apetalum is used similarly in TCM, and is found from Europe to Asia. Parts used:…
Armeniaca, Apricot, Xing Ren 杏仁 Malus Armenius (‘Apple of Armenia’)Xing Ren (Apricot kernel, TCM) Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Prunus armeniacaOther species used in TCM include: 1. P. sibirica 2. P. manshurica 3. P. armeniaca L. var ansu Parts used: Kernel; Oil; rarely the Fruit or FlowerSweet…
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Sarracenia, Pitcher Plant Indian Cup, Small-Pox Plant, Saddle plant, Side-Saddle plantHuang Ping Zi Cao (S. flava, Yellow Pitcherplant) Sarracenia spp.Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Sarracenia purpurea(Photo by incidencematrix) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sarracenia spp. Some claimed the only active species was S. pururea (Morris), while others suggested a number of other species probably possess similar properties including:…
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