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Garcinia pedunculata, Amlavetasa Butter tree, Goa butter, Indian Tallow tree, Red Mango, KokumAmlavetasa, Vetasamla, Amlasar (Ayurveda)Murgal (Siddha) Garcinia indica fresh fruit(Photo: BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU) (Wikimedia) Garcinia indica dried fruit(Photo by Badagnani) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Garcinia spp. 1. G. pedunculata2. G. indica (syn. G. purpurea) G. morella (Vrukshamla) is said to be very similar (Charaka)The fruit of…
Limonite, Yu Yu Liang 禹余粮 Yellow Iron OreYu Yu Liang (TCM)Sin dhu ra (Tibetan-also used for Minium) A Limonite specimen in the Museum of Minerology, Strasbourg(Photo by Ji-Elle) (Wikimedia) A piece of regular Limonite(Photo by Ra’ike) (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Limonite FeO(OH)·nH2OIron oxide-hydroxide Parts used: Prepared mineral Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet Properties: Crystal system: fine…
Scolopendrum, Hart’s Tongue Scolopendrium, Hart’s TongueDeers Tongue, Horse Tongue, Lingua cervina, Hemionitis, Phyllitis Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Two varieties of ScolopendrumLeft: Phyllitis; Right: HemionitisKreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Scolopendrium vulgareMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832 Alternate varieties of Hart’s TongueLeft: Finger Hart’s Tongue; Right: Bastard…
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Chamedrys, Germander Trixago minorKamazarius (Unani) Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Teucrium chamaedrys Parts used: Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter. Classifications: 2A APERIENT MEDICINES. 2C INCIDERS. 2G. CLEANSING. 2K. RESOLVENT3F. LITHONTRIPTIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE4f. SPLENETIC. 4g. HEPATIC. 4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1….
Myrobalan, Chebula Haritaki (Ayurveda)He Zi 诃子 (TCM)Halela (Unani)A Ru Ra ཨ་རུ་ར (Tibetan) Chebulic MyrobalanRoxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel (1795-1819) Chebulic, Emblic, Belleric, Citrine (Yellow) and Indian (Black) MyrobalanA Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 1. Yellow (Citrine) Myrobalan 2. Black (Indian, Nigrum) Myroabalan 3. Chebulic Myrobalan 4. Emblic Myrobalan 5. Belleric Myrobalan Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left…
Dactylorhiza, Finger root Marsh Orchid, Spotted OrchidSalam Panja, Munjataka (Ayurveda)Dbang lag དབང་ལག (Tibetan)Hong Men Lan (China) A species of Dactylorhiza, listed as ‘Female Orchid’ and used as Salep.Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Wild Finger root (Dactylorhiza hatagirea)(Photo by Manas Badge) Finger root, Chengdu Herbal Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO…
Pill Millipede, Shu Fu 鼠妇 Wood Lice, Wood Louse, Hog Lice, Sow Lice, Pill bug, Slater Shu Fu (TCM) Pill Millipedes (Manuscript 13th C., British Library, Harley 3244) Pill MillipedeDioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Hager, 1878 Pill Millipedes (Armadillidium vulgare) (Chengdu Medicine Market, 2015) Entomological name: Two distinct but related genus…
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Antelope horn, Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角 Ling Yang Jiao (TCM)Rgya རྒྱ (Tibetan) Saiga tatarica(Photo by Andrey Giljov) (Wikimedia) Antelope horn used in TCM. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Saiga tatarica is the Traditional and official species.However, due to the endangered nature and the fact that a number of similar horns and related animals can be used…
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