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Lepidium meyenii, Maca Peruvian Ginseng Lepidium meyenii(Photo by Vahe Martirosyan) (Wikimedia) Maca root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018) Botanical name: Lepidium meyenii (syn. L. peruvianum) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: -Aphrodisiac; increases Sperm-Impotence-Infertility (in men and women)-useful for Menopause (loss of libido,…
Trichosanthes Radix, Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Trichosanthes RootTian Hua Fen, Guo Lou Gen (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) (Welcome, Wikimedia) Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica(Photo by 杉山龍彦) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Trichosanthes kirilowii, T. rosthornii Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste:…
Verdigris, Aerugo, Tong Lu 铜绿 Verdigris, Copper acetateAeris erugoTong Lu (TCM)Zangar, Zanjar (Unani) Aeris erugoHortus sanitatis, 1491 Mineralogical Name: Copper subacetate Parts used: Two main types recognized: 1. Blue or French Verdigris, consisting chiefly of mono-basic Copper Acetate; 2. Green, English, German or Swedish varieties which is chiefly semi-basic Copper Acetate. Temperature & Taste: Hot,…
Populus, Poplar tree Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Black PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 White PoplarKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Black PoplarDella Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 White PoplarNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Black PoplarKoehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 BLACK POPLAR BUDSSquibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Botanical name: Populus nigra (less commonly White Poplar, P. alba)The Aspen (P. tremula)…
Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石 Stalactite, Zhong Ru Shi 钟乳石 Zhong Ru Shi (TCM)Dkar po sbal rgyab དཀར་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ་, Ba nu བ་ནུ་ (Tibet) Aldrovandi, Musaeum Metallicum, 1648 British Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1804 Mineralogical Name: Stalactitum Parts used: Tubular tips Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, pungent Classification: N. Yang Tonic Uses: 1. Strengthens the Kidneys, Benefits Yang:-Impotence,…
Balsam, Balsam tree Balm of Gilead, Balsam of JudeaOil:–Opobalsam–Roghan-e-Balsaan (oil) (Unani)–Bur (Sumerian)–Basmu (Akkadian)Fruit–Carpobalsam–Hab-e-Balsaan (fruit)Wood:–Xylobalsam–Ood-e-Balsaan (wood) True Balsam tree with a guard protecting it, indicating its high valueMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Krater-Buch und kunstliche Conterfeyungen, 1703 Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, Cartes et figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie, 1792…
Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏 Shi Gao (TCM)Godanti (Ayurveda)Jibsin (Unani)Selenite, Lapis Selenite; Lapis Specularis: Affroselinum, Glacies Marie; the Crystallized form of Gypsum Gypsum Affroselinum (Selenite) Alabaster Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871 Gypsum (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Mineralogical name: Calcium sulphateThere are 3 main types of Gypsum: Temperature & Taste: Very Cold,…
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Pulegium, Pennyroyal Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mentha pulegium Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT. 2B ATTENUATER. 2F. PURIFYING. 2H. CARMINATIVE. 2J. RAREFYING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE. 3H. LACTAGOGUE. 3K. EXPECTORANT. 3M. ARTHRITICS4a. CEPHALIC. 4f. SPLENETIC. 4i. UTERINE. 4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Warms the Womb,…
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