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Calamine, Lu Gan Shi 炉甘石 Lapis Calminaris, Smithsonite, Zinc sparLu Gan Shi (TCM)Gangs Thigs གངས་ཐིགས (‘Drops of Snow’, Tibetan)Rasaka, Kharpara (Ayurveda) Smithsonite(Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Mineralogical name: Calamina; Smithsonitum Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet Classifications: 2T. GLUTINATE 2Z. CICATRIZING4b. OPTHALMICS TCM:T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Clears Heat,…
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Orobanche, Broomrape Gro shang rtse གྲོ་ཤང་རྩེ (Tibetan Medicine)Cao Cong Rong, Lie Dang (Sky-blue Broomrape, O. coerulescens, TCM) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Orobanche Major (O. caryophyllacea)Curtis, Flora Londinensis, vol. 4: 1781-1784 Orobanche albaA.G. Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, vol. 4 (1836) A number of Broomrape varieties found in England and Europe including (from…
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Hydrastis, Golden Seal Koehler’s Medicinal Plants, 1887 Hydrastis canadensis(Photo by James Steakley) (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Hydrastis canadensis Parts used: Root and Rhizome Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp: -Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea-Catarrh, Sinusitis from Heat and Damp-Jaundice 2. Clears Liver Heat: -Eczema, skin…
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Cerasa, Cherry Aloo Baloo Valo, Aluvalu, Elavaluka (Ayurveda) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Dried Sour Cherry as used in Ayurveda and Unani Botanical name: Prunus spp. 1. P. avium (Mazzard, or Sweet Cherry) 2. P. cerasus (Morello, or Sour Cherry)Sour Red and Sweet Black varieties were used;…
Wax, Cera La 蜡 (TCM)Madhuchista (Ayurveda)Shehad ke chattay ka mom (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Pharmacetical name: Cera from Apis, the Bee. Parts used: Clarified Beeswax Temperature & Taste: “Moderate in temperament” (Avicenna) Classification: T. External Medicines Uses: 1. Softens Hardness, Soothes Irritation: -mildly softening and dissolvent (Avicenna)-softens hardness of the…
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Nummulite, Shadnaj Shadnaj (Unani)Shadnaj Maghsool (Prepared Stone, Unani)Shudnaj Udsee (Arabic) “Foraminifera,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 10, 1911 Photograph by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). (Wikimedia) Photo by Vassil at Basel Museum (Wikimedia) Minerological name: Nummulite, a type of Foraminifera Parts used: Prepared Fossil Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Uses: 1….
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