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Arctium Semen, Burdock seed, Niu Bang Zi 牛蒡子 Niu Bang Zi (TCM, Seed) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 Burdock seed(Adam, 2025) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Artcium lappaGreater and Lesser types were recognised. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: A. Clears Exterior…
Castoreum Jundbedastar (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Materia Medica Animalia, Peter Peyto Good, 1853 Zoological name: Castor fiber (Eurasian); C. canadensis (North American) Parts used: Aromatic Gland, dried Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, BitterThe genuine has a highly aromatic, fetid, strong, unpleasant scent“It is essentially Hot from the last phase of Third degree…
Punica Fructus, Pomegranate Fruit Shi Liu Zi (TCM)Se bru སེ་འབྲུ (Tibetan)Dadima (Ayurveda)Anardana (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586 Pomegranate Fruit (Adam, 2019) Dried Pomegranate fruit as used inAyurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Punica granatum Parts used: Fruit; the dried, ripe fruit-seed are used in Tibetan…
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Crabs & Crayfish Sdig srin སྡིག་སྲིན (Tibetan)Sartan (Unani)Sartan Behri Sokhta (Burnt Crab) (Unani) Freshwater CrawfishOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Crab Shell and Crab Claws showing the Black Tips (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Cancer spp.Cancer marinus and othersAlso freshwater species of crayfish Parts used:…
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Physalis, Winter Cherry Alkekengi, Halicacabus, CardispermumKaknaj, Habul Kaknaj (Unani) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884 Winter Cherry at the Urumqi Herbal Medicine Market, Xinjiang (Adam, 2017) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Physalis alkekengiP. alkekengi var. francheti and P. pubescens of TCM are used similarly;The related P. minima…
Orpiment, Auripigmentum, Xiong Huang 雄黄 Auripigmentum: Arsenicum (Dioscorides): King’s Gold: King’s Yellow: Yellow ArsenicOld names include Haritala, Adarnech, Alernet, Albimec, Althanacha (Ayurveda)Hartal, Zarnikh (Unani)Xiong Huang (TCM)Ba bla བ་བླ་ (Tibetan) ArsenicumHortus sanitatis, 1491 Exotic Mineralogy, Sowerby, 1811 Orpiment (Adam, 2019) Mineralogical Name: Arsenic Trisulphide, As2S3 Parts used: Prepared mineral Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry, Pungent, Very…
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