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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 11, 2026

Hematite, Dai Zhe Shi 代赭石 Bloodstone;Lapis Sanguinalis, Ametistus Dai Zhe Shi: ‘Red Stone from Dai County’ (TCM)Gairika (Ayurveda)Shadhanj (Unani)Smug po sbal rgyab སྨུག་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ (Tibetan)Mdung rtse smug po མདུང་རྩེ་སྨུག་པོ་ (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Varieties of HematiteGemmarum et Lapidum Historia, Tollius, 1647 Two different varieties of HematitePhotos by Parent Gery Hematite as available on the Chinese Market…

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Eclipta, Han Lian Cao 旱莲草 Han Lian Cao, Mo Han Lian (TCM)Bhringaraja (Ayurveda)Bhangra (Unani) Eclipta albaMoninckx, Moninckx atlas, vol. 8; (1682-1709) Eclipta albaBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Eclipta alba (syn. E. prostrata, E. punctata, E. erecta, Verbesina alba) Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool (TCM),…

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Honey, Mel, Feng Mi PRO
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

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Manna
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 9, 2025

Manna Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash)Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Botanical name: Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash, Manna Ash) and F. rotundifoliaFraxinus excelsior and other species also supply some MannaManna has been collected from several other plants, used synonymously: Parts used: Secreted…

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China root, Tu Fu Ling
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 25, 2025

China root, Tu Fu Ling, 土茯苓 Tu Fu Ling (TCM)Thu pu ling ཐུ་པུ་ལིང་ལིང་ (Tibetan)Chopachini (Ayurveda)Paranki Cakkai (Siddha)Chob Chini (Unani) A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810 CHINA ROOTNotes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Smilax glabraOthers used include S. ovalifolia, S. zeylanica, S. macrophylla, S. lanceafolia Parts used:…

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 1, 2025

Tinospora, Guduchi Guduchi (Ayurveda)Gilo (Unani)Zet al-Roomi, Zet al-Buta (Arabic)Sle Tres སླེ་ཏྲེས (Tibetan)Kuan Jin Teng (TCM) Tinospora cordifolia Tinospora cordifolia with fruit(Photo by Sanu N) (Wikimedia) Tinospora cordifolia stems as used in Tibetan Medicine.(Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Tinospora cordifolia (syn. Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius)Related species used similarly include T. crispa,…

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Cucumis, Cucumber
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024September 21, 2025

Cucumis, Cucumber Maghz e Tukhm e Khiyar (Unani) Della Materia Medicinale, Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Regular and Long CucumberNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1750 Botanical name: Cucumis sativusSeveral varieties were known including Regular and Long Parts used: Seed kernel Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sweet Uses: 1. One of the 4 Greater…

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Medicines of Hippocrates
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024March 22, 2025

Medicines of Hippocrates The following list give an overview of some of the medicines used by Hippocrates (C. 400 BCE). The writings of Hippocrates contained over 400 different medicines of vegetable, mineral and animal origin. The following contains a representative list of medicines used by Hippocrates.B=medicines known to have been used in Babylonian Medicine. Fruits…

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Timeline of Traditional Medicine
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024October 8, 2025

Timeline of Traditional Medicine The following gives a point-form overview of the history of Traditional Medicine. It is intended to be brief and to allow people to see what was happening in different systems at a given time. Some of the sources for the information given are older sources and therefore certain dates or other…

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Carline Thistle, Carlina vulgaris
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Carlina, Carline Thistle Chameleon, Leucoacantha, Radix Heracanthae New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 (Illustration from «Bilder ur Nordens Flora», Carl Axel Magnus Lindman) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Carlina vulgaris, C. acaulis (Dwarf Carline Thistle) and related speciesBlack and White types were traditionally differentiated Parts used: Root, gathered in spring; rarely the herb Temperature & Taste:…

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 17, 2025

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ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 18, 2025

Euphrasia, Eyebright Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, 1893 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Euphrasia officinalis Parts used: Herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in the west), dry. Pungentastringes, discusses Classifications: 2S. STRENGTHENING4b. OPTHALMIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyesight: (West, Tibet)…

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