Balsam, Balsam tree
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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,…
Borago, Borage Gaozaban (Unani Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Borago officinalis Parts used: Root (bark removed); Leaf; Flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral (some said Warm), moist; Schroder said Warm and Moist in the 1st degree…
Agrimonia, Agrimony Chinese Agrimony, Xian He Cao 仙鹤草 Xian He Cao (TCM Herbarius Moguntinus, 1484 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, (1885) Eupatorium of Avicenna (left); Eupatorium of Mesue (right)New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Agrimonia eupatoriaA, pilosa and A….
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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang 安息香 An Xi Xiang (TCM)Loban (Unani) Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Two Different varieties of Benzoin available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)Left: is Benzoin Amygdaloides; Right: was called Benzoin in sortis; Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Styrax benzoinSeveral types were traditionally…
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Lupulus, Humulus, Hops Lupulus, Hops Lupulus salictarius, Lupulus reptitius, Volubilis, Humulus, Habiola Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914 Koehler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Humulus lupulus Parts used: Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool (Warm in the west), dry. Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT Uses: 1. Clears Damp-Heat, Opens Obstructions:…
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Capsicum, Chili Chili Pepper, Hot PepperFilfil-i-Surkh (Unani) Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 C. annuaAtlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Left: Fresh Chili; Center: Dried Chili; Right: Crushed Chili Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Capsicum spp. 1. C. annum var. annum (longum type)2. C. frutescens (syn. C. minimum)3. C. baccatum4. C….
Eruca, Rocket Jirjir, Jirjeer (Unani) Wild RocketFuchs, New Kreuterbuch, 1543 Garden RocketSturm et al, Flora von Deutschland in Abbildungennach der Natur, Zweite auflage, vol. 6, 1902 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Eruca spp.GARDEN ROCKET: E. sativa (syn. E. vesicaria, Brassica eruca)WILD ROCKET: E. sylvestris Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Hot,…
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