Sources for Mineral Materia Medica
Western Tradition
-Albertus Magus: The Book of Secrets, edited by M. R. Best and F. H. Brightman, Oxford University Press, 1974.
-Avicenna, The Canon of Medicine, Laheh Bakhtiar, in 5 Volumes, 1999
-Barba, Albaro Alonso, The Art of Metals, in which is declared the manner of their Generation, and the Concomitants of them in 2 Books. Written in Spanish by Albaro Alonso Barba ... in 1640. Translated in the Year 1669 by R.H. Edward, Earl of Sandwich, Printed in London, 1674.
-Charras, Moses, The Royal Pharmacopeia; Galenical and Chemical, According to the Most Eminent and Learned Physicians of France by Moses Charras, the Kings Chief Operator in his Royal Garden of Plants, 1678.
-A Compendium of Alchemical Processes, Extracted from the Writings of Glauber, Basil Valentine, and other Adepts; first published in 1894, reprinted in 1981 by Samuel Weiser.
-Culpeper, A Physical Directory, or a Translation of the Dispensatory made by the College of Physitians of London, 2nd Edition, Nicholas Culpeper, London, 1650.
-Culpeper, Pharmacopeia Londinensis; or the London Dispensatory, 6th Enlarged Edition, Nicholas Culpeper, 1659.
-Dioscorides, The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides, 1959.
-Dioscorides, Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
-French, John, The Art of Distillation, 1651
-Giambattista della Porta (John Baptista Porta, 1537-1615), Natural Magic
-Hartman, George, A Choice Collection of Rare Secrets and Experiments in Philosophy as also Rare and Unheard of Medicines, Menstrums, and Alkahests ... Collected and Experimented by the Honourable and Truly Learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, by George Hartman, 1682
-Hildegard von Bingen; Physica, (in German) by Herder, 1997
-Jewel House of Art and Nature, containing Diverse Rare and Profitable Inventions with Divers Chemical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation and the Rare practices and uses thereof, by Sir Hugh Plat, London, 1653.
-Le Febure, Nicasius, A Compleat Body of Chemistry, Laid open in 2 Books, and Dedicated to the use of all Apothecaries by Nicasius le Febure, Royal Professor in Chemistry to his Majesty of England, Fellow of the Royal Society, translated from the French, London, 1670.
-Lowe, Peter, The Whole Course of Chiurgerie, Facsimile of the First Edition of 1597, produced by the Classics of Medicine Library, 1981
-The Magic of Kirani, King of Persia, and of Harpocration, 'Containing the Magical and Medicinal Vertues of Stones, Herbs, Fishes, Beasts and Birds. Published and Translated into English from a Copy found in private hand’, 1685
-Pharmacopeia Bateana: or Bate's Dispensatory, translated from the second Edition of the Latin Copy, by William Salmon, London, 1694
-Pliny; A Roman Book on Precious Stones (Translated by Ball), 1950
-Renodeus, his ‘Dispensatory containing the Whole Body of Physic ... in 5 Books ... with a most Perfect and Absolute Pharmacopeia’ by Renodeus, Physician to the King of France, translated by Richard Tomlinson, 1657.
-Rulundus, Martinus, A Lexicon of Alchemy, or Dictionary of Alchemy, by Martinus Rulandus, Frankfurt, 1612; reprinted by Samuel Weiser, 1984.
-Salmon, William, The New London Dispensatory in 6 Books, 1678
-Salmon, William, Doron Medicum: or, a Supplement to the New London Dispensatory in 3 Books, 1683.
-Salmon, William, Phylaxa Medicina, Supplement to the London Dispensatory, and Doron, being a Cabinet of Choice Medicines, 1688.
-Schroder, Dr. John, 'The Compleat Chymical Dispensatory, in five books ... written in Latin, by Dr. John Schroder, that most famous and faithful Chymist, and Englished, By William Rowland, Dr. of Physick ... London: Printed by John Darby ... 1669'.
-Wirtzung, Christopher, Praxis Medicinae Universallis; or A General Practice of Physick, compiled and written by Christopher Wirtzung in German; Translated into English and Corrected by Jacob Mosan, Printed in London, 1598.
Chinese Sources
-A Barefoot Doctors Manual, Running Press, 1977.
-Chinese Materia Medica in 5 books by B. E. Read, being a translation of the Pen Tsao Kang Mu of the 17th Century, Reprinted by Southern Materials Center, 1982
-Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 6 Vols., Foreign Language Press, China, 2006
-Bensky, Clavey, Stoger, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3Ed, 2004
-The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica, A Translation of the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing by Yang Shou-zhong, Blue Poppy Press, 1998
-Hong-Yen Hsu, Ph.D.; Oriental Materia Medica-A Concise Guide, Oriental Healing Arts Institute, 1986
-personal information collected in Sichuan, China (Adam, 2009–2018)
Tibetan Medicine
-Formulary of Tibetan Medicine, Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, Ph.D., Classics India Publications, Delhi, India, 1988.
-Tibetan Medicine; translated by Rechung Rinpoche Jampal Kunzang, University of California Press, 1976
-Essentials of Tibetan Medicine, Thinley Gyatso, Chris Hakim, 2010
-Tibetan-English Dictionary of Tibetan Medicine and Astrology, Drungtso and Drungtso, 2005
-Tibetan Medicine; a series of Journals published by Library of Tibetan Works between 1980-1985
-personal visit to Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India (Adam, 2006)
-personal visit to Men Tsee Kang in Lhasa with personal teaching from the Director of the Institute (Adam, 2009)
Unani
-Al Biruni's Book on Mineralogy - The Book most Comprehensive in Knowledge on Precious Stones, Pakistan, 1989
-Hamdard Pharmacopoeia of Eastern Medicine, 1997
-Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah, Efraim Lev & Zohar Amar, 2008
-Introduction to Ilmul Advia, Dr. Hifzul Kabir, Hamdard University New Delhi, 2002
-Vohora, S.B. and Athar, Mohammad, Mineral Drugs used in Ayurveda and Unani Medicine, Narosa Publishing, India, 2008
-product information gathered in Rhajasthan, India, 2006 & Kolkata, India 2019 (Adam)
Indian/Ayurveda
-Bhattacharrya, Benoytosh, Gem Therapy, India, 1976
-Dash, Vaidya Bhagwan, Alchemy and Metallic Medicines in Ayurveda, Delhi, 1986.
-Dash, Vaidya Bhagwan, Iatro-Chemistry of Ayurveda (Rasa Sastra), Delhi, 1994.
-Johari, Harish, The Healing Power of Gemstones in Tantra, Ayurveda and Astrology, Destiny Books, 1996.
-Mason, Andrew and Smith, Vaidya Atreya, Rasa Shastra: The Hidden Art of Medical Alchemy, 2014
-Mukerji, B, The Wealth of Indian Alchemy and Its Medicinal Uses (2nd Revised Edition), in 2 Volumes, Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi, 1998
-Ramamurthi Iyer, T.G., The Handbook of Indian Medicine; The Gems of the Siddha System, Sri Satguru Publications, India, 1986.
-Reddy, Dr. K. Rama Chandra, Text Book of Rasa Sastra, 2010
-Savnur, H.V., Ayurvedic Materia Medica with Principles or Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sri Satguru Publications, India, 1988.
-Sharma, Priya Vrat, Essentials of Ayurveda, Delhi, 1993
-Vohora, S.B. and Athar, Mohammad, Mineral Drugs used in Ayurveda and Unani Medicine, Narosa Publishing, India, 2008
-product information gathered in India, 2006 (Adam)
-personal communication with a master of Rasa Shastra, Jaipur, Rhajastan, 2006
-Albertus Magus: The Book of Secrets, edited by M. R. Best and F. H. Brightman, Oxford University Press, 1974.
-Avicenna, The Canon of Medicine, Laheh Bakhtiar, in 5 Volumes, 1999
-Barba, Albaro Alonso, The Art of Metals, in which is declared the manner of their Generation, and the Concomitants of them in 2 Books. Written in Spanish by Albaro Alonso Barba ... in 1640. Translated in the Year 1669 by R.H. Edward, Earl of Sandwich, Printed in London, 1674.
-Charras, Moses, The Royal Pharmacopeia; Galenical and Chemical, According to the Most Eminent and Learned Physicians of France by Moses Charras, the Kings Chief Operator in his Royal Garden of Plants, 1678.
-A Compendium of Alchemical Processes, Extracted from the Writings of Glauber, Basil Valentine, and other Adepts; first published in 1894, reprinted in 1981 by Samuel Weiser.
-Culpeper, A Physical Directory, or a Translation of the Dispensatory made by the College of Physitians of London, 2nd Edition, Nicholas Culpeper, London, 1650.
-Culpeper, Pharmacopeia Londinensis; or the London Dispensatory, 6th Enlarged Edition, Nicholas Culpeper, 1659.
-Dioscorides, The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides, 1959.
-Dioscorides, Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
-French, John, The Art of Distillation, 1651
-Giambattista della Porta (John Baptista Porta, 1537-1615), Natural Magic
-Hartman, George, A Choice Collection of Rare Secrets and Experiments in Philosophy as also Rare and Unheard of Medicines, Menstrums, and Alkahests ... Collected and Experimented by the Honourable and Truly Learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, by George Hartman, 1682
-Hildegard von Bingen; Physica, (in German) by Herder, 1997
-Jewel House of Art and Nature, containing Diverse Rare and Profitable Inventions with Divers Chemical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation and the Rare practices and uses thereof, by Sir Hugh Plat, London, 1653.
-Le Febure, Nicasius, A Compleat Body of Chemistry, Laid open in 2 Books, and Dedicated to the use of all Apothecaries by Nicasius le Febure, Royal Professor in Chemistry to his Majesty of England, Fellow of the Royal Society, translated from the French, London, 1670.
-Lowe, Peter, The Whole Course of Chiurgerie, Facsimile of the First Edition of 1597, produced by the Classics of Medicine Library, 1981
-The Magic of Kirani, King of Persia, and of Harpocration, 'Containing the Magical and Medicinal Vertues of Stones, Herbs, Fishes, Beasts and Birds. Published and Translated into English from a Copy found in private hand’, 1685
-Pharmacopeia Bateana: or Bate's Dispensatory, translated from the second Edition of the Latin Copy, by William Salmon, London, 1694
-Pliny; A Roman Book on Precious Stones (Translated by Ball), 1950
-Renodeus, his ‘Dispensatory containing the Whole Body of Physic ... in 5 Books ... with a most Perfect and Absolute Pharmacopeia’ by Renodeus, Physician to the King of France, translated by Richard Tomlinson, 1657.
-Rulundus, Martinus, A Lexicon of Alchemy, or Dictionary of Alchemy, by Martinus Rulandus, Frankfurt, 1612; reprinted by Samuel Weiser, 1984.
-Salmon, William, The New London Dispensatory in 6 Books, 1678
-Salmon, William, Doron Medicum: or, a Supplement to the New London Dispensatory in 3 Books, 1683.
-Salmon, William, Phylaxa Medicina, Supplement to the London Dispensatory, and Doron, being a Cabinet of Choice Medicines, 1688.
-Schroder, Dr. John, 'The Compleat Chymical Dispensatory, in five books ... written in Latin, by Dr. John Schroder, that most famous and faithful Chymist, and Englished, By William Rowland, Dr. of Physick ... London: Printed by John Darby ... 1669'.
-Wirtzung, Christopher, Praxis Medicinae Universallis; or A General Practice of Physick, compiled and written by Christopher Wirtzung in German; Translated into English and Corrected by Jacob Mosan, Printed in London, 1598.
Chinese Sources
-A Barefoot Doctors Manual, Running Press, 1977.
-Chinese Materia Medica in 5 books by B. E. Read, being a translation of the Pen Tsao Kang Mu of the 17th Century, Reprinted by Southern Materials Center, 1982
-Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 6 Vols., Foreign Language Press, China, 2006
-Bensky, Clavey, Stoger, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3Ed, 2004
-The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica, A Translation of the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing by Yang Shou-zhong, Blue Poppy Press, 1998
-Hong-Yen Hsu, Ph.D.; Oriental Materia Medica-A Concise Guide, Oriental Healing Arts Institute, 1986
-personal information collected in Sichuan, China (Adam, 2009–2018)
Tibetan Medicine
-Formulary of Tibetan Medicine, Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, Ph.D., Classics India Publications, Delhi, India, 1988.
-Tibetan Medicine; translated by Rechung Rinpoche Jampal Kunzang, University of California Press, 1976
-Essentials of Tibetan Medicine, Thinley Gyatso, Chris Hakim, 2010
-Tibetan-English Dictionary of Tibetan Medicine and Astrology, Drungtso and Drungtso, 2005
-Tibetan Medicine; a series of Journals published by Library of Tibetan Works between 1980-1985
-personal visit to Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India (Adam, 2006)
-personal visit to Men Tsee Kang in Lhasa with personal teaching from the Director of the Institute (Adam, 2009)
Unani
-Al Biruni's Book on Mineralogy - The Book most Comprehensive in Knowledge on Precious Stones, Pakistan, 1989
-Hamdard Pharmacopoeia of Eastern Medicine, 1997
-Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah, Efraim Lev & Zohar Amar, 2008
-Introduction to Ilmul Advia, Dr. Hifzul Kabir, Hamdard University New Delhi, 2002
-Vohora, S.B. and Athar, Mohammad, Mineral Drugs used in Ayurveda and Unani Medicine, Narosa Publishing, India, 2008
-product information gathered in Rhajasthan, India, 2006 & Kolkata, India 2019 (Adam)
Indian/Ayurveda
-Bhattacharrya, Benoytosh, Gem Therapy, India, 1976
-Dash, Vaidya Bhagwan, Alchemy and Metallic Medicines in Ayurveda, Delhi, 1986.
-Dash, Vaidya Bhagwan, Iatro-Chemistry of Ayurveda (Rasa Sastra), Delhi, 1994.
-Johari, Harish, The Healing Power of Gemstones in Tantra, Ayurveda and Astrology, Destiny Books, 1996.
-Mason, Andrew and Smith, Vaidya Atreya, Rasa Shastra: The Hidden Art of Medical Alchemy, 2014
-Mukerji, B, The Wealth of Indian Alchemy and Its Medicinal Uses (2nd Revised Edition), in 2 Volumes, Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi, 1998
-Ramamurthi Iyer, T.G., The Handbook of Indian Medicine; The Gems of the Siddha System, Sri Satguru Publications, India, 1986.
-Reddy, Dr. K. Rama Chandra, Text Book of Rasa Sastra, 2010
-Savnur, H.V., Ayurvedic Materia Medica with Principles or Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sri Satguru Publications, India, 1988.
-Sharma, Priya Vrat, Essentials of Ayurveda, Delhi, 1993
-Vohora, S.B. and Athar, Mohammad, Mineral Drugs used in Ayurveda and Unani Medicine, Narosa Publishing, India, 2008
-product information gathered in India, 2006 (Adam)
-personal communication with a master of Rasa Shastra, Jaipur, Rhajastan, 2006