Herbal Materia Medica
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“Materia Medica” is a term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing.
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- Commonly Used Herbology Terms and Definitions
Herbs that grow in an area take on the characteristics of their environment and are particularly useful for the treatment of those ailments associated with the climate and other conditions of the area. In any region, there are perhaps a dozen important herbs that can be used to treat most illnesses encountered there.
Wishing you and abundance of health and happiness!
A
Achillea mullefolium (Jyll Renee)
Althea Officinalis (Jyll Renee’)
Arnoglossa (Becki Baumgarnter)
Artemidia vulgaris (Jyll Renee’)
Astragulus membranaceous (Jyll Renee’)
B
Banaf Shah (Becki Baumgartner)
Bazir Dam Bil (Becki Baumgarnter)
Berberis auqifoluim (Jyll Renee’)
Bitterwort (Becki Baumgartner)
Black Walnut Hull (Jyll Renee’)
Breitwegerich (Becki Baumgartner)
Broadleaf Plantain (Becki Baumgartner)
Buyuk Sinirliot (Becki Baumgartner)
C
Cankerwort (Becki Baumgartner)
Capsicum frutescenes (Jyll Renee’)
Carpenter’s Herb (Jyll Renee’)
Cat’s Foot (Becki Baumgartner)
Ch’E Ch’len (Becki Baumgartner)
Che Qian Zi (Becki Baumgartner)
Chin Yin Hua (Becki Baumgartner)
Chin Yin T’Eng (Becki Baumgartner)
Chinese Honeysuckle (Becki Baumgartner)
Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Jyll Renee’)
Clockflower (Becki Baumgartner)
Common Blue Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Common Plantain (Becki Baumgartner)
Creeping Charlie (Becki Baumgartner)
Cukoo’s Bread (Becki Baumgartner)
D
Daum Sejumbok (Becki Baumgartner)
Dioscorea villosa (Jyll Renee’)
Doonheadclock (Becki Baumgartner)
Duraznillo (Becki Baumgartner)
E
Echinacea Augustifolia (Jyll Renee’)
Echinacea Pallida (Jyll Renee’)
Echinacea Purpurea (Jyll Renee’)
Ekur Anjing (Becki Baumgartner)
English Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Englishman’s Foot (Becki Baumgartner)
Ephedra (E. gerardiana, E. sinica, E. equisatina) (Jyll Renee’)
European Valerian (Jyll Renee’)
F
Fairy Clock – Leaf (Jyll Renee)
Floh-Knöterich (Becki Baumgartner)
Fragrant Valerian (Jyll Renee)
G
Garden Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Gechi Qulaghi (Becki Baumgartner)
Gill-Go-By-The-Hedge (Becki Baumgartner)
Gill-Over-The-Ground (Becki Baumgartner)
Glechoma hederacea (Becki Baumgartner)
Great Plantain or Greater Plantain (Becki Baumgartner)
Greater Plantain (Jyll Renee’)
Grote Weegbree (Becki Baumgartner)
Ground Ivy (Becki Baumgartner)
H
Hall’s Honeysuckle (Becki Baumgartner)
Hedge Maids (Becki Baumgartner)
Honeysuckle (Becki Baumgartner)
Hydrocotyle Asiatica (Jyll Renee’)
Hypericum Perforatum (Jyll Renee’)
I
Ilex paraguayensis (Jyll Renee’)
Indian Pennywort (Jyll Renee’)
Indian Sarsparilla (Jyll Renee’)
Indiana Arrowroot (Jyll Renee’)
Irish Daisy (Becki Baumgartner)
J
Jamaican Sarsparilla (Jyll Renee’)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Becki Baumgartner)
Jen Tung Chiu (Becki Baumgartner)
Jen Tung Ka0 (Becki Baumgartner)
Jin Yin Hua (Becki Baumgartner)
Juice from Lilies (Jyll Renee’)
K
Knotweed (Lady’s Thumb) (Becki Baumgartner)
Kokulu Menekse (Becki Baumgartner)
L
Lady’s Thumb (Becki Baumgartner)
Laurus albida (Becki Baumgartner)
Lavandula officinalis (Jyll Renee)
Leonurus Cardiaca (Jyll Renee)
Lian Qian Cao (Becki Baumgartner)
Lisan Al Hamal (Becki Baumgartner)
Lion’s Teeth – Leaf (Jyll Renee)
Lion’s Teeth – Root (Jyll Renee)
Lion’s Tooth (Becki Baumgartner)
Lizzy-Run-Up-The-Hedge (Becki Baumgartner)
Llantén común (Becki Baumgartner)
Llantén major (Becki Baumgartner)
Llanten Mayor (Becki Baumgartner)
Lomatium Dessectum (Jyll Renee)
Lonicera Japonica (Becki Baumgartner)
Lycopus virginicus (Jyll Renee)
M
Ma Huang (Chinese Version) (Jyll Renee)
Maarts Viooltje (Becki Baumgartner)
Marananta arundinaceae (Jyll Renee)
Matricaria recutita (Jyll Renee)
Meloh Kiloh (Becki Baumgartner)
Mountain Cranberry (Jyll Renee)
Mouse Ear Chickweed (Jyll Renee)
N
Nepeta Hederacea (Becki Baumgartner)
Nioi-Sumire (Becki Baumgartner)
O
Ordinary Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Oregon Grape Root (Jyll Renee’)
Otot Ototan (Becki Baumgartner)
P
Paullinia cupana (Jyll Renee’)
Pee-in-the-Bed – Leaf (Jyll Renee’)
Pee-in-the Bed – Root (Jyll Renee’)
Piper methipticum (Jyll Renee’)
Piss-in-Bed (Becki Baumgartner)
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Becki Baumgartner)
Plantago Asiatica (Becki Baumgartner)
Plantago Lanceolata L. (Jyll Renee’)
Plantago major (Becki Baumgartner)
Plantago major L. (Jyll Renee’)
Plantain – Broadleaf (Becki Baumgartner)
Polygonum Hydropiper (Becki Baumgartner)
Priest’s Crown (Becki Baumgartner)
Preists-crown – Root (Jyll Renee)
Pu Gong Ying (Becki Baumgartner)
Purple Coneflower (Jyll Renee)
Purple Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Pursicaria (Becki Baumgartner)
Q
Quercus Species (Becki Baumgartner)
R
Rat-Tail Plantain (Jyll Renee’)
Red Clover Blossoms (Jyll Renee’)
Red Raspberry Leaf (Jyll Renee’)
Ren Dong Hua (Becki Baumgartner)
Renouée persicaire (Becki Baumgartner)
Rhammus Purskiani Cortex (Jyll Renee’)
Ripple Grass (Becki Baumgartner)
Robin-Run-In-The-Hedge (Becki Baumgartner)
S
Sage of Bethlehem (Jyll Renee’)
Sailor’s Tobacco (Jyll Renee’)
Sangka Buwah (Becki Baumgartner)
Sassafras Albidum (S. variforum, S. officinale) (Jyll Renee’)
Saw Palmetto Berries (Jyll Renee’)
Scutellaria Lateriflora (Jyll Renee’)
Sei Ohr Re (Becki Baumgartner)
Sembung Otot (Becki Baumgartner)
Shuang Hua (Becki Baumgartner)
Smartweed (Lady’s Thumb) (Becki Baumgartner)
Soldier’s Woundwort (Jyll Renee)
Spotted Ladysthumb (Becki Baumgartner)
St. John’s Herb (not St.John’s Wort) (Jyll Renee)
Suii-Kazura (Becki Baumgartner)
Suri Pandak (Becki Baumgartner)
Sweet Blue Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Sweet Violet (Becki Baumgartner)
Sweetweed Mallow (Jyll Renee’)
Swine’s Snout (Becki Baumgartner)
Symphytum officinale (Jyll Renee’)
T
Tanacetum parthenium (Jyll Renee’)
Tanchagem-maior (Becki Baumgartner)
Taraxaci herba (Becki Baumgartner)
Taraxaci cum herba (Becki Baumgartner)
Taraxacum officinale (Becki Baumgartner)
Taraxacum officinale – Leaf (Jyll Renee’)
Taraxacum officinale – Root (Jyll Renee’)
Tear-thumb (Becki Baumgartner)
Trifolium Pretense (Jyll Renee)
U
V
Valeriana Officinalis (Jyll Renee)
Verbascum Thapsus (Jyll Renee)
Viola odorata (Becki Baumgartner)
Violette Des Jardins (Becki Baumgartner)
Vitex Agnus Castus (Jyll Renee)
W
Water Pepper (Lady’s Thumb) (Becki Baumgartner)
White Honeysuckle (Becki Baumgartner)
White Man’s Foot (Becki Baumgartner)
Wild Endive (Becki Baumgartner)
X
Y
Yellow Gowan (Becki Baumgartner)
Z
Zingiber officinale (Jyll Renee’)
Recommended Reading
- Ortho’s All About Herbs by Maggie Oster
- Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health by Rosemary Gladstar
- Secrets of the Chinese Herbalists by Richard Lucas
- Sunset Herbs: An Illustrated Guide by The Editors of Sunset Magazine
- The Herbal Drugstore by Linda B. White, M.D.
- The Natural Physicians’s Healing Therapies: Proven Remedies Medical Doctors Don’t Know by Mark Stengler, ND
- The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine by Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
- The Way of Herbs by Michael Tierra, L.Ac., O.M.D.
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