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Divine Farmer's materia medica: TREES MIDDLE CLASS

2/9/2017

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The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica lists Gardenia, Bamboo (foliage), Phellodendron, Wuzhuyu, Mulberry (root bark), Elm (preparation of fruit), Bitter Orange, Magnolia (Houpo - Magnolia officinalis & spp.), Ash, Prickly Ash, Dogwood, Chinese Trumpet Vine, Umbrella Polypore, Jujube (thorns), Longan, Lily Magnolia (Mulan - M. liliflora), Mulberry Mistletoe, Weeping Willow (catkin), Winged Wahoo, Mimosa, Usnea, Ganqi, Shinan, Creeping Prickly Ash, Goldenrain Tree (flower), Baisuichengzhongmu ("Tree In The Midst Of The Hundred Year City")...
... in Sabine Wilms' Shen Nong Bencao Jing - The Divine Farmer's Classic of Internal Medicine.  Yang Shou-Zhong's The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica - A Translation of Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing also has Wood Ear (they are both partial translations), which is a mushroom.  Umbrella Polypore is also a mushroom.  Usnea is lichen.  So, the category is not strictly trees or woods.  And in other categories one will find trees listed, such as Umeboshi under food crops.  

This list has plenty of interesting herbs.  I will be updating this post with discussion of this class of medicinals and some notes on the species mentioned and related species.  But first, read about the Upper Medicinals class: Divine Farmers Upper Medicinals Trees

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