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  • Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium 'Matrona'
  • 17th C Chinese acupuncture chart, lung channel of hand taiyin
  • Lung channel of hand taiyin with point names, Chinese woodcut
  • C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Taichong
  • Chinese woodcut: Types of knives and needles (4)
  • Acu-moxa chart: Lung channel of hand taiyin, Japanese woodcut
  • C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Tongli
  • Early C20 Chinese Lithograph: 'Fan' diseases
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Bencao Gangmu -- Ming materia medica, Trifoliate orange, etc.
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
  • Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Snakes