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  • Illicium verum Hook.f. Illiciaceae Chinese Star Anise Distribution: China. Illicium anisatum Japanese Star Anise. Distribution Japan. Illicium verum is used as a spice in Asian cooking and for Star Anise tea. The distilled oil is added to cough mixture used by children. Introduced to Europe in 1588 (Pharmacographia Indica, 1890). Illicium anisatum syn. religiosum, has been confused with it (Lindley, 1838, Bentley 1861) but is poisonous and was used to make incense in Japanese and Chinese temples. It was called Skimi by Kaempfer. The seed pods of both species contain shikimic acid (the name being derived from the Japanese word for the plant - shi-kimi) from which Tamiflu, the antiviral drug was synthesised. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Specimen : celeberrimis pharmacopoeis Parisiensibus exponendam : die sabbath decima quinta mensis Decembris A.R.S.H.M.D.C.C.III ... Diascordium Fracastorii ... Pulvis Comitissae Kanth [sic] ... Guttae Anglicae Regiae ... Quodquidem ... / moderatore A.F. Boulduc ... conficere tentabit Claudius Josephus Geoffroy.
  • Birkbeck, T. B.
  • Cinnamic Acid
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
  • Theory of diseases treated with Minor Bupleurum decoction
  • Theory of diseases treated with chaihu guizhi tang, Chinese