Anacardium Anacardium, Marking Nut Marking NutBhallataka (Ayurveda)Bhilava, Baladur, Kaaju (Unani)Sorankotai (Siddha)Go bye  གོ་བྱེ  (Tibetan) Herbarium Amboinense, Rumpf, 1755 A Complete History of Drugs, Pomet, London, 1748Descourtilz, Flore médicale des Antilles, 1822 Dried Semecarpus anacardium(Photo by H. Zell) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Semecarpus anacardium Parts used: Detoxified Fruit; resinous juice contained in the seeds; oil Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Sweet. Toxic“It is Hot and Dry in the last stage of the Fourth degree”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: -Sexual Debility; Impotence-Aphrodisiac-increases amount of Semen-Premature Aging; removes Wrinkles, Grey Hair, Loss of Hair (Unani) 2. Clears Damp, Strengthens the Brain and Nerves: -Cold and Damp diseases of the Brain and Nerves-‘great specifics in strengthening the Animal Spirits and Faculties’. (Salmon, Seplasium, 1693)-Strengthens Memory and the Senses; used for mental derangement (West, Ayurveda)-Hemiplegia, Paralysis, Facial Paralysis (Avicenna)-Palpitation 3. Clears Damp, Resolves Masses: -Lymphatic Swellings-Tumors, Cancers-Rheumatoid Arthritis 4. Kills Worms -used for Worms 5. Externally: -juice of the pericarp and the Oil are both escharotics-removes Warts, Leukoderma (Avicenna)-cures Phlegmatic Alopecia (Avicenna)-eliminates Tattoos (Avicenna) Dose: 1. Always begin with smaller doses, increasing as needed.2. While using, avoid heating foods and spices, and anything that aggravates Pitta (Bile).3. Usually decocted in Milk (in…

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