Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig –> Caltha, Marsh Marigold, Rta rmig རྟ་རྨིག་ Marsh Marigold, Water Buttercup, Brave Celandine, American Cowslips, Tussilago altera Rta rmig che ba རྟ་རྨིག་ཆེ་བ་ (C. palustris, Tibet) Ma Ti Ye (TCM) Kushrya (Ayurveda) Lesser Marsh MarigoldSalmon, Botanologia (1710) Caltha palustris (Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885) Caltha palustris(Photo by Robert S Remie) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Caltha spp. C. palustris (syn. C. polypetala) (West, Tibet, TCM) var. himalensis (Tibet) var. membranacea (TCM) var. sibirica (TCM) C. scaposa (Tibet) C. alba (Tibet) Salmon in Botanologia (1710) listed 3 varieties: Greater, Lesser and Double-flowered.Caltha palustris is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Other local varieties such as the American C. flabellifolia (Mountain Marsh Marigold) are probably synonymous. Parts used: Aerial parts in flower Temperature & Taste: Very Warm, dry. Pungent, SweetSalmon said the root is Hot and dry. Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Wind, Resists Poison:-Cold, Flu, acute Fever-Summer-heat (TCM)-Venomous Bites (Duke)2. Moves the Blood, Disperses Swelling: (Tibet, TCM)-Wounds, Trauma, Bruising-acute inflammations-Dysmenorrhea, Menstrual disorders (Herbal Medicine PDR)-Scrofula, Tumors, Cancer (Duke)-Uterine Cancer (Materia Medica And Therapeutics, Blair, 1907)-heals Fractures (Tibet)-‘constricts openings of the channels’ (Tibet)3. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:-Edema, Fluid retention-Jaundice-it is also…

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