Coral, Shan Hu 珊瑚 Praval (Ayurveda)Marjun (Unani)Bassad, Besed, Bassath (Arabic)Shan Hu (TCM)Byu ru  བྱུ་རུ, Jumar (Tibetan) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Gesner, De Rerum fossilium, 1565 Two main varieties of Red Coral used in medicine including Pipe Coral (top)A History of Plants, Hill, 1751 Red Coral necklaceKrauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Left: Red Coral; Center top: Coral Trunk; Center bottom: Sponge Coral, Stone Coral; Right: White CoralMetallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Various Coral species, including Corallina, dealt with elsewhere (bottom right)Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Red Pipe CoralThis is more commonly used today due to it being found on beaches rather than harvested from reefs(Calcutta Unani Medicine College, Adam, 2019) Red Coral collected from beaches (Adam, 2019) BUY RED CORAL POWDER Zoological Name: Various species of Red Coral: Corallium rubrum (syn. C. nobile, Madrepora rubrum) Corallium konojoi Tubipora musica (Pipe Coral, or Organ Pipe Coral) Other types of Red Coral are also used including the Japanese C. japonicum.White Coral is also used, but less commonly. Parts used: Red and White Coral; Red Coral roots are also used in Ayurveda and Unani medicine.They are either prepared or burnt.Only Coral found washed up on shores should be used. Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Salty, sweet.“It is Cold in…

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