Orchis, Satyrion Testiculus; Dog StonesSalab Misri (Ayurveda)Salep, Salab (Unani)Dbang po lag pa དབང་པོ་ལག་པ (Tibetan) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Male (Orchis)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Female (Dactylorhiza)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Della Materia Medicinale Several different species from Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Ruellio, 1549 Varieties of OrchisNew Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 A number of Orchis and Gymnadenia species used for SatyrionFlorigraphia Britannica, Deakin, 1857 Orchis maculata(‘A’ being the flower of O. morio)Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886 Orchis militarisDarstellung und Beschreibung Pharmacopoea Borussica, Berg, 1858 Salab Gatta  Orchid ‘Salab Misri’ as used Orchis latifolia by the Muslim Uyghur minority (Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) in XinJiang, China (Photo, Adam 2017) Botanical name: Orchis spp. O. maculata (Spotted Orchid, syn. Dactyloriiza masculata) O. mascula (Purple Orchid) O. latifolia O. Morio O. militaris O. pyramiadalis and others. ‘There are diverse sorts of Satyrions, of which, though used promiscuously, the Shops choose the Dogs-stones, or Cynosorchim’. (Schroder) Ovoid and Palmate Tubers are differentiated: Ovoid tubers are primarily gathered from O. mascula (Purple Orchid), O. morio, O. pyramiadalis; less frequently O. militaris, O. fusca, O. coriophora. Related plants that have also furnished Ovoid tubers of trade include Ophrys apifera and…

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