Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma Sesamum, Sesame, Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 Til, Tila (Ayurveda) Hei Zhi Ma (TCM) Kunjad Siyah (Unani) Til snum  ཏིལ་སྣུམ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1897 (Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sesamum indicum Parts used: Seed (Black are stronger) Temperature & Taste: Slightly Warm, moist. Sweet“It is Hot in the middle and Moist in the last phase of the first degree.” (Avicenna) Classifications: 2K. RESOLVENT.  2L. EMOLLIENT.  2P. HEMOSTATIC.  2Q. ANODYNE.  2U. SUPPURATIVE3H. LACTAGOGUE.  3I. APHRODISIAC.  3J. INCREASE SEMENTCM:N. Yin Tonic Uses: 1. Nourishes and Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys: (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibet)-weakness of the Kidney and Liver Yin (Body moisture), with failing Eyesight, blurred Vision, Tinnitus and Dizziness. (TCM)-for old weak patients, and for those recovering from severe and chronic disease; used for Paralysis, Rheumatism (TCM)-strengthens Bones, Teeth; beneficial in Osteoporosis and chronic lower back pain-‘It is a remedy against … pains of the Joints… It is a remedy against Sounding and Ringing of the Ears’. (Gerard)-good hair tonic and is used for premature Greying of the Hair;-listed by Dioscorides for Fractures, and griefs of the Eyes.-‘It is a fattening drug’. (Avicenna)-‘reinforces Qi, moistens and nourishes the Five Viscera [Heart,…

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