A gar nyi shu  ཨ་གར་ཉི་ཤུ་
Er Shi Wei Chen Xiang (TCM)
Aloeswood 20

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

A gar (Aloeswood)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Snying zho sha
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Ru rta (Costus)
A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)
Li shi (Clove)
Bse yab (Bengal Quince)
Gur gum (Safflower)
Ma nu (Inula)
Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn) *
Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl)
Ko byi la (Nux vomica) **
Sa dzin (Barley smut)
Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)
Ri bong snying (Rabbit Heart)
Gi wang
(Bezoar)

Latin


Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Choerospondias axillaris
Bambusae silicae
Boswellia sacra
Saussurea lappa
Terminalia chebula

Salmalia malabarica
Pterocarpus santalinus
Eugenia caryophyllus
Chaenomeles speciosa
Carthamus tinctorius
Inula helenium
Rhinoceros spp.
Mater Margarita
Strychnos nux vomica
Ustilago nuda
Emblica officinalis
Lepus Cor
Calculus Bovis

Amount


200 grams
40 grams
60 grams
100 grams
50 grams
100 grams
150 grams
60 grams
150 grams
40 grams
50 grams
130 grams
100 grams
30 grams
50 grams
40 grams
100 grams
100 grams
20 grams
1 gram

* Burnt Deer horn is substituted for Rhino horn
** Hairs removed (prepared according to traditional methods)

Preparation:


Pills about the size of a pea

Function:


Clears Heat, Regulates Qi and Blood, Settles Wind

Use:


“especially this medicine helps with diseases of the white canals [Nerves] and with hemorrhage of the Brain”
1. Neurological disorders
2. Hysteria
3. Madness
4. Insanity
5. Dumbness
6. Symptoms as a result of Stroke (CVA)
7. Tongue tied, Difficult Speech, Stuttering
8. Numbness of the extremities
9. Loss of sensitivity
10. Hemiplegia
11. Parkinson’s Disease
12. Mixed Blood and Wind disorders
13. Fever from Wind


Dose:


2–3 pills before bed with warm water

Cautions:


1. Avoid overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy

Modifications:



1. Longzhibu disease and its therapeutic effects by traditional Tibetan medicine: Ershi-wei Chenxiang pills.
2. [Intervention of Tibetan medicine–twenty wei chenxiang pill on elevation of hypoxic pulmonary arterial pressure in rats].
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