A gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།
Ba Wei Chen Xiang San (TCM)
Aloeswood 8

Tradition:


Tibetan Medicine

Source / Author:

Herb Name

A ga ru (Aloeswood)
Snying zho sha

Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Ru rta (Costus)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)

Latin


Aquillaria agallocha
Choerospondias axilliaris
Bambusae silicae
Boswellia sacra
Saussurea lappa
Myristica fragrans
Terminalia chebula
Salmalia malabarica

Amount *
100 grams
65 grams
120 grams
60 grams
100 grams
40 grams
300 grams
65 grams
2 parts






1 part ea.

* Here are 2 different amounts for each medicine according to different sources. The version of the right column is as listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia.

Preparation:


Powder

Function:


Clears Heart Fire, nourishes the Heart, Calms the Nerves, Settles Wind, Resuscitates

Use:


1. Coma associated with Heart Fire
2. Wind affecting the Heart which causes Unhappiness, Palpitation
3. Qi stagnation causing Pain in the chest or Liver region
4. Wind disturbing the Spirit associated with poor Intelligence, retardation,
unhappiness, outbursts of anger
5. Madness
6. Delirium
7. Angina Pectoris
8. Tachycardia
9. Coronary Heart Disease (especially with low blood pressure)
10. Trembling
11. Tinnitus
12. Dizziness
13. Stitching pain in the Breasts


Dose:


2–3 grams, 2–3 times daily with arm water, broth, or rice alcohol.

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:


1. A variation:
  A gar (Aloeswood) 100
  Dza ti (Nutmeg) 40
 
Snying zho sha (Choerospondias) 65
  Cu gang (Tabasheer) 120
  Spos dkar (Frankincense)  60
  Ru rta (Costus) 100
  A ru (Chebula) 300
  Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) 65
2.  When taken with Garuda 5 it makes Ar brgyad khyung bsnan. This is used for Heart pain and inflammation, Tachycardia, confusion of Mind and for pricking pain in the upper body.
3. When taken with
Antelope Horn 14 it is called A rgya. It is used for stabbing pains in the upper body, tachycardia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.
4. When Clove, Asafetida and Yak Heart is added it forms Eleven Holders of Life.

Similar Formula:
Aloeswood Clear Wind 8
Eleven Holders of Life

1. Chemical and pharmacological progress on a Tibetan folk medicine formula Bawei Chenxiang Powder
2. Bawei Chenxiang Wan Ameliorates Cardiac Hypertrophy by Activating AMPK/PPAR-α Signaling Pathway Improving Energy Metabolism.
3. [Study on regularity of drug use in Tibetan medicine treating hypertension based on multi-center clinical medical records and “prescription-property-efficacy-disease”].
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