A gar dgu pa  ཨ་གར་དགུ་པ་
Aloeswood 9


Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:



Herb Name

Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Snying zo sha
Ru rta (Costus)
A byag gzer ‘joms
Shing kun (Asafetida) **

Li shi (Clove)
Sman chen (Black Aconite)
A ru ra (Chebula)

Latin


Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Choerospondias axillaris
Saussurea lappa
Pyrethrum tatsinensis
Ferula foetida
Eugenia caryophyllus
Aconitum ferox

Terminalia chebula
Amount *
30 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
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50 grams
10 grams
50 grams
30 grams
40 grams
40 grams
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20 grams
30 grams
25 grams
40 grams

* Different sources have given differing amounts for each medicine. Both sources are derived from Men Tsee Kang
** This was originally Sha chen, Human flesh.

Preparation:


Powder and form Pills with Honey.

Function:


Calms the Heart, Settles Wind, Calms the Mind and Spirit

Use:


For Heart rLung [Wind]: chesp oppression, poor memory and concentration, chaotic thoughts, nervousness, insanity
1. Palpitations
2. Arrhythmia
3. Heart diseases with inflammation: myocarditis, endocarditis
4. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5. Chaotic thoughts
6. Anxiety
7. Mental illness, Insanity
8. Fainting
9. Mental illness with seizures
10. Traditionally for the effects of Evil Spirits


Dose:


2 grams
“if washed down with decoction of Gzer ‘joms (Pyrethrum tatsiense), the effectiveness of will increase”
*washed down with strong Chang [Barley alcohol], the rlung [Wind] in the Heart will immediately calm down, as well as the chaotic
thoughts, fainting [etc.]” (Men Tsee Kang)


Cautions:


1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy

Modifications:


This can be made without Aconite, but is more effective when added.

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