Gnyen po bco brgyad  གཉེན་པོ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་
Antidotal 18

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Gur gum (Safflower) Li shi (Clove) Ru rta (Costus) A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) Jam Bras (Indian Beech) Sha ru (Deer horn) Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) Bong dkar (White Aconite) Rgya tshos (Lacca) Btsod (Madder) Bri mog (Onosma) Zhu mkhan (Symplocos) Brag zhun (Shilajit) Gi wang (Bezoar) Gla rtsi (Musk) Chog la (Cinnabar) *

Latin Carthamus tinctorius Eugenia caryophyllus Saussurea lappa Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Caesalpinia crista Cornu Cervi Pterocarpus santalinus Aconitum heterophyllum Laccifer lacca Rubia cordifolia Onosma echioldes Symplocos racemosa Asphaltum Calculus Bovis Moschus Mercuric Sulphide Amount 150 grams 40 grams 80 grams 150 grams 100 grams 120 grams 50 grams 20 grams 120 grams 50 grams 70 grams 70 grams 70 grams 100 grams 150 grams 10 grams 10 grams 25 grams

* Cinnabar must be prepared by washing it before use

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills

Function:

Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Moves the Blood, Opens Obstructions

Use:

1. Heat of the Kidneys
2. Urinary retention
3. Trauma, especially of the Kidneys or Lower Body
4. Poisons
5. Blood diseases (Blood heat and Blood Stasis)
6. Menstrual irregularites
7. Dysmenorrhea
8. Diseases of the Spine and Nerves {White Channel Disease}

Dose:

2 grams twice daily with warm water.

Cautions:

1. Avoid long term use
2. Not used during Pregnancy or in Children

Modifications:

1. Swellings of the neck, combine with Garuda 9

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