Shing kun nyer lnga  ཤིང་ཀུན་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Asafetida 25

Tradition:


Tibetan Medicine

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Shing kun (Asafetida)
Gar nag (Burnt Pig stool)
Brong khrag (Yak heart) **
Li shi (Clove)

Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Shing tsha (Cinnamon)
Sga skya (Galangal)
Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)
Pho ba ris (Black Pepper)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Gul nag (Myrrh)
Rgya tshos (Lacca)
Shu dug (Calamus)
Se bru (Pomegranate)
Sgog skya (Garlic) ***
Sug smel (Cardamon)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Ru rta (Costus)
Ma nu (Inula)
Sle tres (Tinospora)
Rgyam tshwa (Rock Salt)
Sman chen (Aconite)
Go snyod (Caraway)
Ri snying (Hares Heart) ****

Latin


Ferula foetida
Porcum faeces burnt
Pocephagus grunniens
Eugenia caryophyllus
Myristica fragrans
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Kaempferia galanga
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Boswellia sacra
Commiphora myrrha
Laccifer lacca
Acorus calamus
Punica granatum
Allium sativum
Elettaria cardamomum
Terminalia chebula
Aquillaria agallocha
Saussurea lappa
Inula racemosa
Tinospora cordifolia
Sodium chloride
Aconitum ferox
Carum carvi
Lepus spp.

Amount *
9 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
3 grams
10 grams
2 grams
8 grams
10 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
2 grams
5 grams
5 grams
2 grams
10 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
3 grams
10 grams
3 grams
2 grams

* Two different sources have given different proprotions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang. The right column is from Mongolian sources.
** This was originally Human flesh, but was replced with Yak Heart.
*** The Mongolian version prescribes Garlic ashes (Sgog thal).
**** Human Placenta was originally ordered, but now Rabbit (Hare) Heart is used.

Preparation:


Powder and form Pills.

Function:


Settles Wind, regulates Qi

Use:


“Helps with the introduction of rlung [Wind] into flesh, skin, blood vessels and bones, with the introduction of rlung [Wind] into the five “dense” [Yin Organs] and six “hollow” [Yang] organs, as well as with all diseases of the rlung [Wind] of the upper, middle and lower body” (Men Tsee Kang)
Cures all Three types of Wind, External (Tissues), Internal (Organs) and “Secret” (5 Types of Wind).

1. External Wind disorders affecting the skin, muscle, blood vessels, bone
2. Internal Wind a
ffecting the Vital (Yin) Organs and Hollow (Yang) Organs
3. ‘Secret Wind’, affecting the Life Channel (Srog rtza)
4. ‘Common Wind’ which penetrates throughout the body
5. Wind disorders of the Upper, Middle or Lower body
6. Poor functioning of the 5 types of Wind (Qi)
of Tibetan and Indian Medicine.

Dose:


2–3 grams with rice wine, broth, or hot water

Cautions:


1. Not used in Heat conditions
2. “Harmful in hot weather” (Amdo Compendium)

Modifications:



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