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Lygodium 8 (Gser bye brgyad pa)

Gser bye brgyad pa  གསེར་བྱེ་བརྒྱད་པ་Lygodium 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Gser bye (Lygodium spores)Sdig srin (freshwater crab shell)Gze ma (Tribulus)Nyi dga (Mallow seeds)Rgya tsha (Sal ammoniac)Sug smel (Cardamom)Ba spru (Mirabilis)Dung thal (Conch shell ash) Latin Lygodium japonicumPotamon spp.Tribulus terrestrisMalva verticillataAmmonium chlorideElettaria cardamoniumMirabilis himalaicaConchylia Amount Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat…

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Panchasama Churna

Panchasama Churna Also written as Pancasama Churna Tradition: Ayurveda Source / Author: API (Sarngadharasamhita) Herb Name Sunthi (Ginger)Haritaki (Chebulic Myrobalan)Pippali (Long Pepper)Trivrt (Turbith)Sauvarcala lava (Black Salt) Latin Zingiber officinale Terminalia chebulaPiper longum Ipomoea turpethum Sal nigri Amount equal parts Preparation: Powder Function: Warms the Stomach, clears Phlegm and Damp Use: 1. Wind, Colic2. Gurgling and…

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Powder for the Stomach (Universale)

Powder for the Stomach (2) Tradition: Western Source / Author: Dispensatorium Pharmaceuticum Universale, 1764 Herb Name CinnamonGingerLicoriceLong PepperCloveGalangalMace Lesser CardamomGreater CardamonNutmegSpikenard Latin Cinnamonum zeylanicumZingiber officinalisGlycyrrhiza glabraPiper longum Eugenia caryophyllusAlpina officinarumMyristica fragransElettaria cardamomumAmomum subulatumMyristica fragransNardostachys jatamansi Amount 1 1⁄2 oz. 1⁄2 oz. ea. 1 dram ea. 1⁄2 dram Preparation: Powder Function: Warms, clears Wind, benefits the…

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Mild Medicine 7 (Bol man bdun pa)

Bol man bdun pa  བོལ་མན་བདུན་པ་Mild Medicine 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Skyu ru (Emblic)Gur Gum (Safflower)Gser gyi me togPri yang kuUtpal sngon po (Blue Poppy)Bong dkar (White Aconite)Ba sha ka (Adhatoda) Latin Phyllanthus emblicaCarthamus tinctoriusHerpetospermum pedunculosumDracocephalum tanguticumMeconopsis torquataAconitum heterophyllumAdhatoda vasica Amount * 150 grams75 grams20 grams100 grams75 grams50 grams40 grams 12 grams50…

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Canarium, Qing Guo PRO

Canarium, Qing Guo 青果 Chinese White OliveQing Guo, Gan Lan (TCM) Green Canarium fruit Qing Guo Botanical name: Canarium album Parts used: Dried Ripe Fruit; also fresh fruit Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, Sour Classification: B. Clears Heat and Poison Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Fluids, Benefits the Throat:-Wind-Heat and Heat-Toxin conditions of…

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Dang Gui Shao Yao San

Dang Gui Shao Yao San 当归芍药散Dang Gui and Peony Powder Tradition: TCM Source / Author: Essential of the Golden Cabinet, c. 220 Herb Name Dang Gui (Chinese angelica) Chuan Xiong (Sichuan lovage) Bai Shao (White Peony) Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) Fu Ling (Poria) Ze Xie (Water Plantain root) Latin Angelica sinensisLigusticum chuanxiongPaeonia lactifloraAtractylodes macrocephalaPoria cocosAlisma…

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Aloeswood Powder for Palpitations

Aloeswood Powder for Palpitations Tradition: Western Source / Author: Herb Name MasticIndian SpikenardAloeswoodCinnamonCloveLesser CardamonCitron peelMusk Latin Pistacia lentiscusNardostachys jatamansiAquillaria agallochaCinnamonum zeylanicumEugenia caryophyllusElettaria cardamomumCitrus medica Moschus Amount 1 1⁄2 drams each1⁄2 scruple Preparation: Powder Function: Moves the Blood and Qi, regulates the Heart Use: Palpitations and Heart Tremors (Arrhythmias) associated with Heat Dose: 1 dram with…

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Troches of Red Coral

Troches of Red Coral Tradition: Unani Source / Author: Dispensatory of Ibn At Tilmid Herb Name Red CoralFrankincensePomegranate flowerGum SenegalGum ArabicCinnamon Latin Corallum rubrumBoswellia sacraPunica granatumAcacia senegalAcacia arabicaCinnamonum zeylanicum Amount 15 drams 4 drams ea. 1⁄2 dram ea. Preparation: Powder, knead with egg white and form into Troches Function: Astringent, clears Heat, stops Bleeding, benefits…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao PRO

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (“Sweet root”, TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Athimathuram (Siddha) Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Three varieties of Licorice root available on the…

D. Clear Wind and Damp

D. Clear Wind and Damp Anti-rheumatics, Anti-arthritics These herbs clear Wind, Cold and Damp from the muscles, joints and bones. They are therefore primarily used for painful obstructions including various Arthritic and Rheumatic conditions, as well as some types of Neuralgia. The 4 main types of painful obstruction of the joints are:    1. Wind: moving…

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Myricaria, ‘Om bu PRO

Myricaria, ‘Om bu འོམ་བུ False Tamarisk‘Om bu (Tibetan) Myricaria bracteataJ.F. Royle, Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the naturalhistory of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere, vol. 2 (1839) Botanical name: Myricaria spp.Several species are used:  1. M. bracteata  2. M. squamosa  3. M. elegans (syn. M. hoffmeisteri)  4. M….

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Asafetida 8 (Shing kun brgyad pa)

Shing kun brgyad pa  ཤིང་ཀུན་ བརྒྱད་པ་Or, Lug klad ril bu  ལུག་ཀླད་རིལ་བུ་Asafetida 8 PillOr, Sheeps Brain 8 Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Herb Name Shing kun (Asafetida)Tang kunAr nag (Aloeswood)Dza ti (Nutmeg)Ru rta (Costus)Li shi (Clove)Go snyod (Caraway)Lug klad (Sheep Brains) * Latin Ferula foetidaSelinum wallichianumAquilaria agallochaMyristica fragransSaussurea lappaEugenia caryophyllusCarum carviCerebrum Ovi Amount…

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