Go yu bdun pa གོ་ཡུ་བདུན་པ།
Betel nut 7
Or, Seven Suns to Cure Kidney Disease


Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Gu yu (Betel nut)
Se bru (Pomegranate)
Shing tsha (Cinnamon)
Sug smel (Cardamon)
Pi Pi ling (Long Pepper)
Sga dmar (Galangal)
Rgya tshwa (Sal ammoniac)

Latin


Areca catechu
Punica granatum
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Elettaria cardamomum
Piper longum
Alpinia galangal
Ammonium chloride

Amount


100 grams
80 grams
50 grams
80 grams
30 grams
30 grams
20 grams


Preparation:


Form Pills
Each medicine is recommended to be prepared as follows:
1. Betel nut: in the fall for three days soak in strong chang (Barley alcohol) or in the summer for three days soak in the decoction of ‘bras-bu-gsum’ (3 Bras: Caesalpinia, Schisandra, Mango kernel.
2. Pomegranate: in the summer soak for three days in the milk of a red cow,
3. Cinnamon: in the summer soak in the milk of a white goat for three days
4. Cardamon: in the fall for three days soak in the decoction of Mucuna and Long Pepper; in the winter
soak in mutton broth for three days
5. Galangal: in winter soak in ghee for three days
6. Sal ammoniac should be soaked in a decoction of two of
Picrorhiza and Safflower (5 grams each), and then dried

Function:


Warms and strengthens the Kidneys, Astringes

Use:


1. Seminal Emissions
2. Swelling of the Testicles
3. Cold and Wind a
ffecting the Kidneys
4. Loss of Kidney heat
5. Kidney weakness
6. Weakness or pain of the Spine
7. Lower back and waist Pain
8. Dribbling Urine
9. Tinnitus


Dose:


2–3 grams with warm water.

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:



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