Ga bur nyer lnga  ག་བུར་ཉེར་ལྔ།
Camphor 25

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium

Herb Name

Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)
Ut pal (Himalayan Poppy)
Ga bur (Camphor)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Sug smel (Cardamon)
Ka ko la (Amomum)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Gur gum (Sa
fflower)
Li shi (Clove)

Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
Rdo dreg
Ba ru (Belleric)
Shyu ru (Emblic)

A ru ra (Chebula)
Tsan dkar (White Sandalwood)
Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)
Spang spos (Spikenard)
Ru rta (Costus)
Pu shel rtse (Dendrobium)
Chu srin sder mo (Selaginella)
Pad ma ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
Ba le ka (Birthwort) *
Shing tsha (Cinnamon)
A Gar (Aloeswood)
Bu su hang (Alfalfa)

Latin


Pterocarpus santalinus
Meconopsis sp.

Camphor
Myristica fragrans
Elettaria cardamomum
Amomum subulatum
Bambusa textiles
Carthamus tinctorius
Eugenia caryophyllus
Bombax ceiba
Parmelia saxatilis
Terminalia bellerica
Emblica o
fficinalis
Terminalia chebula
Santalum album
Cuminum cyminum
Nardostachys jatamansi
Saussurea lappa
Dendrobium nobile
Selaginella spp.
Bombax ceiba
Aristolchia spp.
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Aquillaria agallocha
Medicago sativa

Amount


65 grams
65 grams
50 grams

25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
19 1⁄2 grams
14 grams

10 grams
10 grams
9 grams
9 grams
9 grams
8 grams
7 1⁄2 grams
7 1⁄2 grams
6
1⁄2 grams
6 grams

5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams


* In some Buryat versions, Tig ta (Swertia) replaces Birthwort.

Preparation:


Powder

Function:


Clears Heat, resists Poison, heals Sores and Ulcers

Use:


“Especially defeats any Heat present in the body and draws out old Heat”
“This medicine kills fresh and old Heat ‘grams [Spreading Fever], ‘khrugs, rims [Epidemic Fever] and heat of Poisons, treats diseases of dreg [Gout], grum [Rheumatoid arthritis] and me dbal [erysipelas], as well as the appearance on the body of dark red spots from which pus flows out, but especially draws out the dissipating old heat from the roots” (Amdo Compendium)
1. Heat of the Organs, Skin, Muscles or Bones
2. High Fever
3. Toxic Fever
4. Acute and Chronic Fevers; especially for Chronic Fever
5. Malaria
6. Sepsis
7. Carbuncles, Boils
8. Erysipelas and skin in
flammations
9. Ulcers
10. Toxin Sores
11. Gout, Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis


Dose:


1300mg, twice daily

Cautions:


Not suitable in Cold disorders or Yang deficiency.

Modifications:



This formula has a number of different versions listed by various sources. As with a number of the larger Tibetan formulas, there is often a difference in the basic formula, but in this case, the differences are significant. One version, given by Tsarong, has Camphor in the smallest proportion of all medicines, whereas this version has Camphor in one of the largest proportions. This may be due to the use of refined and unrefined Camphor resin respectively. The basic ingredients given are generally similar with doses being the main difference.

This is the basis for the modern patented formula Padma 28.
Back to POWDERS
Back to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures