Byang chos so bdun  བྱང་ ཆོས་སོ་ སོ་བདུན་
Or Byang pa so bdun  བྱང་པ་ སོ་བདུན་
Or Rin chen byang chos so bdun

Purifying Compound 37
Or Cantharide 37

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Byang ba (Cantharide) *
Gur Gum (Safflower)
Lug ngal (Corydalis) **
Sug Smel (Cardamon)

Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)
A gar (Aloeswood) ***
A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)
Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan)
Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)
Li shi (Clove)
Btsod (Madder)
Re skon rtsi dmar (Corydalis)
Li ga dur (Cranesbill root)
Mkhan chung ser mgo ****
Sngo rtag ngu (Violet)

Se bru (Pomegranate fruit)
Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)
Rgya tshva (Sal ammoniac)

Gser bye *****
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Sindhu ra (Vermillion) ******
Rdo ha shig (Talcum)
Rdo khab len (Magnetite)
Cong zhi tskha btul (Calcite)
Byu ru (Red Coral)
Nya phiis (Mother of Pearl)
Mu
men (Lapis Lazuli)
Rgyam mtshal lchog la (Cinnabar)
Brag zhun (Shilajit)

Shing mngar (Licorice)
Sha ru (Burnt Deer horn)
Shu dag (Calamus)

Shing tog kha sur (Jujube) *******
Kha che sha skam (Saffron)
Dom mhris (Bear Bile)
Gi wang (Bezoar)
Gla rtsi (Musk)

Latin


Cantharis vesicatoria
Carthamus tinctorius
Corydalis meifolia
Elettaria cardamomum
Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus

Aquillaria agallocha
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia bellerica
Emblica o
fficinalis
Eugenia caryophyllus
Rubia cordifolia
Corydalis nepalensis
Geranium tuberaria
Ajania tenuifolium
Viola spp.
Punica granatum
Piper longum
Ammonium chloride
Mica
Bosellia sacra
Mercuric sulphide
Magnesium Silicate
Magnetitum
Calcium carbonate
Corallum Rubrum
Mater Margarita
Lazuritum
Mercuric Sulphire
Asphaltum
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Cervus Cornu usta
Acorus calamus
Zizyphus jujuba
Crocus sativus
Fel Ursi
Calculus Bovis
Moschus

Amount


40 grams
80 grams
30 grams
20 grams
40 grams
50 grams
75 grams
80 grams
50 grams
70 grams
25 grams
35 grams
30 grams
30 grams
30 grams
60 grams
40 grams
20 grams
15 grams
15 grams
30 grams
20 grams
20 grams
20 grams
30 grams
35 grams
35 grams
20 grams
25 grams
30 grams
50 grams
20 grams
30 grams
35 grams
25 grams
1500mg
1000mg
500mg

* Catharides are prepared by removing head, wings and legs, and stir-frying until yellowed, or otherwise prepared according to Traditional methods.
** Corydalis dasyptera can be substituted.
*** The source text reders equal parts of Ar nag (Aloeswood) and A gar go snyod (Cinnamomum parthenoxylon). Equal parts of these mixed to make 75 grams. Regular Aleswood can supply the whole 75 grams.
**** This is one of the types of Artemisia (Mkhan pa). Some sources have given Tansy;
****** Sindhu ra is Limonite according to some sources.
******* An alternative given is Chi bi kha (Dates)

Preparation:


Powder and form Pills.

Function:


Clears Wind, Clears the Channels, Moves the Blood, Resists Poison, Calms the Spirit

Use:


“This medicine especially helps with deterioration of mobility of blood in the vessels, as well as in diseases of the White Canals [Nerves]”.
1. Weakness, loss of strength,
2. Chronic diseases associated with loss of Yang
3. Damage to the Kidneys or renal canals,
4. Arthritis, Rheumatism
5. Herpes
6. Leprosy

Wind (rlung) entering into the “channels”
causing:
7. stiffness and constriction of the limbs
8. numbness of the body,
9. Difficult heal wounds caused by injury from poisons or weapons

Wind (rLung) affecting the Brain and Senses:
10. Epilepsy
11. Dizziness, Vertigo
12. Insanity, Psychosis
13. Numbness, loss of function
13. Tongue-tied diseases
14. weakening of Eyes and other sense organs


Dose:


1 gram (up to 2 grams)

Cautions:


1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy or the very Young
3. Not used in Heat or Inflammation of the Urinary organs

Modifications:



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