Seng ldeng nyer gsum  སེང་ལྡེང་ཉེར་གསུམ།
Catechu 23

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Seng ldeng (Catechu)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Ba ru (Belleric)
Skyu ru (Emblic)
Skyer pa dkar po (Barberry)
Hong len (Picrorrhiza)

Kyi lce dkar po (Gentian flower)
Tsan dkar (White Sandalwood)
Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)
Ba le ka (Birthwort)
Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Gur gum (Sa
fflower)
Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)
Zi ra nag po (Nigella)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Thal rdor (Cassia seed)
So ma ra dza (Psoralea)

Gu gul nag po (Myrrh)
Brag spos
Gla rtsi (Musk)
Gi wan (Bezoar)

Latin


Acacia catechu
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia bellerica
Phyllanthus emblica
Berberis aristata
Picrorrhiza / Lagotis
Gentiana tibetica
Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Aristolchia moupinesis
Adhatoda vasica
Bambusa textiles
Carthamus tinctorius
Cuminum cyminum
Nigella sativa
Boswellia sacra

Cassia tora
Psoralea corylifolia

Commiphora myrrha
Platygyra / Lepisorus spp.
Moschus
Bezoar

Amount


50 grams
100 grams,
100 grams
150 grams
80 grams

70 grams
80 grams
40 grams
80 grams
50 grams
80 grams

70 grams
80 grams
50 grams
50 grams
50 grams
50 grams
50 grams
40 grams
70 grams
700mg
500mg


Preparation:


Powder and form Pills of 500mg

Function:


Clears Heat, Clears Wind-Damp, eases Pain

Use:


1. Gout
2. Arthritis
3. Swelling of the joints
4. Di
fficulty in flexion and extension of the limbs
5. Lower back or waist pain
6. Kidney pain
7. Kidney disease
8. Leukorrhea
9. Spermatorrhea


Dose:


3 pills (1500mg) with hot water or a decoction of Tinospora (Sle tres) and Shilajit (Brag zhun);

Cautions:


1. Avoid in Ptregnancy
2. Not generally used in chidlren

Modifications:



This medicine has been listed in several sources with 21 or less ingredients. In some sources it is ordered to be taken in a decoction of Tinospora (Sle tres) and Shilajit (Brag zhun); these, therefore, are probably the remaining 2 ingredients intended in the name ‘Catechu 23’. Our source above added Myrrh, making 22 ingredients.
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