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Joyful 16 Pill (Dg’a ba bchu drug)

ByAdam Tate

Dg’a ba bcu drug  དག་བ་བཅུ་དྲུག་Joyful Sixteen Pillor Sixteen Delights Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Tenzin Chodrak (physician of the 14th Dalai Lama) Herb Name Gur gum (Safflower)Li shi (Clove)Ru rta (Costus)A ru ra (Chebula)Ba ru ra (Belleric)Skyu ru ra (Emblic)‘Jam bras (Fever nut)Sha ru (Deer horn burnt)Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)Bong dkar (White…

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Lupinus, Lupin

ByAdam Tate

Lupinus, Lupin Turmus, Tarmus (Unani) Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Lupinus albus(Photo by Jean-Claude Echardour) (Wikimedia) Lupin seed(Photo by Calapito) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lupinus albus (White), L. luteus (Yellow); In Unani, L. polyphyllus is used; the Blue Lupin, L. angustifolia has also been used.Note that 2 distinct varieties of Lupin occur: Bitter…

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Cloudless Moonbeam (Sprin bral zla ‘od)

ByAdam Tate

Sprin bral zla ‘od  སྤྲིན་བྲལ་ཟླ་ ཟླ་འོད་Cloudless Moonbeam Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Ma nu (Inula)Kanda ka ri (Rubus)Gur gum (Safflower)Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)Hong len (Picrorhiza)Sle tres (Tinospora)A ru (Chebula)Sky ru (Emblic Myrobalan)Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)Cu gang (Tabasheer)Tig ta (Swertia)Bong dkar (White Aconite)Sga skya (Galangal)Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan)Gi wang (Bezoar) Latin Inula…

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