Man ngag bsil sbyor  མན་ངག་བསིལ་སྦྱོར།
Cooling Formula of the Secret Oral Tradition

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name Gla rtsi (Musk) Cong zhi (Calcite) Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) Sug smel (Cardamon) Li shi (Clove) Gur gum (Safflower) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Ka ko la (Amomum) Skyu ru (Emblic) Se bru (Pomegranate) Dug nyung (Holarrhena) A ru ra (Chebula) Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) Ru rta (Costus) Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) ** Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) Gi wan (Bezoar) Tig ta (Swertia) *** Ba sa ka (Adhatoda) Ut Pal (Blue Poppy) Gser me (Herpetospermum)

Latin Moschus Calcitum Santalum album Pterocarpus santalinus Aquillaria agallocha Elettaria cardamomum Eugenia caryophyllus Carthamus tinctorius Bambusa textiles Myristica fragrans Amomum subulatum Phyllanthus emblica Punica granatum Holarrhena antidysenterica Terminalia chebula Piper longum Saussurea lappa Terminalia bellerica Aconitum heterophyllum Bezoar Swertia chirata Adhatoda vasica Meconopsis grandis herb Herpetospermum pedunculosum Amount * 500mg. 500 grams 40 grams 80 grams 50 grams 20 grams 20 grams 50 grams 40 grams 20 grams 20 grams 80 grams 60 grams 30 grams 100 grams 40 grams 40 grams 80 grams 80 grams 1 gram 50 grams 50 grams 80 grams 40 grams 500mg 230 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 5 grams 5 grams 5 grams 5 grams 5 grams 5 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 30 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 20 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 20 grams

* Different sources have given different amounts for each medicine. The right column is from Russian sources.
** Some sources list Pri yang ku (Dracocephalum) instead.
*** Some sources list Sum cu tig, Saxifraga umbellulata, one of the types of Tig.

Preparation:

Pills

Function:

Clears Heat, Opens Obstruction

Use:

1. Liver disease
2. Enlargement of Liver (Heptitis) or Gall Bladder (Cholecystitis)
3. Poisoning
4. Poison in the Liver for a long time
5. Spleen disease
6. Fever with Phlegm
7. Chronic Fever
8. Chronic Blood diseases
9. ‘Brown Phlegm’ (Bad kan smug po)
10. Mixed Bad kan [Phlegm] and mkhris [Bile] disease (ie. Damp-Heat)
11. Bad blood accumulated in the upper back

Dose:

1–2 grams morning and night, dissolved in hot water

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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