Zla shel so bdun ཟླ་ཤེལ་སོ་བདུན་
Or, Zla shel myu gu ཟླ་ཤེལ་མྱུ་གུ་
Crystal Moon 37
Or. Crystal Moon Sprout
Tibetan
* Two different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Russian sources.
** Calcite should be prepared with Milk (Cong zhi mdzo ‘o)
*** This was originally Dri chen (human feces). Some sources list Calcined Boar feces as a substitute. Myrrh has also be used.
**** some sources list Tig ta (Swertia)
***** Originally Dur thal, “Funeral ashes”
Powder and form Pills
Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Resists Poison, opens Obstruction
“A diamond that destroys all Poisons”
“this medicine helps especially well with diseases Bad Kan Smug Po [Brown Phlegm] and all associated diseases” (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Poisoning
2. Bad Kan Smug po
3. Abdominal pain and spasm from heat
4. Gastroduodenal Ulcer
5. Severe Diarrhea and Dysentery with Blood
6. Severe Colic
7. Ulcerative Colitis
8. Hepatitis
9. Cirrhosis
10. Vomiting of Blood
11. Chronic Fever; ‘Hidden’ and ‘Spreading’ Fever
12. Accumulation of serous Fluid, Damp
13. Lymphatic accumulation
14. Tumors
15. Worms
16. Complex and Combined Diseases (Multiple Humors)
2–3 grams once daily with warm water
None noted
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Or, Zla shel myu gu ཟླ་ཤེལ་མྱུ་གུ་
Crystal Moon 37
Or. Crystal Moon Sprout
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Herb NameCong zhi (Calcite) **Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur gum (Safflower) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Ka ko la (Amomum) Sug smel (Cardamon) Li shi (Clove) A ru ra (Chebula) Skyu ru (Emblic) Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) Ru rta (Costus) Pi Pi ling (Long Pepper) Se bru (Pomegranate) Dug nyung (Holarrhena) Gser Me (Herpetospermum) Ko byi la (Nux vomica prepared) Ma nu (Inula) Gul nag (Myrrh) *** Brag zhun (Shilajit) Lcags rtsi (Iron) Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) Sum cu tig **** Hong len (Picrorrhiza) Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda) Lug ru (smug po) Pri Yang Ku Ut Pal (Blue Lotus) Dngul chu (Mercury prepared) Mu zi (Sulphur washed) Chu rtsa (Rhubarb) Khur rtsa (Dandelion root) Gangs thigs (Calamine) Dkar btul (Bone ash) ***** Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) Gi wan (Bezoar) Gla rtsi (Musk) |
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* Two different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Russian sources.
** Calcite should be prepared with Milk (Cong zhi mdzo ‘o)
*** This was originally Dri chen (human feces). Some sources list Calcined Boar feces as a substitute. Myrrh has also be used.
**** some sources list Tig ta (Swertia)
***** Originally Dur thal, “Funeral ashes”
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills
Function:
Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Resists Poison, opens Obstruction
Use:
“A diamond that destroys all Poisons”
“this medicine helps especially well with diseases Bad Kan Smug Po [Brown Phlegm] and all associated diseases” (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Poisoning
2. Bad Kan Smug po
3. Abdominal pain and spasm from heat
4. Gastroduodenal Ulcer
5. Severe Diarrhea and Dysentery with Blood
6. Severe Colic
7. Ulcerative Colitis
8. Hepatitis
9. Cirrhosis
10. Vomiting of Blood
11. Chronic Fever; ‘Hidden’ and ‘Spreading’ Fever
12. Accumulation of serous Fluid, Damp
13. Lymphatic accumulation
14. Tumors
15. Worms
16. Complex and Combined Diseases (Multiple Humors)
Dose:
2–3 grams once daily with warm water
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
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