Srog ‘dzin bcu gcig སྲོག་འཛིན་བཅུ་གཅིག།
Eleven Holders of Life

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Kosoburov-An extensive collection of Tibetan-Mongolian-Buryat recipes

Herb Name

Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Cu gang (Tabasheer)
A ru ra (Chebula)

Li shi (Clove)
Shing kun (Asafetida)
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
‘Brong khrag (Yak heart) **
Snying zho sha
Ru rta (Costus)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Latin


Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Bambusa textiles
Terminalia chebula
Eugenia caryophyllus
Ferula foetida

Salmalia malabarica
Cor Bos grunniens
Choerospondias axillaris
Saussurea lappa
Boswellia sacra

Amount *
50 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
25 grams
20 grams
10 grams

50 grams
40 grams
30 grams
40 grams
50 grams
50 grams
30 grams
50 grams
60 grams
10 grams
20 grams

* Note: 2 different sources gave different amounts for each ingredient.
** It was originally Sha chen, Human Flesh. Usually replaced with Yak Heart, sometimes replaced with Human Placenta

Preparation:


Powder and form pills with Molasses.

Function:


Settles Wind, Regulates Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves

Use:


Commonly used for Wind affecting the Mind and Nerves
1. Mental Instability, Confusion
2. Mental disorders
3. Insanity, Madness
4. Mental Dullness, “Dumbness”
5. Fear, Phobias
6. Loss of Speech
7. Pain in the upper body, especially between the scapula
8. Chest Pain
9. Arrhythmias
10. Tachycardia
11. Palpitations
12. Insomnia
13. Liver / Hypochondriac pain or distention
14. Pain or distention of the Breasts
15. Numbness
16. Very useful for any pain caused by (Cold) Wind.


Dose:


1⁄2–1 1⁄2 grams twice daily

Cautions:


1. Not used in Heat conditions
2. Harmful in hot weather”

Modifications:



Similar Formulas:


This is Aloeswood 8, with the addition of three medicines. This is specifically for Wind that affects the Life Channel (Du Mai).

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