Khrugs glo bcu gsum  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ བཅུ་གསུམ་
Or, Khrugs glo kun sel  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ ཀུན་ སེལ་
Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name A ru (Chebula) Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan) Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan) Ma nu (Inula) Ru rta (Costus) Ba le ka Cu gang (Tabasheer) Rgya tshos (Lacca) Btsod (Madder) ‘Bri mog Sro lo dkar po * Spang rtsi do bo Li ga dur

Latin Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officianlis Inula racemosa Sausaaurea lappa Aristolchia moupinensis Tinospora cordifolia Lacca Rubia cordifolia Onosma hookeri Pegaeophyton scapiflorum Pterocephalus hookeri Geranium pratense Amount 13 grams 8 grams 10 grams 8 grams 5 grams 7 grams 10 grams 5 grams 8 grams 10 grams 10 grams 10 grams 7 grams

* Rhodiola can be used in place of Pegaeophyton

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough, Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding

Use:

Cough with pain in the chest, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, thirst
1. Chronic Cough with coughing Blood
2. Chronic Cough with yellow or yellow-red Phelgm
3. Stabbing pain in the chest
4. Fever and Cough caused by Influenza

Dose:

2–3 grams with water or milk

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Another source has used Gentiana algida, White Sandalwood, Cinnamon and Hedychium spicatum in place of Onosma, Pterocephalus, Geranium and Aristolchia.

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