Spang rgyan bco lnga  སྤང་རྒྱན་བཅོ་ལྔ།
Gentiana algida 15

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Spang rgyan dkar po Tsan dkar (White Sandal) A ru ra (Chebula) Ba ru (Belleric) Skyu ru (Emblic) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Ru rta (Costus) Gser Me (Herpetospermum) * Li shi (Clove) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Sle tres (Tinospora) Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) Ldum nag dom mkhris ** Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola) Shing mngar (Licorice)

Latin Gentiana algida Santalum album Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellirica Phyllanthus emblica Bambusa textiles Saussurea lappa Herpetospermum Eugenia caryophyllus Myristica fragrans Tinospora cordifolia Aquillaria agallocha Veronica cillata Rhodiola spp. Glycyrrhiza glabra Amount 150 grams 75 grams 150 grams 100 grams 120 grams 130 grams 80 grams 40 grams 40 grams 30 grams 100 grams 75 grams 80 grams 100 grams 80 grams

* Some version omit Herpetospermum
** Some sources list Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)

Preparation:

Form Pills or used as a Powder

Function:

Clears Lung Heat, clears Phlegm, stops Cough

Use:

1. Cough with frothy sputum or pus in the sputum
2. Cough with Fever and chest pain
3. Severe Colds and Influenza
4. Acute and chronic Bronchitis
5. Hoarseness, Pharyngitis
6. Burning, dryness or soreness of the Throat
7. Tightness of the Chest
8. Shortness of Breath, labored Breathing
9. Pneumonia
10. Hemoptysis
11. Lung Cancer
12. Sensation of foreign body in the Throat

Dose:

2–3 grams daily; or hold in the mouth and chew

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Severe Colds or Lung Cancer, combine with Garuda 5.

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