Sman nag chen mo སྨན་ནག་ཆེན་་མོ་
Great Black Combination

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name Phag ril (Calcined Boar feces) Ma nu (Inula) Tig ta (Swertia) Hong len (Picrorhiza) A ru (Chebula) Ba ru (Belleric) Sky ru (Emblic) Gla rtsi (Musk) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur gum (Safflower) Gi wang (Bezoar)

Latin Porcus feces nigrum Inula racemosa Swertia chirata Picrorhiza kurroa Termnalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Moschus Bambusa arundinacea Carthamus tinctorius Calculus Bovis Amount 60 grams 30 grams 20 grams ea. 2 grams 10 grams ea.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Heat (Bile), Resists Poison

Use:

“likened to Nectar for all diseases of mkhris [Bile]”
1. Digestive diseases due to excess Bile
2. Indigestion
3. Peptic Ulcer
4. Bile diseases
5. Hepatitis
6. Cholelithiasis
7. Cholecystitis
8. Gall Stones
9. Alcoholic Liver disease
10. Liver Toxicity from alcohol, pharmaceuticals or chemical toxins 
11. Inflammation of the Liver or Digestive organs
12. Eye diseases associated with liver disease
13. Phlegm diseases
14. Brown Phlegm disease (Bad Kan Smug Po)
15. Heat diseases with Circulatory congestion

Dose:

1–2 grams twice daily with warm water.

Cautions:

1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Only used in Heat (Bile) disorders

Modifications:

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