Sman ser chen mo  སྨན་སེར་ཆེན་མོ་
Great Yellow Compound

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Tsan dkar (White Sandal) Gi wan (Bezoar) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Kha gur (Saffron) ** Brag zhun (Shilajit) Sman chen (Black Aconite) Bong dkar (White Aconite) Gla rtsi (Musk) Gu gul (Bdellium) Stag sha nag ‘Dzin pa (Aconite) *** Spru nag Thar nu (Spurge prepared) ****

Latin Santalum album Calculus Bovis Bambusa textiles Crocus sativus Asphaltum Aconitum ferox Aconitum heterophyllum Moschus Commiphora mukul Oxytropis chiliophylla Aconitum spp. Notopterygium incisum Euphorbia thymifolia Amount * 21 grams 32 grams 32 grams 12 grams 38 grams 38 grams 22 grams 9 grams 16 grams 19 grams 11 grams 74 grams 74 grams 210 grams 320 grams 320 grams 170 grams 380 grams 310 grams 270 grams 90 grams 190 grams 490 grams 110 grams 740 grams 740 grams

* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium
** Men Tsee Kang (left column) list Saffron; Amdo Compendium (right column) lists Safflower
*** Aconite leaf and flower. This is a variety of Black Aconite.
****Thar nu is the equivalent to Dudhi (Euphorbia spp.) of Ayurveda. (Drungtso)

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Heat, Resists Poison

Use:

“This medicine destroys without exception all types of heat gnans [severe Viral infections]”
1. Dangerous Contagious and Epidemic diseases (acute Viral infections)
2. Viral Hepatitis, Severe Hepatitis infection
3. Leptospirosis
4. Cancer with Heat symptoms

Dose:

2–3 grams

Cautions:

Avoid overdose

Modifications:

Safflower can be used for Saffron, Artificial Bezoar and Musk substitute can be used.

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