Dba bo bdun pa  དཔའ་བོ་བདུན་པ།
Hero 7

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name Dzin pa (Aconitum) prepared A ru (Chebula) Stag sha Btsod (Madder) Gla rtsi (Musk) Gu gul (Bdellium) Mtshal (Cinnabar)

Latin Aconitum spp. Terminalia chebula Oxytropis spp. Rubia cordifolia Moschus Commiphora mukul Mercuric sulphide Amount 50 grams ea. 20 grams ea. 3 grams 10 grams ea.

According to another source:

Herb Name A ru (Chebula) Ru rta (Costus) Shu dag (Calamus) Bi sha (Aconitum) prepared Gu gul (Bdellium) Gla rtsi (Musk) Gi wam (Bezoar)

Latin Terminalia chebula Saussurea lappa Acorus calamus Aconitum ferox Commiphora mukul Moschus Calculus Bovis Amount

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Settles Wind, Moves Qi and Blood, Resists Poison, Easis Pain

Use:

1. Stabbing headache
2. shooting pain in the upper body
3. Throat inflammation and obstruction, Tonsillitis
4. Meningitis
5. Sinusitis
6. Acute Viral diseases
7. Arthritic and Rheumatic diseases
8. Skin diseases, eruptions, abscesses
9. Hemorrhoids
10. Worms
11. Can generally be used as Garuda 5, but is stronger to move Blood and resist Poison.

Dose:

1–2 grams

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in the very young or during Pregnancy

Modifications:

Note this is Garuda 5 with Myrrh and Bezoar added.

Garuda 5 uses Aconitum ferox. The source for the above formula was Russian, and listed A. balfouri. The latter is an accepted substitute for A. ferox.

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