Ma nu bzhi thang   མ་ནུ་བཞི་ཐང་
Inula 4 Decoction

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Ma nu (Inula) Kanda ka ri (Wineberry) Sles tres (Tinospora) Sga skya (Galangal)

Latin Inula racemosa Rubus phoenicoiasius Tinospora cordifolia Kaempferia galanga Amount * 150 grams 250 grams 120 grams 50 grams 100 grams 200 grams 100 grams 50 grams

* Two sources have given differing amounts for each herb. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang. The right column is from Buryat region.

Preparation:

Decoction

Function:

Clears Wind-Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Resists Poison

Use:

“Especially good to mature the immature Heat of the Contagious Diseases”
1. Pain in the Liver
2. Stabbing pain in the upper body
3. Heat in the upper part of the body
4. Stabbing pain due to “excitement” of the Blood
5. Red Eyes
6. “Immature” heat of Contagious Diseases
7. Influenza, Acute Respiratory Virus
8. Diphtheria
9. Chronic Bronchitis, shortness of Breath, Asthma, Pneumonia with stagnation and excess Phlegm
10. Acute Rhinitis and Sinusitis with Inflammation
11. Phlegm diseases,
12. Brown Phlegm (Bad Kan Smug Po)

Dose:

a small cupful three times a day.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Bronchial Asthma and Shortness of Breath, take Clove 11 with Inula 4 Decoction.

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