Dg’a ba bcu drug  དག་བ་བཅུ་དྲུག་
Joyful Sixteen Pill
or Sixteen Delights Pill

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Tenzin Chodrak (physician of the 14th Dalai Lama)

Herb Name Gur gum (Safflower) Li shi (Clove) Ru rta (Costus) A ru ra (Chebula) Ba ru ra (Belleric) Skyu ru ra (Emblic) ‘Jam bras (Fever nut) Sha ru (Deer horn burnt) Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) Bong dkar (White Aconite) Byi tang ka (Embelia) Ma ru rtse (Butea) Lang thang rtse (Henbane seed) Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis) Shu dag nag (Calamus) Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) * Dngul chu dkar ‘dul (Mercury) * Gi wang (Bezoar) Gla rtsi (Musk) Chog la (Cinnabar) *

Latin Carthamus tinctorius Eugenia caryophyllus Saussurea lappa Terminalia chebula Terminalia belerica Emblica officinalis Caesalpinia bonducella Cervus spp. Pterocarpus santalinus Aconitum heterophyllum Embelia ribes Butea monosperma Hyoscyamus niger Oxytropis chiliophylla Acorus calamus Azuritum Hydrargyrum Calculus bovis Moschus Mercuric sulphide Amount 150 grams 50 grams 80 grams 150 grams 100 grams 120 grams 50 grams 20 grams 100 grams 100 grams 50 grams 50 grams 50 grams 40 grams 50 grams 15 grams 30 grams 5 grams 5 grams 20 grams

* Lapis Lazuli, Cinnabar and Mercury must all be prepared. Lapis Lazuli and Cinnabar are washed well; Mercury is processed according to traditional methods.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Moves the Blood, Clears Damp, Resolves Stasis, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Sinus infection, Sinusitis
2. Arthritis
3. Gout
4. Kidney disease
5. Lymph diseases
6. Infection or Cancer that destroys the tissues
7. Widely used in the treatment of Cancer

Dose:

2 grams twice daily with water

Cautions:

Avoid long-term use

Modifications:

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