Srog ‘dzin nor bu  སྲོག་འཛིན་ནོར་བུ་
Life Holding Jewel
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Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Li shi (Clove)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Gu gul (Bdellium)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
‘Brong khrag (Yak heart) *
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
Dzin pa (Black Aconite)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Gi wan (Bezoar)
Sro lo (Rhodiola)
Hong len (Picrorrhiza)
Go byi la (Nux vomica)
Gzer ‘joms
Li ga dur (Cranesbill)
Ru rta (Costus)

Latin


Aquillaria agallocha
Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Bambusa textiles
Eugenia caryophyllus
Myristica fragrans
Commiphora mukul
Boswellia sacra
Bos grunniens

Salmalia malabarica
Aconitum ferox
Terminalia chebula
Calculus Bovis

Rhodiola crenulata
Picrorrhiza kurroa
Strychnos nux-vomica
Pyrethrum tatsinensis
Geranium tuberaria
Saussurea lappa

Amount


80 grams
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* Originally Sha chen (Human flesh) was ordered, but it is typically replaced with Yak Heart today.

Preparation:


Powder and form pills.

Function:


Clears Heat, Settles Wind, Regulates Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves

Use:


Commonly used for Wind affecting the Mind and Nerves
1. Heat associated with Contagious and Epidemic Diseases
2. Empty Heat
3. Combination of Bad kan (Phlegm) and Mkhris (Bile)
4. Stabbing pains
5. Hypertension
6. Tachycardia
7. Inflammatory diseases of the Heart: Myocarditis, Endocarditis
8. Wind affecting the Life Channel with chaotic and irrational thoughts:
9. “Unrecognized diseases of the White Channels [Nerves]”

Dose:


1⁄2–1 1⁄2 grams twice daily

Cautions:


1. Avoid overdose2. Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:



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