Ril dkar pad sdong  རིལ་ དཀར་ པད་སྡོང་
Lotus Stem White Pills

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Se ba’i me tog (Wild Rose flower) Cong zhi (Calcite) ** A Ru Ra (Chebula) *** Push kar mu la (Inula) **** Brag zhun (Shilajit) Re skon rtsi dkar (Corydalis) Hong len (Picrorhiza) Sbrang rtsi (clarified Honey)

Latin Rosa moschata Calcitum Terminalia chebula Inula racemosa Asphaltum Corydalis spp. Picrorhiza kurroa Mel Amount * 100 grams 200 grams 150 grams 150 grams 80 grams 100 grams 100 grams 100 grams 400 grams 400 grams 100 grams 100 grams 400 grams 100 grams 100 grams 100 grams

* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** Calcite is processed with Heat (tsha btul)
*** The Amdo Compendium lists the Yellow variety of Chebula.
**** Khams kyi ru rta (Vladimiria souliei) can also be used (Men Tsee Kang). Both of these are types of Costus. The Amdo Compendium lists Costus (Ru rta).

Preparation:

Powder and form Honey Pills.

Function:

Clears Stomach Heat, Clears Damp-Heat

Use:

Reflux, Heartburn, Bitter taste in the mouth, Headache
“Especially good to cure diseases of the head due to Phlegm (Bad kan) and Bile (Mkhris) and Stomach heat”
1. Headache
2. Dizziness (from reflux of bad blood into the stomach)
3. Heartburn
4. Vomiting of acidic liquid or Bile,
5. Diarrhea from Bile
6. Cough with difficult to expectorate, dirty-colored sputum
7. Shortness of Breath
8. Constriction of the chest,

Dose:

2–3 grams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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