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Dngul chu rin chen bcho brgyad དངུལ་ཆུ་རིན་ཆེན་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་ or Dngul btso bco brgyad དངུལ་ བཙོ་ བཅོ་བརྒྱད་ or Rin chen dngul chu bco brgyad རིན་ཆེན་དངུལ་ཆུ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་ Mercury Precious 18 Pill |
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Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Herb NameDngul chu btso thal (Mercury) **Seng ldeng khanda (Catechu) Cu Gang (Tabasheer) Gur Gum (Safflower) Li Shi (Clove) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Sug smel (Cardamon) Ka ko la (Amomum) Spos dkar (Frankincense) Thal ka rdo rje (Cassia seed) So ma ra dza (Psoralea) Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) Sking kun (Asafetida) A ru ra (Chebula) Sman chen (Black Aconite) ** Ru rta (Costus) *** Shu dag (Calamus) Gla rtsi (Musk), |
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* Two different sources list different proportions. The doses in the right column contains much less Mercury.
** Mercury and Aconite are prepared accordng to traditional methods.
*** Some versions lists Oxytropis
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
The source text says to add Gi Wan (Bezoar) 10 grams when it’s Hot, and Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) 10 grams when its Cold, thus making 18 ingredients.
Function:
Clears Damp, Opens Obstructions, Resists Poison
Use:
1. Chronic skin diseases including Psoriasis and Leprosy
2. Purplish color of the skin
3. Prurulent Skin diseases
4. Skin diseases with Itchiness
5. Roughness of the skin
6. Burning feeling in the flesh and bones
7. Chronic Joint Pain
8. Gout
9. Tuberculosis
10. Pneumonia
11. Fibroids and Tumors
12. Alopecia (loss of hair on head or eyebrows)
13. Severe diseases in general
Dose:
2 grams
Cautions:
1. Avoid excess or long-term use due to Mercury content.
2. Not used during Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and in young Children
3. Not used in Purulent Mastitis
Modifications:
1. Taken with Rolled Turquoise 13 for Uterine Fibroids and stabbing pains of the lower abdomen.
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