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Spru nag nyer dgu སྤྲུ་ནག་ཉེར་དགུ་ Notopterygium 29 Pills |
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Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium
Herb NameSpru nag‘Bri tskhil ma (Yellow Aconite) ‘Dzin pa dkar po Bdud rtsi lo ma (Black Aconite) Gar nag (Calcined Boar feces) Phur nag Nim pa (Neem) Sum cu tig Tsan dan dkar (White Sandal) Gi wang (Bezoar) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur gum (Safflower) Ga dur (Geranium) Sngo de ba Brag zhun (Shilajit) Par pa ta Bong dkar (White Aconite) ** Gla rtsi (Musk) Gu gul (Bdellium) Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis) A gar (Aloeswood) Gri sha (Human flesh) *** Shu dag (Calamus) Mu zi ser (Sulphur) A byag gzer ‘joms A byag tsher sngon Ming chan nag Li shi (Clove) Gser Me (Herpetospermum) |
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* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** Leaves and roots of Aconitum heterophyllum
*** Today, Human flesh is replaced with Yak Heart
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
Function:
Clears Heat, Resists Poison
Use:
Serious Heat-type Infectious and Epidemic diseases
1. Pneumonia
2. Dysentery
3. Hepatitis A, Infectious Hepatitis
4. Anthrax
5. Small Pox
6. Leptospirosis
Dose:
2 grams with a decoction of Tinospora.
Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy
3. Caution in elderly, children, and exhaustion
Modifications:
It is stronger is the following three medicines are added: Cremanthodium humile (Ming chan ser po), Pterocephalus hookeri (Spang rtsi), Stellaria chamaejasme (Re lchag me tog).
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