Se ‘bru dgu thang སེ་འབྲུ་དགུ་ཐང་
Pomegranate 9 Decoction

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:



Herb Name

Se bru (Pomegranate seed)
Shing tsha (Cinnamon)

Sug smel (Cardamon)
Pi pi long (Long Pepper)

Sga (Ginger)
A ru (Chebula)

Ma nu (Inula)
‘U su (Coriander seed)
Shing mngar (Licorice)

Latin


Punica granatum
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Elettaria cardamomum
Piper longum

Zingiber officinale
Termanalia chebula
Inula racemosa
Coriandrum sativum
Glycyrrhiza glabra

Amount


10 grams
20 grams
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40 grams
50 grams
60 grams
70 grams
80 grams
90 grams


Preparation:


Make a coarse Powder to be decocted.
Although this medicine is called thang’om [Decoction], however, it is better to prescribe in the form of powder” (Men Tsee Kang)

Function:


Warms the Stomach, Clears Cold Phlegm, Disperses Wind, Stops Cough

Use:


1. Colds with Cough
2. Cough with frothy white sputum
3. Wind-Phlegm in the Lungs
4. Shortness of Breath
5. Indigestion with nausea and belching (from Wind and Phlegm)
6. Cold Tumors of the Stomach
7. Cold and Weak Kidneys
8. Wind (and Cold) affecting the Heart
9. Functional disorders of the Stomach, Lungs, Heart, Kidneys;

Dose:


It is decocted in water (1 in 8 parts). Half a cup is taken three times daily.
Some texts have stated it is best taken in powder form in a dose of 2–3 grams with hot water.

Cautions:


1. Not used in Heat conditions

Modifications:



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This is an expanded version of Pomegranate 5.

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