Gtso brgyad gyu ral   གཙོ་བརྒྱད་གཡུ་རལ་
Principal 8 Turquoise Mane

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Version 1

Herb Name Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gi wan (Bezoar) Gur gum (Safflower) Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) Tig Ta (Swertia) Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda) Dngul chu dkar btul (prepared Mercury) Gu gul (Bdellium) Gla rtsi (Musk) Stag sha (Oxytropis) A ru (Chebula)

Latin Bambusa textiles Calculus Bovis Carthamus tinctorius Santalum album Swertia chirata Adhatoda vasica Mercury sulphide preparata Commiphora mukul Moschus Oxytropis microphylla Terminalia chebula Amount 250 grams 10 grams 150 grams 100 grams 150 grams 150 grams 30 grams 90 grams 30 grams 150 grams 200 grams

Version 2:

Herb Name Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gi wan (Bezoar) Gur gum (Safflower) Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) Hong len (Picrorrhiza) Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) Tig Ta (Swertia) Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda) Mu zi (Sulphur) Dngul chu (prepared Mercury) * Gu gul (Bdellium) Gla rtsi (Musk) Sngo stag sha (Oxytropis) A ru gser mdog (Yellow Chebula)

Latin Bambusa textiles Calculus Bovis Carthamus tinctorius Aconitum heterophyllum Picrorrhiza / Lagotis Santalum album Swertia chirata Adhatoda vasica Sulphura Mercury sulphide preparata Commiphora mukul Moschus Oxytropis microphylla Terminalia chebula (yellow) Amount 50 grams 5 grams 30 grams 50 grams 50 grams 50 grams 30 grams 30 grams 10 grams 10 grams 30 grams 2 grams 20 grams 50 grams

* Despite listing Dngul chu (Mercury), it probably refers to processed Mercury as in Version 1, above.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Heat, Resists Poison

Use:

“This medicine is like a hammer, instantly breaking heat due to excitement of the Blood” (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Contagious and Infectious Diseases
2. Acute Fever
3. Measles
4. Blood Heat (including overwork, sunstroke etc.)
5. Diseases due to Evil Spirits / Demons (‘Byung po)

Dose:

1 gram

Cautions:

Due to Mercury it should not be used for more than 2 weeks without a break in treatment.

Modifications:

For use in the West today, it can be prepared without Mercury.

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