Rabbit Heart

Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan)
Picture Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583

Picture Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine
at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016)

Zoological name:
Several species of Lepus

Parts used:


Dried Heart

Temperature & Taste:


Warm. Sweet

Uses:


1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the Mind and Spirit:
-Anxiety, Restlessness; ‘Wind affecting the Heart’ (Tibetan Medicine)
-mental dullness from Wind affecting the Brain
-Mental disorders, Insanity

2. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-“Epilepsy, Hysteric Fits, and vapors ascending to the Brain”  (West)
-Paralysis, Parkinson’s disease (Tibetan Medicine)
-Cerebral Ischemia, Numbness
-diseases caused by Evil Spirits that effect the mind (Tibetan Medicine)

3. Moves the Blood, Eases Pain:
-Pain of the Womb (Galen)
-Heart pain (Tibetan Medicine)

4. Resists Poison:
-Quartan Fever (Salmon)


Dose:


Taken with wine to move the Blood and relieve pain
Powder: 300–1500mg (up to 1 oz. was given in powder in the West)
Salmon said one-third of a whole dried and powdered Heart is taken as a dose.

Preparation:


After washing and removing the membranes, the best way to dry is to dip the fresh heart in alcohol or brandy, and hang to dry, repeating a number of times until thoroughly dried. To remove smell, prolong the shelf life and enhance efficacy, this can also be done with Tincture of Myrrh.

Main Combinations:


1. Wind affecting the Heart, Rabbit Heart with Aloeswood, Nutmeg, Choreospondias, Tabasheer, Clove (as in Eleven Holders of Life of Tibetan Medicine)

Major Formulas:


Aloeswood 17 (A gar bcu bdun)
Aloeswood 18 (Tibetan)
Aloeswood 20 (A gar nyi shu)
Asafetida 25 (Shin kun nyer lnga) (Tibetan)
Happiness of Mind (Sems kyi bde skyid)
Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin bcu gcig) (Tibetan)
Nux Vomica 15 (Ko byi bcu lnga) (Tibetan)

Composition of Citta
    Rabbit heart           2 parts
    Aloeswood
    Clove
    Nutmeg
    Choerospondias
    Frankincense
    Costus
    Sandalwood
    Black Aconite
    Calcite                       1 part ea.
Used for Wind diseases affecting the Heart with chest tightness and trembling of the Limbs; also for Wind affecting the “Holders of Life” (Tibetan)

Cautions:


None noted

Main Preparations used:


Prepared Heart