Rta zi dmar po  རྟ་ཟི་དམར་པོ་
or Bsil sbyor bco lnga  བསིལ་སྦྱོར་བཅོ་ལྔ་
or Rta bzi dmar po  རྟ་བཟི་དམར་པོ་
Red Pony

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name Dzin pa (Black Aconite) Rgya tshos (Lacca) Btsod (Madder) Stag sha (Oxytropis) Tsher sngon (Blue Poppy) Gla rtsi (Musk) Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) Hong len (Picrorhiza) Spang rtsi do bo (Pterocephalus) A ru ra (Chebula) Gya kyi ma (Spleenwort) Ru rta (Costus) Ma nu (Inula) Bong dkar (White Aconite) Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena)

Latin Aconitum spp. Laccifer lacca Rubia cordifolia Oxytropis microphylla Meconopsis horridula Moschus Commiphora myrrha Picrorhiza kurroa Pterocephalus hookeri Terminalia chebula Chrysosplenium nepalense Saussurea lappa Inula racemosa Aconitum heterophyllum Holarrhena antidysenterica Amount 6 grams 3 grams 3 grams 3 grams 3 grams 1 gram 1 gram 1 gram 1 gram 2 grams 1 gram 1 gram 1 gram 1 gram 1 gram

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Wind, Clears Stasis, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Cold, Influenza
2. All types of acute Fever
3. All types of Contagious diseases
4. Diphtheria and inflammations of the Throat
5. Fever of the Lungs (especially effective)
6. Hemoptysis from Lung heat
7. Inflammations of the Lungs
8. Inflammation of the muscles
9. Painful Inflammatory Swellings
10. Regarded by some as useful in Cancer
11. Stabbing Headache

Dose:

2–3 grams with hot water at noon. It can be taken twice daily in required.

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose due to Aconite content.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or in young Children
3. Do not take alcohol or meat while using this medicine.

Modifications:

1. If there is excess Mkhris (Bile) add Swertia and Herpetospermum
2. For Urinary retention add Sal Ammoniac
3. To cleanse the Stomach add Euphorbia thymifolia.

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