Sa ra’i bya khyung  ས་རཻབྱ་ཁྱུང་
Or, A ru bcu bdun  ཨ་རུ་བཅུ་བདུན་
Sa ra’i Garuda
Or, Chebula 17


Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)
Ru rta (Costus)

Shu dag nag po (Calamus)
Gla rtsi (Musk)

Bong nga nag po (Aconite) **
Mdog ldan (Hollyhock)
Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) ***
Gu gul (Bdellium) ***

Zhu mkhan (Sapphireberry)
Tshos (Lacca)
Btsod (Madder)
Kha che sha skam (Sa
ffron) *****
Dom mkhris (Bear Bile)
Snag tsha (Chinese Black Ink)
Mtshal (Cinnabar)

Sug smel (Cardamon)
Mkhal zho dkar po (Erythrina)

Latin


Terminalia chebula
Saussurea lappa
Acorus calamus
Moschus
Aconitum ferox
Alcea rosea

Mater Perlarum
Commiphora mukul
Symplocos paniculata
Laccifer lacca

Rubia tinctorium
Crocus sativus
Fel Ursi

Sina atramento
Mercuric sulphide
Elettaria cardamomum
Erythrina arborenscens

Amount *
152 grams
50 grams
30 grams
9 grams
152 grams
22 grams
21 grams
16 grams
24 grams
44 grams
15 grams
12 grams
16 grams
15 grams
46 grams
25 grams
35 grams
150 grams
15 grams
20 grams
2 grams
10 grams

20 grams
20 grams
26 grams
40 grams
14 grams
12 grams
100 grams
15 grams
25 grams
25 grams
26 grams

* Two sources have given different proportions. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang. The left column is from Amdo Compendium.
** Men Tsee Kang list Sman Chen, Aconitum spicatum. Most sources list Bong nga nag po (Black Aconite)
*** Mother of Pearl is calcined. Alternatively, Pearl powder can be used.
**** Amdo Compendium lists Myrrh instead of Bdellium.
***** Amdo Compendium lists Safflower in place of Saffron.

Preparation:


Pills

Function:


Clears Heat, opens Obstructions, Benefits the Kidneys

Use:


“This medicine is especially good cures fever of the kidneys”
“all hot and cold varieties of kidney diseases” (Amdo Compendium)
1. Burning Urine
2. Kidney pain

3. Degenerative joint disease
4. Urinary incontinence
5. Frequent or Difficult Urination
6. Hematuria
7. Spermatorrea
8. Swelling of the Testicles
9. Prostatitis


Dose:


2 grams

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:



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