Gur gum bdun pa གུར་གུམ་བདུན་པ་
Safflower 7

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:



Herb Name

Gur gum (Safflower)
Ut pal (Blue Poppy)
Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)
Pri yang ku

Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Brag zhun (Shilajit)
Gi wan (Bezoar)

Latin


Carthamus tinctorius
Meconopsis grandis
Adhatoda vasica
Dracocephalum tangutium
Bambusa textiles

Shilajit
Bezoar

Amount





50 grams ea.
40 grams
25 grams
10 grams


Preparation:


Pills

Function:


Clears Liver Heat, Cools the Blood

Use:


Inflammation of the Spleen, Kidneys and Liver
1. Liver Fever; Fever associated with Liver heat
2. Heat of the Blood and Liver
3. Liver disease

4. Inflammation of the Spleen or Kidneys

Dose:


1000–1500mg after food; for heat of Blood and Bile, take at noon and midnight (up to three times per day).

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:


1. There is a variation, called ‘Excellent Safflower 7’ which omits Bezoar, Adhatoda, Dracocephalum and Shilajit and adds Aristolchia Ba le ka, Swertia Tig Ta, Chebula and Ephedra Tse ldum. It has similar indications for Liver disorders including damage to the Liver.

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