Gur gum brgyad pa  གུར་གུམ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Or, Khrag gchod gur gum brgyad pa  ཁྲག་གཅོད་ གུར་གུམ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Safflower 8

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Kha che gur gum (Saffron) * Dom mkris (Bear Bile) ** Sran me (Pea flower) *** Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) Mtshal (Cinnabar) Gser gyi me tog **** ‘Bri ta sa ‘dzin Pu shel rtse

Latin Crocus sativa Fel Ursi Pisum sativum Pterocarpus santalinus Mercuric sulhide Herpetospermum pedunculosum Fragaria nilgeerensis Dendrobium spp Amount 100 grams 100 grams 80 grams 70 grams 50 grams 50 grams 70 grams 50 grams

* Despite listing Kha che gur gum (Saffron), the large dose suggests Safflower is used (as in the second version listed below)
** Cow Bile now replaces Bear Bile
*** Sran me tog is Pea flower; Sran me is probably the same
**** Buryat sources use Momordica charantia

Herb Name Gur gum (Safflower) Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) Rgya mtskhal (Cinnabar) * Gser gyi me tog Pu shel rtse ‘Bri ta sa ‘dzin Mtshe ldum khanda (Ephedra) Shing skyu ru ma’i khanda

Latin Carthamus tinctorius Pterocarpus santalinus Mercuric sulphide Herpetospermum pedunculosum Dendrobium spp Fragaria nilgeerensis Ephedra saxatilis Ceratostigma minus Amount 100 grams 100 grams 10 grams 30 grams 100 grams 150 grams 50 grams 50 grams

* The text say to be “fried to a light shine”. Cinnabar is generally not fried or heated.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills

Function:

Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding

Use:

“This is the best medicine from secret instructions, for stopping any Bleeding without exception”
1. Uterine bleeding
2. Vomiting blood
3. Blood in the stool
4. Nasal bleeding
5. Rupture of blood vessels due to trauma
6. also useful for Liver diseases

Dose:

2 grams

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Back To PILLS
Back to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures