Tsan dan bco brgyad  ཙན་དན་བཅོ་བརྒྱརད།
Sandalwood 18

Tradition:


Tibetan

Source / Author:


Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) *
Gi wan (Bezoar)

Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Li shi (Clove)
Ka ko la (Black Cardamon)
Sug smel (Green Cardamon)
Gur gum (Sa
fflower)
A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)
Sum cu tig (Lhasa Saxifrage)
Ru rta (Costus)
Pri yang ku
Hong len (Picrorrhiza)
Re skon
Ba sha ka
Bri mog
Btsod (Madder)

Latin


Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Bezoar

Bambusae silicae
Myristica fragrans
Eugenia caryophyllus
Amomum subulatum
Elettaria cardamomum
Carthamus tinctorius
Terminalia chebula
Saxifraga umbellata
Saussurea lappa
Dracocephalum tanguticum
Picrorrhiza kurroa

Corydalis spp.
Adhatoda vasica
Onosma hookeri
Rubia cordifolia

Amount


120 grams
70 grams
1 gram
70 grams
15 grams
20 grams
15 grams
15 grams
80 grams
100 grams
60 grams
50 gram
70 grams
70 grams
70 grams
70 grams
100 grams
80 grams

* Some versions list Vermillion (Mercuric sulphide) in place of Red Sandalwood.

Preparation:


Powder or Pills.

Function:


Regulates Qi, clears Liver Heat

Use:


Dry mouth and tongue, brownish color to the lips and nails, discomfort over the hypochondria
1. Liver Wind-Heat type Headaches
2. Hypertension
3. Irregular Heartbeat
4. Stabbing pasin in the Heart
5. Dizziness
6. Blurred Vision
7. Hepatitis
8. Cholecystitis
9. Gastritis
10. Gastroenteritis
11. Colitis
12. Diarrhea with Intestinal spasms
13. Wind (Qi) Blocking the Heart, Heart pain
14. Poor blood circulation
15. Pain over hypochondria and upper back
16. Dry Mouth and Throat
17. Sore Throat
18. Traditionally listed to ‘dry Bad blood’
19. Nodules due to repetitive strain causing Qi obstruction
20. Brown Phlegm (Bad Kan Smug Po)


Dose:


1–2 grams, twice daily, often taken with a decoction of Shilajit

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:



This has a wide scope of use. It principally moves Qi and regulates its circulation, thereby helping blood circulation, and benefitting the digestive system and Liver. It also settles wind rising to the head causing Headache, Dizziness, Hypertension etc.
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