Sang Lang (Tibetan Medicine)

Skyer sang lang (Tibetan): Rhamnella gilgitica
Can dan sang lang (Tibetan), Shinyleaf Yellowhorn, Wen Guan Mu (TCM): Xanthoceras sorbifolia
Gs sang lang (Tibetan): Plumyew, Zhong Guo Cu Fei Zhi Ye (TCM): Cephalotaxus sinensis
Picture Xanthoceras sorbifolia
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1887)

Picture Cephalotaxus harringtonii
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1909)

Picture Cephalotaxus sinensis
(Photo by Bostonian13) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:


Three varieties of San Lang are used in Tibetan Medicine:
  1. Skyer sang lang: Rhamnella gilgitica
  2. Can dan sang lang: Xanthoceras sorbifolia
  3. Ga sang lang: Cephalotaxus sinensis (syn. C. harringtonii var. sinensis, C. drupacea globosa, C. drupacea var. sinensis)

In TCM, several local varieties of Cephalotaxus are used synonymously with C. sinensis including C. hainanensis, C. harringtonii, and C. fortunei

Parts used:


Branch, stem

Temperature & Taste:




Uses:


1. Clears Wind-Damp, Relieves Swelling, Stops Pain:
-Wind-damp pain of the Muscles and Joints; Arthritis, Rheumatism
-can be used for Wind-Damp-Heat pain
-pain in the Bones and Joints


Cepahlotaxus spp:
2. Moves the Blood, Resolve Masses:
-used for various types of Cancer in TCM
-Cancer of the Stomach, Colon, Lung, Esophagus
–Lymphatic sarcoma, leukemia


Dose:



Substitutes:


1. Rhamnus davurica
2. The stem of Acacia catechu is said to be collected for this medicine

Main Combinations:



Major Formulas:



Cautions:


None noted

Main Preparations used: