Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་

Tang kun (Tibet)
Mura (Root, Ayurveda)
Mural (Siddha)
Selinum wallichianum
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Botanical name:

Two different herbs supply Tang kun:

1. Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium)
   
2. Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina

Some modern Russian sources list Cnidium dahuricum for Tang kun.

Parts used:

Root; Seed; Whole herb in flower

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Sweet

Classification:

Uses:

1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Fever (Ayurveda, Tibet)
-acute Wind-Heat disorders
-General Antidote to Poison
-burning feeling of the body (Ayurveda)

2. Moves Qi, Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Dizziness, Syncope, Fainting (Root, API)
-Dyspnoea, Asthma (Root, API)
-Colic, Gastritis, Intestinal pain
-diseases from admixture of Wind-Phlegm (Tibet)
-Tumors

3. Clears Heart Fire:
-Heat disorders of the Heart
-also for Thirst (Ayurveda)

4. Externally:
-topically to Cuts and Wounds, and to stop bleeding

Dose:

Root or Seed Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:

The root and Indian Spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi) have been used as substitutes for one another.

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Selinum 6 (Tang kug drug thang)
Undying Aloeswood 8 (Chi med a gar brgyad pa)

Cautions:

Slightly toxic. Avoid overdose.

Main Preparations used: