Sro lo

Sro lo (Tibetan Medicine)

Pegaeophyton scapiflorum The journal of the Linnean society, Botany (1893)

Rhodiola crenulata W.J. Hooker, J.D. Hooker, Icones Plantarum (1896)

Botanical name:

There are 3 types of Sro lo:

1. Sro lo dkar po: Pegaeophyton scapiflorum (syn. Eutrema scapiflorum)
   
2. Sro lo dmar po (mtskhan dmar, chan dmar) Rhodiola euryphylla or Rhodiola crenulata
   
3. Sro lo smug po, Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa, Solms-laubachia shirokoplodnaya
   

Parts used:

Root

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Sweet

Uses:

General indications for the Sro lo group:
1. Clears Heat from the Lungs, Stops Cough:
-Lung Heat Cough, Bronchitis

2. Clears Heat and Poison:
-common cold with Fever; Epidemic Fever

3. Benefits Qi:
-increases strength; Fatigue, Weakness
-Breathlessness

Dose:

Decoction: 3–9 grams
Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:

1. As it is more readily available, Rhodiola may generally be used for Sro lo
2. Stellaria dichotoma Yin Chai Hu

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Cautions:

None noted

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