Tig ta nyer lnga  ཏིག་ཏ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Swertia 25

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name Rgya tig (Indian Swertia) Sum tig * Lchags tig * A ru ra (Chebula) Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena) Gur gum (Safflower) Cu gang (Tabasheer) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) Rgun brum (Raisin) Se bru (Pomegranate) Skyer shun (Barberry) Brag zhun khanda (Shilajit) Bong dkar (White Aconite) A krong dkar po ** Shug tsher (Juniper) Ba sha ka (Adhatoda) Hong len (Picrorhiza) Li shi (Clove) Ru rta (Costus) Kyi lche dkar po (White Gentian) Shing mngar (Licorice) Gser me tog (Herpetospermum) Sug smel (Cardamon)

Latin Swertia chirata Saxifraga umbellulata Halenia elliptica Terminalia chebula Holarrhena antidysenterica Carthamus tinctorius Bambusae silicae Myristica fragrans Amomum subulatum Piper longum Vitis vinifera Punica granatum Berberies aristata Asphaltum Aconitum heterophyllum Artemisia minor Juniperus recurva Adhatoda vasica Picrorhiza kurroa Eugenia caryophyllus Saussurea lappa Gentiana tibetica Glycyrrhiza glabra Herpetospermum pedunculosum Elettaria cardamomum Amount 80 grams 40 grams 30 grams 130 grams 50 grams 80 grams 60 grams 20 grams 30 grams 30 grams 40 grams 70 grams 80 grams 40 grams 80 grams 70 grams 40 grams 60 grams 60 grams 30 grams 80 grams 80 grams 50 grams 50 grams 20 grams

* Swertia can be used for all three Tig medicines. Centaury and Gentian could also replace them.
** Wormwood can be used in this place

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills

Function:

Clears Heat and Damp

Use:

Bitter taste, headache, Indigestion, lethargy
1. Hot and Cold Bile diseases
2. Cholecysitis, Gall Bladder inflammation
3. Used where Bile affects any of the Dense (Yin) Organs: Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys

Dose:

2–3 grams, twice daily. Some sources say to take it at midday.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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