Dbang po kun sel  དབང་པོ་ཀུན་ཀུན་སེལ་
Or, Ya sman dbang po kun sel  ཡ་སྨན་དབང་པོ་ཀུན་སེལ་
Universal Clear the Senses Powder

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) Ar nag (Aloeswood) Li shi (Clove) Gur gum (Safflower) Gi wang (Bezoar) Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) Bong dkar (White Aconite) Ru rta (Costus) Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) Spang spos (Spikenard) Gla rtsi (Musk) U su (Coriander seed) A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) Rdo thag (Tabacco leaf) **

Latin Sodium chloride Santalum album Pterocarpus santalinus Aquilaria agallocha Eugenia caryophyllus Carthamus tinctorius Calculus Bovis Amomum subulatum Aconitum heterophyllum Saussurea lappa Elettaria cardamomum Nardostachys jatamansi Moschus Coriandrum sativum Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Nicotinum tabacum Amount 50 grams 50 grams 100 grams 70 grams 30 grams 100 grams 1 gram 40 grams 40 grams 30 grams 40 grams 100 grams 1 gram 50 grams 30 grams 30 grams 30 grams 200 grams

* A gar go snyod (Cinnamomum parthenoxylon) is originally ordered, but the Mern Tsee Kang text says A nag (Aquilaria agallocha) can be used
** Tobacco leaf in the form of snuff

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Wind and Phlegm, Opens the Senses

Use:

“Especially useful for Sinus diseases and blockage of the nasal passages” (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Sinusitis, Rhinitis
2. Nasal congestion with pain and swelling
3. Sneezing
4. Hoarseness
5. Clarifies the Vision and opens the other senses.
6. Stabbing pain in the jaws and head (Amdo Compendium)

Dose:

Used as a snuff; inhaled throughj the nose. Not taken orally.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

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