Prepared Iron, Lcags rtsi ལྕགས་རྩི་
Lcags rtsi (Iron Essence, Tibetan)
Lcags phye (Iron filings, Tibetan)
Minerological name:
Ferrum
Parts used:
Prepared Iron
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, Sour
Uses:
1. Strengthens the Live, Nourishes Blood:
–Liver disease
–Liver obstruction
–Anemia
2. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes:
–improves Eyesight
–Eye diseases with Heat
3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
–Fever
–Fever due to poisoning
–Liver poison
4. Promotes Urine:
–Edema
–Swelling
Dose:
125–250mg
Substitute:
Used similarly to Iron Bhasma which is more readily absorbed.
Comment:
Prepared Iron is used similarly to Iron Oxide, but is better prepared and more potent.
Preparation:
1. Prepared Iron–Lcags rtsi:
Discard the seeds from Yellow Myrobalan and grind the fruit to powder and put in an Iron vessel with powdered Iron. Add urine of an 8 year old boy (or if unavailable, clean water) and mix to a paste. In Summer, put a lid on; in Winter put in a warm place, and leave for 3 days until blackened. Wash well to remove the Myrobalan powder, then dry and keep for use.
2. Moonlight-prepared Iron–Lcags rtsi zla ‘od:
The above preparation is made. When it becomes soft put it on a bronze plate and expose to moonlight of the full moon overnight. This is more cooling and regarded as tonic.
Main Combinations:
1. To strengthen the Eyesight, take with Triphala
2. Heat and inflammation of the Eyes, take with Barberry
Major Formulas:
Clarifying Lloydia 15 (Gsal byed a wa bco lnga) (Tibetan)
Crystal Moon Nectar (Zla shel bdud rtsi ma) (Tibetan)
Crystal Moon 37 (Zla shel so bdun) (Tibetan)
Great Precious Iron Pill (Rin chen lchags ril cheng mo) (Tibetan)
Great Precious Purified Moon Crystal Pill (Rin chen tso bkru zla shel) (Tibetan)
Turquoise 25 (Rin chen gyu rnying nyer lnga) (Tibetan)
Cautions:
None noted
