Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

* Different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.

Preparation:

Prepared as pills, the size of a Pea (500mg)

Function:

Harmonise Qi and Blood, stops Cough, calm the Nerves and Spirit

Use:

Wind affecting the Heart, Lungs and upper torso
“Especially this medicine defeats the disease khrag rlung stod ‘tshangs [strong Headache associated with Hypertensive crisis] and stabbing pain in the chest and back”. (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Pain over the whole body caused by Wind
2. Cough with expectoration of frothy phlegm
3. Stabbing chest and upper back Pain due to Qi and Blood stagnation
4. “acts as Nectar for Chest tightness caused by Wind and Blood” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)
5. Dry Cough
6. Bronchial Asthma
7. Shortness of Breath
8. Wind in the Lungs with frothy sputum, shortness of Breath
9. Insomnia
10. Hypertension
11. Severe headache due to Hypertensive crisis.
12. Thyroid Toxicosis associated with Heat and “Bad Blood”

Dose:

3 pills, three times daily

Cautions:

1. Use is avoided in Kidney disease

Modifications:

1. Paegaeophyton is considered a variety of Rhodiola in Tibetan Medicine, and are both used similarly. Therefore, Rhodiola may be used in place of Paegaeophyton.

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