A gar nyi shu  ཨ་གར་ཉི་ཤུ་
Er Shi Wei Chen Xiang (TCM)
Aloeswood 20

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

A gar (Aloeswood)

Aquillaria agallocha

200 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

40 grams

Snying zho sha

Choerospondias axillaris

60 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusae silicae

100 grams

Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Boswellia sacra

50 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

100 grams

A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)

Terminalia chebula

150 grams

Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)

Salmalia malabarica

60 grams

Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Pterocarpus santalinus

150 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

40 grams

Bse yab (Bengal Quince)

Chaenomeles speciosa

50 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

130 grams

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula helenium

100 grams

Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn) *

Rhinoceros spp.

30 grams

Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl)

Mater Margarita

50 grams

Ko byi la (Nux vomica) **

Strychnos nux vomica

40 grams

Sa dzin (Barley smut)

Ustilago nuda

100 grams

Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)

Emblica officinalis

100 grams

Ri bong snying (Rabbit Heart)

Lepus Cor

20 grams

Gi wang (Bezoar)

Calculus Bovis

1 gram

* Burnt Deer horn is substituted for Rhino horn
** Hairs removed (prepared according to traditional methods)

Preparation:

Pills about the size of a pea

Function:

Clears Heat, Regulates Qi and Blood, Settles Wind

Use:

“especially this medicine helps with diseases of the white canals [Nerves] and with hemorrhage of the Brain”
“Eliminates trembling in the limbs, madness, anxiety, numbness of the limbs, Vital Wind, aggravation of rLung [Wind] and Blood, as well as diseases of the Planets and White Channels”.
1. Neurological disorders
2. Hysteria
3. Madness
4. Insanity
5. Dumbness
6. Symptoms as a result of Stroke (CVA)
7. Tongue tied, Difficult Speech, Stuttering
8. Numbness of the extremities
9. Loss of sensitivity
10. Hemiplegia
11. Parkinson’s Disease
12. Mixed Blood and Wind disorders
13. Fever from Wind

Dose:

2–3 pills before bed with warm water

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy

Modifications:


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