A gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།
Ba Wei Chen Xiang San (TCM)
Aloeswood 8
Tradition:
Tibetan Medicine
Source / Author:
|
Herb Name |
Latin |
Amount #1* |
Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aquillaria agallocha |
100 grams |
2 parts | |
|
Choerospondias axilliaris |
65 grams | ||
|
Bambusae silicae |
120 grams | ||
|
Boswellia sacra |
60 grams | ||
|
Saussurea lappa |
100 grams | ||
|
Myristica fragrans |
40 grams | ||
|
Terminalia chebula |
300 grams | ||
|
Salmalia malabarica |
65 grams |
1 part ea. |
* Here are 2 different amounts for each medicine according to different sources. The version of the right column is as listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia.
Preparation:
Powder
Function:
Clears Heart Fire, nourishes the Heart, Calms the Nerves, Settles Wind, Resuscitates
Use:
1. Coma associated with Heart Fire
2. Wind affecting the Heart which causes Unhappiness, Palpitation
3. Qi stagnation causing Pain in the chest or Liver region
4. Wind disturbing the Spirit associated with poor Intelligence, retardation, unhappiness, outbursts of anger
5. Madness
6. Delirium
7. Angina Pectoris
8. Tachycardia
9. Coronary Heart Disease (especially with low blood pressure)
10. Trembling
11. Tinnitus
12. Dizziness
13. Stitching pain in the Breasts
Dose:
2–3 grams, 2–3 times daily with arm water, broth, or rice alcohol.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. A variation:
A gar (Aloeswood) 100
Dza ti (Nutmeg) 40
Snying zho sha (Choerospondias) 65
Cu gang (Tabasheer) 120
Spos dkar (Frankincense) 60
Ru rta (Costus) 100
A ru (Chebula) 300
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) 65
2. When taken with Garuda 5 it makes Ar brgyad khyung bsnan. This is used for Heart pain and inflammation, Tachycardia, confusion of Mind and for pricking pain in the upper body.
3. When taken with Antelope Horn 14 it is called A rgya. It is used for stabbing pains in the upper body, tachycardia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.
4. When Clove, Asafetida and Yak Heart is added it forms Eleven Holders of Life.
Similar Formula:
Aloeswood Clear Wind 8
Eleven Holders of Life
1. Chemical and pharmacological progress on a Tibetan folk medicine formula Bawei Chenxiang Powder
2. Bawei Chenxiang Wan Ameliorates Cardiac Hypertrophy by Activating AMPK/PPAR-α Signaling Pathway Improving Energy Metabolism.
3. [Study on regularity of drug use in Tibetan medicine treating hypertension based on multi-center clinical medical records and “prescription-property-efficacy-disease”].
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