A gar dgu pa  ཨ་གར་དགུ་པ་
Aloeswood 9

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:


Latin

Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Choerospondias axillaris
Saussurea lappa
Pyrethrum tatsinensis
Ferula foetida
Eugenia caryophyllus
Aconitum ferox
Terminalia chebula

Amount *

30 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
50 grams
10 grams

50 grams
30 grams
40 grams
40 grams
40 grams
20 grams
30 grams
25 grams
40 grams

* Two different sources have given different amounts
** This was originally Sha chen, Human flesh.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills with Honey.

Function:

Calms the Heart, Settles Wind, Calms the Mind and Spirit

Use:

For Heart rLung [Wind]: chesp oppression, poor memory and concentration, chaotic thoughts, nervousness, insanity

1. Palpitations
2. Arrhythmia
3. Heart diseases with inflammation: myocarditis, endocarditis
4. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5. Chaotic thoughts
6. Anxiety
7. Mental illness, Insanity
8. Fainting
9. Mental illness with seizures
10. Traditionally for the effects of Evil Spirits

Dose:

2 grams
“if washed down with decoction of Gzer ‘joms (Pyrethrum tatsiense), the effectiveness of will increase”
*washed down with strong Chang [Barley alcohol], the rlung [Wind] in the Heart will immediately calm down, as well as the chaotic thoughts, fainting [etc.]” (Men Tsee Kang)

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy

Modifications:

This can be made without Aconite, but is more effective when added.


Back To PILLS
Back to FORMULAS
How to Modify a Formula
Substitutes
Weights & Measures

DISCLAIMER

This Website is intended for the study of Traditional Medicine. Some of the information is Intended for Historical reference only and may be illegal or dangerous if used by unskilled hands. MedicineTraditions cannot be held responsible for the use or misuse of the information contained herein, nor can it be held responsible for injury, sickness or death due to use or misuse of the information contained herein.

Picture