Cong zhi dgu pa  ཅོང་ཞི་དགུ་ དགུ་པ་
Calcite 9

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:


Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Cong zhi (Calcite)

Calcitum

500 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

300 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

30 grams

Shing tsha (Cinnamon)

Cinnamonum zeylanicum

300 grams

Sug smel (Cardamon)

Elettaria cardamomum

400 grams

Se bru (Pomegranate)

Punica granatum

500 grams

Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)

Piper longum

300 grams

Rgya tshva (Sal ammoniac)

Ammonium chloride

300 grams

Sga skya (Galangal)

Kaempferia galanga

300 grams

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills with honey

Function:

Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Promotes Digestion

Use:

1. Vomiting sour liquid
2. Heartburn
3. Indigestion (with flatulence, belching, adbominal distention and spasm, diarrhea)
4. Bloating
5. Intestinal pain and spasm
6. Diarrhea
7. Chronic Gastritis
8. Abdominal tumors (from Wind and Phlegm)

Dose:

2–3 grams with hot water

Cautions:

1. Not used in Hot disorders
2. “Slightly harmful in hot weather”

Modifications:

A “Secret” (recommended) addition to this formula is:
  Skyu ru (Emblic) 200 grams
  Ru rta (Costus) 200 grams
  Pho ba ris (Black Pepper)  300 grams


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