Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills of 500mg each

Function:

Settles Wind, Clears Heat, stops Spasms, Strengthen the Brain and Nerves

Use:

“Especially this medicine reduces swelling and pain in the joints due to for Drag [Gout] and Grum [Arthritic] diseases” (Men Tsee Kang)
“Eliminates for harm caused to the body by Grum bu [Arthritic disease], Chu ser [Lymph] and manifested by the appearance of dark spots on the skin” (Amdo Compendium)
1. Paralysis
2. Neuritis
3. Rigidity of the limbs, stiffness of hands and feet
4. Gout
5. Rheumatoid Arthritis
6. Swelling, Redness, Stinging pain and burning in the joints of the limbs
7. Pain and inflammation of the tendons or joints
8. Convulsions
9. Edeme, Excess Serous Fluid
10. Elephantiasis

Dose:

Beginning dose should be 500mg, three times daily. Up to 2–3 grams

Cautions:

1. Contains prepared Aconite and prepared Mercury. Avoid overdose and should not be used for more than 3 weeks without a break.
2. Not used in Heart diseases, Hypertension
3. Weak patients, children under 10 years, elderly
4. Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:

If this is recreated today in the West, the Mercury is omitted. It is probable that Cinnabar could be used in its place if prepared Mercury is unavailable, but to Tibetan practitioners, prepared Mercury has effects greater than those of Cinnabar.

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