A ru ra (Chebula)

A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Saffl | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Li shi (Clove) | Mtshal (Cinnabar) | ower | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal)

Safflower 13 (Gur gum bcu gsum)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gur Gum bcu gsum གུར་གུམ་བཅུ་གསུམ།Safflower 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different proportions for the medicines in this formula. The right hand column is from Men Tsee Kang.** Some sources list White Sandalwood*** Some sources list Deer horn, which is considered to have effects similar to…

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A bras (Mango stone) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong nga nag po (Aconite) | Brag Zun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser Bye (Mica) | Gur gum (Saffl | Jam bras (Indian Beech) | Ka ka ru (Crab shell) | Lcam pa (Mallow seed) | Mkhal ma zho sha (Sword Bean) | ower | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Sa bras (Java plum) | Shug pa tsher can (Juniper) | Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)

Chebula 18 (A Ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A ru bcu brgyad ཨ་རུ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།Chebula 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different amounts** Some sources have listed Cupressus spp or Sabina spp. instead of Juniperus spp. There are a number of related plants that supply this medicine in Tibet. *** Some sources listed Mucuna instead of Canavalia. Preparation: Powder and…

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(Dark-blue Aconite) | A ru ra (Chebula) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bong Nga Nag Po | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser bye (gser gyis bye ma) | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu pa tra (Elecampane) | Mu tig (Pearl) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig pa (Scorpion) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Sga dmar (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shu dag nag po (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) | Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Wishfulfilling Garuda (Bsam khyung)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bsam khyung བསམ་ ཁྱུང་Wish-fulfilling Garuda Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: * Synthetic or artificial Musk and Bezoar are generally used today** Water Buffalo horn concentrate is used in place of Rhinoceros horn today NOTE: The last 8 medicines for Garuda 8. Therefore, Musk and Costus are listed twice as if these 2 formulas would…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Bul tog (Sodium carbonate) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb) | Ma nu (Inula) | Sga skya (Galangal)

Pacific 6 (Zhi byed drug pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Zhi byed drug pa ཞི་བྱེད་དྲུག་པ།Pacific 6 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang; the right column is a Buryat source.** Calcite should be prepared with Heat (Cong zhi tsha btul) Preparation: Powder and form pills. Function: Opens obstructions, Improves…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Gser gyi me tog | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Spang spos (Indian Spikenard)

Chebula 7 (A ru bdun pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A ru bdun pa ཨ་རུ་བདུན་པ་Chebula 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions, Benefits Spleen Use: “especially this medicine is good to treat diseases of the Spleen and overcomes swelling and stitching pain in the spleen”1. Enlarged Spleen2. Pain over the Spleen3. Damage or trauma to…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Byi tang ga (Embelia) | ffl | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Sa | Gya kyi ma (Spleenwort) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Rgya tshwa (Sal ammoniac) | Rgyam tshwa (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig srin (Crab shell) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thang phrom dkar po

Possessing All Benefits (Phan pa khun ldan)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Phan pa khun ldan ཕན་པ་ ཁུན་ ལྡན་Possessing All Benefits Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Tablet or Pill Function: Clears Heat and Phlegm, Clears Toxin, reduces Inflammation, Eases Pain Use: 1. Sore Throat2. Tonsillitis3. Pharyngitis4. Diphtheria5. Sinusitis6. Controls ‘Spreading Fever’7. Carbuncles8. Swelling of the Mouth, Gums, Tongue and Palate Dose: 250mg once or twice daily…

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'Gron thal (Cowrie ash) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | ffl | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Mdze tshva (Glauber's Salt) | ower | Phag brun (Pig feces) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill (Skran ‘joms zla bsil)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Skran ‘joms zla bsil སྐྲན་འཇོམས་ཟླ་བསིལ་Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Calcined Boar feces is now used. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, Moves Blood, Resolves Masses Use: 1. Blood Tumors2. Heat Tumors3. Bile (Humor) Tumors. Dose: 3 grams with hot water Cautions: Avoid in Pregnancy Modifications: Back…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Sman sga (Ginger) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Aloeswood 11 (A gar bcu gcig)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A gar bcu gcig ཨ་གར་བཅུ་གཅིག་Aloeswood 11 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi Use: “Completely cure Wind disease in the Heart” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)1. Wind disorders of the HeartIt is similar to other of the Aloeswood formula, and may be used similarly to those that are…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Adhatoda) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha ka | Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar | ower | Rgya ru (Antelope horn) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sha ru (Burnt Deer horn) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Utpal sngon po (Blue Poppy) | wang (Bezoar) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)

Rhinoceros Horn 25 (Bse ru nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bse ru nyer lnga བསེ་རུ་ཉེར་ལྔ་Or, Sha rwa nyer lnga ཤ་རྭ་ཉེར་ལྔRhinoceros Horn 25 Deer antler 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different amounts. Left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right from Amdo Compendium.** Water Buffalo horn is used in place of Rhinoceros horn.*** Antelope horn…

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'Ol mo se (fruit) | 'U su (Coriander l;eaf & fruit) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Bri mog (Onosma) | Btsod (Madder) | Bu ram (unrefined Sugar) | chog la (Vermillion) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | Dre tsher ma (Lycium fruit) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Ma nu (Inula) | Pho ril nag po (Calcined Boar feces) | Re skon rtsi dmar (Corydalis) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Rgyam mtshal | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Sbrul sha (Snake flesh) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Ze tshva (Saltpeter)

Podophyllum 25 (‘Ol se nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

‘Ol se nyer lnga འོལ་ སེ་ ཉེར་ལྔ་Podophyllum 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different versions give different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang.** The exact identification of this medicine is uncertain. It is possibly calcined Boar feces, but may be another part from a pig. Sus domestica…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | Ga dur (Geranium) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Saffl | Ka Ra (White Rock Sugar) | ower | Pri yang ku gzhon nu | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Shilajit 9 (Brag zun dgu pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Brag zhun dgu pa བྲག་ཞུན་དགུ་པ། Shilajit 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium, Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given differeing amounts. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.** Some sources list Jib rtsi which is Dracocephalum heterophyllum*** Cow Bile and Synthetic Musk (or substitutes) are used today. Preparation: Powder and…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Gur gum (Saffl | ower | Pri Yang Ku

Shilajit 5 (Brag zhun lnga pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Brag zun lnga pa བྲག་ཞུན་ལྔ་པ་Shilajit 5 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Liver Heat Use: “Recommended as the best treatment for Liver diseases”1. Liver Heat, “Liver Fever”2. Especially useful for Hepatitis Dose: 2 grams Cautions: Use cautiously in a Cold and Weak Stomach Modifications: Birthwort can be…

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