Btsod (Madder)

(Cinnabar) | Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Btsod (Madder) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Rgya ru (Antelope horn) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Rgyam mtskhal | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sha ru (Deer horn) | Shug tsher (Juniper) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Antelope Horn 14 (Rgya ru bcu bzhi)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rgya ru bcu bzhi རྒྱ་རུ་བཅུ་བཞི་Antelope Horn 14 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Goat horn or Water Buffalo horn can be used instead of Rhino horn** Cinnabar must be well washed*** Cow Bile is now used for Bear Bile in 5–10 times the dose. Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Heat, Moves the Blood,…

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'bras (Eugenia) | 'jam-'bras (Mango kernel) | A 'bras (Fever nut) | A ru (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bre ga (Treacle Mustard) | Btsod (Madder) | Gser me | Herpetospermum) | Mkhal zo dkar po | Shug pa tsher can | Sra | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tskhos (Lacca) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos)

Thlaspi 13 (Bre ga bcu gsum)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bre ga bcu gsum བྲེ་ག་བཅུ་གསུམ་Thlaspi 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different amounts for each herb. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang. The right column is from Buryat sources.** Eugenia and Mango kernels are lightly roasted, then peeled*** The Buryat version uses Ginger…

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A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bri mog (Onosma) | Btsod (Madder) | Chog la (Cinnabar) | Ge Jie (Gecko) | Gi wang (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Jam bras (Indian Beech) | Li shi (Clove) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sha ru (Deer horn) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Symplocos | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) | Zhu mkhan (

Antidotal 18 (Gnyen po bco brgyad)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gnyen po bco brgyad གཉེན་པོ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་Antidotal 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Cinnabar must be prepared by washing it before use Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Moves the Blood, Opens Obstructions Use: 1. Heat of the Kidneys2. Urinary retention3. Trauma, especially of the Kidneys or Lower Body4….

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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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Bong nga nag po (Aconitum) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Sug tsher (Juniper) | Zhu mkhan (Sapphireberry)

Madder Pill (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Man ngag gam phye dmar poMadder Pills Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Aconite needs preparation** Delphinium brunonianum is typically substituted today. Preparation: Powder and form honey pills; 10 pills weigh 2 1⁄2 grams Function: Clears Kidney Heat, promotes Urine, moves the Blood, eases Pain, Resists Poison Use: Good for Kidney or Joint disease with…

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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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'Ol mo se (fruit) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Btsod (Madder) | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgya ru (Antelope horn) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Zhu mkhan (Lodh tree)

Women’s Universal Decoction (Mo nad spyi thang)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Mo nad spyi thang མོ་ནད་སྤྱི་སྤྱི་ཐང་Women’s Universal Decoction Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Preparation: Coarsely powdered herbs to be used as Decoction. Function: Stops Bleeding, Regulates Menstruation Use: 1. all types of Heavy or Excessive Menstruation2. Uterine Bleeding3. Used to regulate Menstruation4. Menstrual disorders with pelvic or back pain Dose: A small cupful can…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Brag Zun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gser Bye (Mica) | Gur gum (Saffl | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Mkhal zho dkar po (Erythrina) | ower | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Shug tsher (Juniper) | Skyer pa dkar po (Barberry) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Sum cu tig (Saxifrage) | Yung Ba (Turmeric) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)

Chebula 18 for Urinary Incontinence (Gcin snyi a ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gcin snyi a ru bcu brgyad གཅིན་སྙི་ཨ་རུ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།Chebula 18 for Urinary Incontinence Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Shilajit, Lacca and Mica are prepared** Some texts list Ginger or Galangal in place of Turmeric*** Today, Cow Bile regularly replaces Bear Bile**** Artificial Bezoar is generally used today. Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Strengthens the Kidneys,…

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A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba sha ka | Bri mog | Btsod (Madder) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Ka ko la (Black Cardamon) | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Re skon | Ru rta (Costus) | Sug smel (Green Cardamon) | Sum cu tig (Lhasa Saxifrage) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Sandalwood 18 (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Tsan dan bco brgyad ཙན་དན་བཅོ་བརྒྱརད།Sandalwood 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Some versions list Vermillion (Mercuric sulphide) in place of Red Sandalwood. Preparation: Powder or Pills. Function: Regulates Qi, clears Liver Heat Use: Dry mouth and tongue, brownish color to the lips and nails, discomfort over the hypochondria1. Liver Wind-Heat type…

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'U su (Coriander seed) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bri mog | Btsod (Madder) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Pu shel rtse (Dendrobium) | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Spang rtsi | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Ut Pal (Blue Lotus)

Emblic 25 (Skyu ru nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Skyu ru nyer lnga སྐྱུ་རུ་ཉེར་ལྔ།Or, Khrag shed snyoms ldan ཁྲག་ཤེད་ སྙོམས་ ལྡན་Emblic 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Sometimes used as a powder. Function: Clears Heat and Bile, Moves the Blood, regulates Qi Use: “A general medicine for Blood disorders”“A general medicine that reduces…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Btsod (Madder) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) | Ko byi la (Nux vomica) prepared | Ma nu (Inula) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Snying zho | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

Nux Vomica 13 (Ko byi bcu gsum) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Ko byi bcu gsum ཀོ་བྱི་བཅུ་གསུམ།Nux Vomica 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have provided different amounts. The right column is from “Amdo Compendium”.** Madder juice has been ordered in some texts which is used in sufficient quantity to form pills Preparation: Nux Vomica must be prepared according to Traditional methods. Generally, it…

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Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | ffl | Gur gum (Sa | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Ha lo dmar po (Althea) | Mkhal zho dkar po (Erythrina) | ower | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Shug tsher (Juniper) | Skyer pa dkar po (Barberry) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)

Possessor of Ruby Color (Pad rag mdog ldan) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Pad rag mdog ldan པད་རག་མདོག་ལྡན་Possessor of Ruby Color Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Dry fry until it crackles, then remove the shell** Fried in sand, then remove the thorns*** Today Cow Bile is used instead of Bear Bile in a dose of 5–10 grams Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, Moves the…

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