Gur gum (Saffl

A gar (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Btsod (Madder) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dwa li (Rhododendron flower) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gur gum (Saffl | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Kyi lche dkar po | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)

Rhododendron 18 (Dwa lis bco brgyad)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Dwa lis bco brgyad ད་ལིས་ བཅོ་བརྒྱད་Rhododendron 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * The source text orders a mix of equal parts of Ar nag (Aquilaria) and A gar go snyod (Cinnamomum parthenoxylon), another type of A gar. Together, these should equal 100 grams in the formula. Regular Aloeswood can be used. Preparation: Powder and…

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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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A ru (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Saffl | ower | Stag sha (Oxytropis) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)

Principle 8 Turquoise Mane (Gtso brgyad gyu ral)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gtso brgyad gyu ral གཙོ་བརྒྱད་གཡུ་རལ་Principal 8 Turquoise Mane Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Version 1 Version 2: * Despite listing Dngul chu (Mercury), it probably refers to processed Mercury as in Version 1, above. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, Resists Poison Use: “This medicine is like a hammer,…

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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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Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gur gum (Saffl | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Li shi (Clove) | Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) | ower | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Pills of Mother of Pearl (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rtsa dkar bsam phel brgyad pa རྩ་དཀར་བསམ་ཕེལ་བརྒྱད་པ་Or, Bsam ‘phel brgyad pa བསམ་ ཕེལ་ བརྒྱད་པ་Pills of Mother of Pearl Or, Wish-fulfilling 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different amounts for each medicine.** Mother of Pearl is to be calcined. Preparation: These are formed into pills. Mother of Pearl shell is calcined…

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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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Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Saffl | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

Safflower 7 (Gur gum 7)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gur gum bdun pa གུར་གུམ་བདུན་པ་Safflower 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Pills Function: Clears Liver Heat, Cools the Blood Use: Inflammation of the Spleen, Kidneys and Liver1. Liver Fever; Fever associated with Liver heat2. Heat of the Blood and Liver3. Liver disease4. Inflammation of the Spleen or Kidneys Dose: 1000–1500mg after food; for heat…

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Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Cong zhi tsha btul (Calcite) | Gur gum (Saffl | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Precious Pill of 9 Ingredients (Rin chen dgu sbyor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rin chen dgu sbyor རིན་ཆེན་དགུ་སྦྱོར་Precious Pill of 9 Ingredients Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Calcite is prepared with Heat Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Heat, Stops Rising Stomach Qi Use: “all diseases of the Stomach caused by a combination of Bad-kan [Phlegm] and blood, during the struggle between…

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Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Gser gyi me tog | Gur gum (Saffl | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Utpal sngon po (Blue Poppy)

Mild Medicine 7 (Bol man bdun pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bol man bdun pa བོལ་མན་བདུན་པ་Mild Medicine 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different amounts for each medicine. The right column is from Russian sources. Preparation: Powder and form pills. Function: Clears Heat, Dries Damp, Promotes Urine Use: 1. Edema2. Ascites3. Difficult Urination, Urinary retention4. Burning Urine5. Prostatitis6. Also Stomach and…

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A krong (Sandwort) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bdud rtsi lo ma | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Ga dur (Geranium) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Saffl | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Rgun brum (Raisins) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Spa yag rtsa ba | Spang rgyan dkar po | Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)

Principle 25 (Gtso bo nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gtso bo nyer lnga གཙོ་བོ་བྱེར་ལྔ།Or, Ba glo nyer lnga བ་གློ་ཉེར་ལྔ་Principle 25 Or, Cow Lungs 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Cow lungs are prepared by removing membranes, washing well, then drying. Some sources list Sro lo dkar po (Pegaeophyton scapiflorum) instead of Cow Lungs.** some sources say a mix of the leaf and root…

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