Li shi (Clove)

Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gla sgan (Bistort) | Gur gum (Saffl | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Rgun brum (Raisins) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Ut Pal (Blue Lotus)

Sandalwood 8 (Tsan dan brgyad pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 27, 2026

Tsan Dan brgyad pa ཙན་དན་བརྒྱརད་པ། Sandalwood 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.** Amdo Compendium lists Geranium (Li ga dur) and Pegaeophyton (Sro lo dkar po) in place of Meconopsis (Ut pal) and…

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Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gser 'joms | Li shi (Clove) | Ri bong snying (Hares Heart) | Ru rta (Costus) | Snying zho sha (Lapsi tree)

Yak Blood 8 (‘Brong rtse ar brgyad))
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

‘Brong rtse ar brgyad སེམས་སྐྱི་བདེ་སྐྱིད།Yak Blood 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Amdo Compendium states that other animal Hearts can be used. Preparation: Powder and form pills with molasses Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi, Benefits the Heart, calms the Mind and Spirit Use: “all types of madness from the rLung [Wind] of…

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(Bezoar) | A gar (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn) | Bse yab (Bengal Quince) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gi wang | Gur gum (Safflower) | Ko byi la (Nux vomica) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) | Ri bong snying (Rabbit Heart) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Aloeswood 20 (A gar nyi shu)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 26, 2026

A gar nyi shu ཨ་གར་ཉི་ཤུ་Er Shi Wei Chen Xiang (TCM) Aloeswood 20 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Burnt Deer horn is substituted for Rhino horn** Hairs removed (prepared according to traditional methods) Preparation: Pills about the size of a pea Function: Clears Heat, Regulates Qi and Blood, Settles Wind Use: “especially…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Brong khrag (Yak heart) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin bcu gcig) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Srog ‘dzin bcu gcig སྲོག་འཛིན་བཅུ་གཅིག།Or, Shing kun bcu gcig ཤིང་ཀུན་ བཅུ་གཅིག་Eleven Holders of Life Or, Asafetida 11 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Kosoburov-An extensive collection of Tibetan-Mongolian-Buryat recipes * Note: 2 different sources gave different amounts for each ingredient.** It was originally Sha chen, Human Flesh. Usually replaced with Yak Heart, sometimes replaced with Human…

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A gar (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Byang ba (Cantharide) | Byu ru (Red Coral) | Cong zhi tskha btul (Calcite) | dmar (Corydalis) | Dom mhris (Bear Bile) | Gi wang (Bezoar) | Gser bye | Gur gum (Saffl | Kha che sha skam (Saffron) | la rtsi (Musk) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill root) | Li shi (Clove) | Lug ngal (Corydalis) | men (Lapis Lazuli) | Mkhan chung ser mgo | Mu | Nya phiis (Mother of Pearl) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rdo ha shig (Talcum) | Rdo khab len (Magnetite) | Re skon rtsi | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Rgyam mtshal lchog la (Cinnabar) | Se bru (Pomegranate fruit) | Sha ru (Burnt Deer horn) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tog kha sur (Jujube) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Sindhu ra (Vermillion) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Sngo rtag ngu (Violet) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Cantharide 37 (Byang chos so bdun)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Byang chos so bdun བྱང་ ཆོས་སོ་ སོ་བདུན་Or Byang pa so bdun བྱང་པ་ སོ་བདུན་Or Rin chen byang chos so bdunPurifying Compound 37Or Cantharide 37 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Catharides are prepared by removing head, wings and legs, and stir-frying until yellowed, or otherwise prepared according to Traditional methods.** Corydalis dasyptera can…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru ra (Belleric) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Byi tang ka (Embelia) | Calamus | Chog la (Cinnabar) | Gi wang (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Lang thang rtse (Henbane seed) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma ru rtse (Butea) | Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) | Ru rta (Costus) | san dan dmar po (Red Sandal) | Sha ru (Deer horn burnt) | Shu dag nag | Skyu ru ra (Emblic) | Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis) | T

Joyful 16 Pill (Dg’a ba bchu drug)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Dg’a ba bcu drug དག་བ་བཅུ་དྲུག་Joyful Sixteen Pillor Sixteen Delights Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Tenzin Chodrak (physician of the 14th Dalai Lama) * Lapis Lazuli, Cinnabar and Mercury must all be prepared. Lapis Lazuli and Cinnabar are washed well; Mercury is processed according to traditional methods. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Moves the…

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A gar (Aloeswood) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dwa li (Rhododendron) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gur gum (Saffl | Li ga dur (Geranium) | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgun brum dkar po (Raisin) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig srin (Crab shell) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Snying jo sha ( | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Rhododendron 16 (Dwa lis bcu drug)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024

Rhododendron 16 (Dwa lis bcu drug) Dwa lis bcu drug ད་ལིས་ བཅུ་དྲུག་Rhododendron 16 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Latin Amount * Dwa li (Rhododendron) Rhododendron anthopogon 80 grams A gar (Aloeswood) Aquilaria agollocha 10 grams Se bru (Pomegranate) Punica granatum 20 grams Shing tsha (Cinnamon) Cinnamomum zeylanicum 10 grams Sug Smel (Cardamon) Elettaria…

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(Inula) | A ga ru (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Sa | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Ru rta (Costus) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Sman chen (Black Aconite) | Snying zho sha | Spang spos (Indian Spikenard) | Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Supreme 25 (Bla med nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bla med nyer lnga བླ་མེད་ཉེར་ལྔ་Or, A gar nyer bzhi ཨ་གར་ ཉེར་བཞི་Supreme 25Or, Aloeswood 24 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Some sources say this is a bird** Yak’s Heart Blood. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, Moves the Blood, Stops Spasms Use: “especially good to pacify rlung (Wind), reduces Blood…

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'Brug-rus (Fossil Bones) | A byag gzer joms | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Bil ba (Bengal Quince) | Byur dmar (Red Coral) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gangs thigs (Calamine) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Saffl | Khab len (Magnetite) | Li shi (Clove) | Lug mig (Aster) | Mtshal (Cinnabar) | Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) | Mu tig (Pearl) | Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) | ower | Rdo klad (Cornelian) | Rgya tig (Swertia) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shu dug (Calamus) | Sin dhu ra (Limonite) | Sman chen (Black Aconite) | Til 'bras (Sesame seed)

Red Coral 25 (Rin chen byur dmar nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 16, 2026

Rin chen byur dmar nyer lnga རིན་ཆེན་བྱུར་དམར་ཉེར་ལྔ།Rin Chen Jumar 25Er Shi Wu Wei Shan Hu Wan (TCM)Red Coral 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Based on the formula of Dil Dmar Ba (born 1672). This pill was first formulated by the ancient physician Shasandhara Lakhsmi who himself used the medicine to save his own life….

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Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gur gum (Saffl | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Ud pal (Meconopsis)

Tabasheer 7 (Cu gang bde byed)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Cu gang bde byed ཅུ་གང་བདེ་བྱེད་Tabasheer 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heat, clears the Lungs, stops Cough and Wheezing Use: “especially this medicine is a general medicine for Lung diseases” 1. Cough2. Asthma3. Weakness of the Lungs4. Swelling of the ankles and eyelids5. Loss of appetite6. Edema7. Fatigue…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Brong khrag (Yak heart) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Dzin pa (Black Aconite) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Go byi la (Nux vomica) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gzer 'joms | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Ru rta (Costus) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sro lo (Rhodiola) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Life Holding Jewel (Srog ‘dzin nor bu)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Srog ‘dzin nor bu སྲོག་འཛིན་ནོར་བུ་Life Holding Jewel Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Originally Sha chen (Human flesh) was ordered, but it is typically replaced with Yak Heart today.** Aconite and Nux Vomica require preparation Preparation: Powder and form pills. Function: Clears Heat, Settles Wind, Regulates Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Li shi (Clove) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing mnar (Licorice)

Clear the Throat 6 Pill
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Clear the Throat 6 Pill Tradition: Tibetan / Mongolian Source / Author: * Hosta is an important Mongolian medicine, primarily used for Throat diseases. Preparation: Powder and form pills Function: Clears Wind-Heat, clears the Throat Use: 1. Acute Sore Throat2. Acute and Chronic Pharyngitis 3. Chronic and Atrophic Pharyngitis4. Tonsillitis, including Ulcerative Tonsillitis5. Bronchitis6. Ulcers…

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