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Rin chen ril nag chen mo རིན་ཆེན་རིལ་རིལ་ནག་ཆེན་མོ་Or Rin chen grang sbyor ril nag chen mo རིན་ཆེན་གྲང་སྦྱོར་རིལ་ནག་ཆེན་མོ་Or, Rin chen grang sbyor རིན་ཆེན་གྲང་སྦྱོར་Rin chen drangjor rilnak chenmo Renqing Changjue (Chinese)Great Cold Compound Precious Black Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Written by Nagarjuna, introduced into Tibet by O rgyan pa Rinchen dpal (1229–1309)The following version is…
Syrupus Hologagus FrankfurtiiSyrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt Tradition: Western Source / Author: Preparation: Decoct all the medicines to Safflower seed in suffficient water down to half, adding the Dodder and flowers at the end, infuse a short while, then strain and add the Senna, Black Hellebore, Colchicum, Agaric, Dodder, Ginger, Clove and Musk…
Powder for Excess Menstruation Tradition: Western Source / Author: Serapion (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) Preparation: Powder Function: Astringent, clears Heat, stops Bleeding Use: 1. Excess Menstruation2. Uterine Bleeding3. May be used for other types of Bleeding coming from Heat Dose: 2 drams with Sumac water Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to…
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…
Bde Byed Snyoms བདེ་བྱེད་སྙོམས་ལྡན། Balancing Comforter Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: * Calcite should be processed with Milk Another version according to a Buryat source: Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Phlegm and Damp, benefits Digestion Use: 1. All types of Phlegm disorders mixed with Wind or Bile with the following symptoms: anorexia,…
Zangs thal nyer lnga ཟངས་ཐལ ་ཉེཪ་ལྔ།Copper 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Water Buffalo horn is substituted for Rhinoceros horn Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Lung Heat, Resists Poison, Resolves Pus, Stops Wheezing Use: “especially shortness of breath” (associated with Lung Heat)1. Lung Fever with Cough2. Coughing up Pus3. Shortness…
Powder for Epilepsy of Philon Tradition: Western Source / Author: Philon (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545) * Several herbs were called Balsamita: Water Mint, Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), Balsam herb (Chrysanthemum balsamita), Ambrosia and Balsamita can refer to several plants and may not be the species listed above.** Cumin is prepared by boiling briefly in…
Decoctum Cordiale Cordial Decoction Tradition: Western Source / Author: Florentini Preparation: Decoction Function: clears Heat, benefits the Heart Use: 1. Heart Fire with Insomnia, Irritability, Restlessness, Dream-disturbed sleep2. Palpitations Dose: a small cupful twice daily Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to DECOCTIONSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures
Pulvis ad CasumPowder for Bruises Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Preparation: Powder Function: Moves the Blood, clears Stasis Use: 1. Bruising2. Trauma Dose: 1⁄2–1 dram, take with Plantain juice (or some other suitable vehicle). Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back to POWDERSBack to FORMULASHow to Modify a FormulaSubstitutesWeights & Measures
Rin chen ratna bsam ‘phel རིན་ཆེན་ རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Ratna bsam ‘phel རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Mu tig bdun chu མུ་ཏིག་ བདུན་ཅུ་Rin Chen Ratna SamphelPrecious Wish Fulfilling JewelOr, Pearl 70 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Based on the formula by O rgyan pa Rinchen dpal (1229-1309) * Te lo’i sha–some sources have stated it is a Bird,…
Cephalic Decoction Tradition: Western Source / Author: The Royal Pharmacopoeia [of France], Moses Charras, 1678 Preparation: Decoct in 6 lbs. of Fountain Water down to a quarter: Bruise all the roots, the Mistletoe, and put them in a pot with their water, cover and decoct over a gentle fire for 15 minutes; next add the…
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