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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) | 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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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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Agaric | Borage fl | Chicory root | fl | Ginger | Licorice | ower | Polypody | Prunes | Raisins | Rhubarb | Rock Salt | Sebesten | Senna | Spikenard | Violet

Potion for Virulent and Corrosive Ulcers
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Potion for Virulent and Corrosive Ulcers Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wecker Preparation: Boil in sufficient water and make a potion for 2 draughts, adding Syrup of Rose Solutive Function: Clears Heat and Poison, resolves Swelling, promotes Healing Use: 1. Virulent and Corrosive Ulcers Dose: divide into 2 equal doses Cautions: None noted Modifications: Back…

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Aloe | Broom fl | Celery seed | Cumin | Feverfew | ffron | Indian Salt | Mugwort | ower | Parsley seed | Sa

Powder for Infertility
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Powder for Infertility Tradition: Western Source / Author: Wirtzung Preparation: Powder; mix with 5 oz. of warm Feverfew water; infuse the powders in the water in a warm place until dry; repeat thrice. Then from 1 dram of pill mass, form 6 pills. Function: Use: Clears Heat, moves the Blood and Qi, benefits the Uterus…

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Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | ff | ffl | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Sa | Kha che sha skam (Sa | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgya nag snag tsha (Ink) | ron | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyer pa (Barberry bark) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)

Barberry 8 Powder (Skyer sun brgyad pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Skyer sun brgyad pa སྐྱེར་ཤུན་བརྒྱད་པ།Barberry 8 Powder Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium * Cow Bile is now used instead of Bear Bile.** Delphinium brunonianum typically replaces Musk in modern Tibetan Medicine. Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Damp–Heat, Resists Toxin, stops Bleeding, relieves Pain Use: “specially helps with hot discharge (or…

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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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