Ru rta (Costus)

A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag spo (Lepisorus) | Btso thal (processed Mercury) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | hur nag (Artemisia) | Klu bdud rdo rdze (Codonopsis) | P | Ru rta (Costus) | Shu dag nag po (Calamus) | Sman chen (Black Aconite)

Vajra’s Nectar (Gsang bdag dar ya kan)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gsang bdag dar ya kan གསང་བདག་ དར་ཡ་ཀན་Vajra’s Nectar Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Regulates Qi, Opens Obstructions, Resists Poison Use: 1. Used for dangerous rapidly developing infections, including Viral infections2. Used for Blood Masses, Fibroids and Tumors (“Bad blood concentrated by Wind”)3. Often used in Cancer treatment today4. Traditionally…

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'U su (Coriander seed) | (Holarrhena) | A krong (Arenaria) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bri smug | Byi | Chu rtsa (Rhubarb) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dug mo nyung ( | ffl | Ge Jie (Gecko) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len ser po ( | Lan tshva (Rock Salt) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma ru tse (Butea) | ower | Picrorhiza) | Rgun brum (Raisin) | ru (Belleric) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sgog skya (Garlic) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan) | Sman chen (Aconite) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spang rgyan dkar po (Gentian) | Spang rtsi do (Pterocephalus) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Stag sha (Oxytropis) | tang ga (Embelia) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Yung Ba (Turmeric)

Clove 35 (Li shi so lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Li shi so lnga ལི་ཤི་སོ་ལྔ་Clove 35 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * So phag is a clay roofing tile or unfired bricks Preparation: Generally used as a Powder. It can be made into Pills. Function: Settles Wind, Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Eases Pain Use: “this medicine is used for all Throat diseases”1….

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | ffl | Gur gum (Sa | ower | Pho ril nag po (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate seed) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Varahi’s Combination (Phag mo grub sbyor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Phag mo grub sbyor ཕག་མོ་གྲུབ་ གྲུབ་ སྦྱོར་Varahi’s Combination Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Two sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.** Calcite is fried, then Chang (Barley alcohol) is poured over, then covered with a lid to prevent the release of…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Chu rtsa (Rhubarb) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dngul chu (Mercury prepared) | Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | Dug nyung (Holarrhena) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gangs thigs (Calamine) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Khur rtsa (Dandelion root) | Ko byi la (Nux vomica) prepared | Lcags rtsi (Iron) | Li shi (Clove) | Lug ru (smug po) | Ma nu (Inula) | Mu zi (Sulphur washed) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Pri Yang Ku | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Sum cu tig | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) | Ut Pal (Blue Lotus)

Crystal Moon 37 (Zla shel so bdun) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 26, 2026

Crystal Moon 37 Zla shel so bdun Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Russian sources.** Calcite should be prepared with Milk (Cong zhi mdzo ‘o)*** This was originally Dri…

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A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Bong nga nag po (Aconite) | Dngul chu (Mercury prepared) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shu dag nag po (Calamus) | Stag sha nag po

Garuda 9 (Khyung lnga ni la)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Khyung lnga ni la ཁྱུང་སྔོན་དགུ་པ།Garuda 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Pills of 25mg each Function: Clears Heat and Toxin, relieves Inflammation, regulates Qi, eases Pain Use: 1. Epidemic Fever2. Upper Respiratory Tract infection3. Chronic or persistent skin diseases including Leprosy4. Abscesses, Carbuncles5. Rheumatoid arthritis6. Psoriasis7. Parasites Dose: 5 pills (125mg) each evening, dissolved…

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A ga ru (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Kha ru tshva (Black Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Snying zho sha

Aloeswood Clear Wind 8 (Rlung gi a gar brgyad pa))
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rlung gi a gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།Aloeswood Clear Wind 8 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi Use: “Helps with all rlung [Wind] diseases without exception“In general it is used similarly to Aloeswood 8 Dose: 2–3 grams, 2–3 times daily with arm water, broth, or rice…

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‘dzin pa (Aconitum) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar nag (Gmelina) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Sa | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Mtshal (Cinnabar) | ower | Ru rta (Costus) | Sgog skya (Garlic) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Sro lo (Rhodiola) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)

Eliminator of Inflamed Lungs (Glo tshad kun sel)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Glo tshad kun sel གློ་ཚད་ཀུན་སེལOr, Glo kun གློ་ཀུན་Eliminator of Lung Inflammation Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * use a mix of Saffron (10 parts) and Safflower (75 parts) Another version: Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough Use: “particularly well this medicine destroys heat nyan [Epidemic or Infectious Disease] and cures…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bu ram (Molasses) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gla gor zho sha (Entada) | Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) | Gzer 'joms | La la phud (Ajowan) | Li shi (Clove) | Mkhal zo dkar po (Canavalia) | nag (Aloeswood) | Ri bong snying (Rabbit Heart) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Sman chen (Aconite) | Snying zho sha (Lapsi tree) | Tsher sngon

Aloeswood 18 (A gar bcu bdun)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A gar bcu bdun ཨ་གར་བཅུ་བདུན་Aloeswood 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * with seeds** Canavalia and Entada outer shell is removed and lightly stir-fried Preparation: Powder mix with the Molasses and form Pills. Function: Regulates Qi, Stops Wind, Moves the Blood Use: 1. Pain in the lower back and kidneys from Wind2….

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Ba sa ka (Adhatoda) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dug nyung (Holarrhena) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

Cooling Formula of the Secret Oral Tradition (Man ngag bsil sbyor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Man ngag bsil sbyor མན་ངག་བསིལ་སྦྱོར།Cooling Formula of the Secret Oral Tradition Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different amounts for each medicine. The right column is from Russian sources.** Some sources list Pri yang ku (Dracocephalum) instead.*** Some sources list Sum cu tig, Saxifraga umbellulata, one of the types of Tig….

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'Bri | A ru (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan) | Btsod (Madder) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Li ga dur | Ma nu (Inula) | mog | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan) | Spang rtsi do bo | Sro lo dkar po

Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances (Khrugs glo bcu gsum)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Khrugs glo bcu gsum ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ བཅུ་གསུམ་Or, Khrugs glo kun sel ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ ཀུན་ སེལ་Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Rhodiola can be used in place of Pegaeophyton Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough, Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding Use: Cough with…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sha ka | Byi tang ga (Embelia) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Lang thang rtse (Henbane seed) | Ma ru rtse | Ru rta (Costus)

Vajra Conqueror (Rdo rje rab ‘joms)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rdo rje rab ‘joms རྡོ་རྗེ་རབ་འཇོམས།Vajra Conqueroror Vajra-like Eliminator Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * 2 different sources have given different proportions. Preparation: Powder and form Pills of 500mg each Function: Clears Heat and Poison, Resolves Pus Use: Special for chronic Heat disorders with pus in the Sense organs of the head“Exacerbations of the disease in the…

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A byag gzer joms | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Sman chen (Black Aconite) | Snying zo sha

Aloeswood 9 (A gar dgu pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 2, 2026

A gar dgu pa ཨ་གར་དགུ་པ་ Aloeswood 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Herb Name Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)Dza ti (Nutmeg)Snying zo shaRu rta (Costus)A byag gzer ‘jomsShing kun (Asafetida) **Li shi (Clove)Sman chen (Black Aconite)A ru ra (Chebula) Latin Aquillaria agallochaMyristica fragransChoerospondias axillarisSaussurea lappaPyrethrum tatsinensisFerula foetidaEugenia caryophyllusAconitum feroxTerminalia chebula Amount * 30 grams10 grams10 grams10…

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