Ru rta (Costus)

A krong dkar | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Incarvillea) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Raisins | Rgun brum dkar po | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Spa yag rtsa ba | Sro lo dkar po | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dkar (White Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) | Ug chos dmar ( | Ug chos rtsa ba (Incarvillea) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)

Tabasheer 25 (Cu gang nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 27, 2026

Cu gang nyer lnga ཅུ་གང་ཉེར་ལྔ། Tabasheer 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium * Two different sources have given different proporations. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column from Amdo Compendium. Preparation: Form Pills.“The healing effect of the medicine is enhanced if it is used in…

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'Om bu | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bre Ga (Thlaspi) | Bri mog | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | ffl | fl | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | ower | r.) | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Spang spos (Spikenard) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Amomum 19 (Ko la bcu dgu) (Tibetan)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Ko la bcu dgu ཀ་ཀོ་ལ་བཅུ་དགུ།Amomum 19 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Preparation: Powder and form pills Function: Regulates and benefits the Spleen Use: “widely known as a remedy that helps with all hot and cold diseases of the Spleen”1. Hot and Cold diseases of the Spleen2. Wind affecting the Spleen3. Phlegm (Damp) affecting…

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'U su (Coriander seed) | (Bezoar) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | ffl | Gi wang | Gla rtsi | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Li shi (Clove) | Musk | ower | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Spang spos (Spikenard) | Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Universal Clear the Senses Powder (Dbang po kun sel)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024November 23, 2025

Dbang po kun sel དབང་པོ་ཀུན་ཀུན་སེལ་Or, Ya sman dbang po kun sel ཡ་སྨན་དབང་པོ་ཀུན་སེལ་Universal Clear the Senses Powder Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * A gar go snyod (Cinnamomum parthenoxylon) is originally ordered, but the Mern Tsee Kang text says A nag (Aquilaria agallocha) can be used** Tobacco leaf in the form of snuff…

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A gar (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Chu srin sder mo (Selaginella) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Ga bur (Camphor) | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | ower | Pad ma ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Pu shel rtse (Dendrobium) | Rdo dreg | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shyu ru (Emblic) | Spang spos (Spikenard) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dkar (White Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) | Ut pal (Himalayan Poppy) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)

Camphor 25 (Ga bur nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Ga bur nyer lnga ག་བུར་ཉེར་ལྔ།Camphor 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium * Two sources have given different amounts; the left column is Men Tsee Kang, the right is from Buryat region (Kosoburov)** In Buryat versions, Tig ta (Swertia) replaces Birthwort.*** Buryat version listed Kha che gur gam which is…

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'U su (Coriander) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sa ka (Adhatoda) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bse yab (Bengal Quince) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gser me | Ma nu (Inula) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Pri Yang Ku | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

Calcite 21 (Cong zhi nyer gcig)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Cong zhi nyer gcig ཅོང་ཞི་ཉེར་གཅིག་Calcite 21 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Calcite is processed with Milk (Cong zhi mdzo ‘o) Preparation: Powder and form Pills with honey Function: Clears Heat, Regulates Stomach Use: 1. Heartburn, reflux2. Diarrhea3. Vomiting4. Pain in the stomach, liver and back5. Brown Phlegm (Bad Kan Smug Po) Dose: 2–3 grams…

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A Ru (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Cu Gan (Tabasheer) | Li Si (Clove) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Spang rgyan dkar po

Clove 6 (Li shi drug pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Li shi drug pa ལི་ཤི་དྲུག་པ།Clove 6 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different proportions. Preparation: Pills (or powder); usually White Rock sugar is added. Function: Clears Lung Heat, stops Cough, benefits the Throat Use: 1. Sore Throat2. Hoarseness 3. Cough with Chest pain4. Lung diseases with Heat Dose: 3 grams twice…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Dngul chu dkar btul (Mercury) | dzin pa (Aconitum spp.) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Saffl | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Li shi (Clove) | Mtshal (Cinnabar) | ower | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shu dug (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Stag sha (Oxytropis) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)

Safflower Garuda (Gur khyung phyag rdor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gur khyung phyag rdor གུར་ཁྱུང་ཕྱག་རྡོར་Safflower Garuda Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Deer horn burnt can be used insteda of Rhino horn in a dose of 5 grams. Preparation: Form Pills each weighing 250mg. Function: Clears Damp, Resists Poison Use: 1. Gout 2. Arthritis deformans3. Rheumatism4. Kidney diseases (acute and chronic)5. Chronic Nephritis6. Diseases of…

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A ga ru (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Ru rta (Costus) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Aloeswood 8 (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།Ba Wei Chen Xiang San (TCM)Aloeswood 8 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: * Here are 2 different amounts for each medicine according to different sources. The version of the right column is as listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia. Preparation: Powder Function: Clears Heart Fire, nourishes the Heart, Calms the Nerves,…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bul tog (Sodium carbonate) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Gar nag (Black Pig stool) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb) | Ma nu (Inula) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal)

Golden Pacific (Zhi gser) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Zhi gser ཞི་གསེར་Golden Pacific Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Different sources have given different proportions. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.** Calcite is calcined for use.*** The first version (left column) does not contain Costus. Preparation: Powder and form pills.Another version says to combine equal parts of powders of Pacific…

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Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Ma nu (Inula) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Snying zho sha

Nutmeg 5 (Dza ti lnga pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Dza ti lnga pa ཛ་ཏི་ལྔ་པ།Nutmeg 5 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * No doses have been given in the source text. By implication, often this will mean equal parts are intended. But by Tibetan common practice, the physician will decide the amounts of each medicine based on the patient, season etc. Preparation: Pills or Powder…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Ldum nag dom mkhris | Li shi (Clove) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Spang rgyan dkar po | Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal)

Gentiana algida 15 (Spang rgyan bco lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Spang rgyan bco lnga སྤང་རྒྱན་བཅོ་ལྔ།Gentiana algida 15 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Some version omit Herpetospermum** Some sources list Ba sha ka (Adhatoda) Preparation: Form Pills or used as a Powder Function: Clears Lung Heat, clears Phlegm, stops Cough Use: 1. Cough with frothy sputum or pus in the sputum2. Cough…

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(Holarrhena) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Btsod (Madder) | Dug mo nyung ( | Dzin pa (Black Aconite) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) | Gya kyi ma (Spleenwort) | Hong len ( | Ma nu (Inula) | Picrorhiza) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Spang rtsi do bo (Pterocephalus) | Stag sha (Oxytropis) | Tsher sngon (Blue Poppy)

Red Pony (Rta zi dmar po)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rta zi dmar po རྟ་ཟི་དམར་པོ་or Bsil sbyor bco lnga བསིལ་སྦྱོར་བཅོ་ལྔ་or Rta bzi dmar po རྟ་བཟི་དམར་པོ་Red Pony Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Aconite requires preparation Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Wind, Clears Stasis, Resists Poison Use: 1. Cold, Influenza2. All types of acute Fever3. All types of Contagious diseases4. Diphtheria and inflammations of…

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