Shing kun (Asafetida)

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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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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A ru (Chebula) | Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Go snyod (Caraway) | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Li shi (Clove) | ower | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Sgog thal (Garlic, burnt) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal)

Bi Ma La (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bi Ma La བི་མ་ལ།or Dza ti nyi shu ཛ་ཏི་ཉི་ཤུ། ‘Vimala’or Nutmeg 20 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different proportions. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, Calms the Heart, settles the Spirit Use: Heart Wind with oppression or discomfort in the…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ma nu (Inula) | Pho ril (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Shu dag dkar po (Calamus)

Increase Awareness Pills (Blo ‘phel ril bu)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Increase Awareness PillsBlo ‘phel ril bu བློ་ འཕེལ་ རིལ་བུ་ Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * this is Acorus gramineus, typically used in TCM. A. calamus can be used.** a reddish-colored Salt extracted from a type of Wood. Its uses are similar to Rock Salt. Preparation: Powder and form small Honey pills. Function: Regulates Qi, Strengthens…

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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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'U su (Coriander seed) | A ru gser mdog (Yellow Myrobalan) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Go snyod (Caraway) | Kha ru tshwa (Black Salt) | Lchags phye (Iron powder) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing kun (Asafetida)

Caraway 8 (Go snyod brgyad pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Go snyod brgyad pa གོ་སྙོད་བརྒྱད་པ་Caraway 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, Regulates Qi Use: Wind diseases in general, especially affecting the upper body and head.“this medicine is the best opponent of a thousand rlung [Wind] diseases and diseases caused by rlung [Wind]”.1. Palpitations2. Tachycardia3….

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'Brug rus (Dragon Bones) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Byi tang ka (Embelia) | Chu rtsa (Rhubarb) | Ge Jie (Gecko) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | Ming chan nag po | Oxytropis | Par pa ta (Hypecoum) | Rgya tig (Andrographis) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Shu dug (Calamus) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Sman chen (Black Aconite) | Sngo stag sha ( | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thar nu (Spurge prepared)

Influenza Pills (Lo gyon ril bu)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Lo gyon ril bu ལོ་ གྱོན་ རིལ་བུ་Or, Lo gyon ལོ་ གྱོན་Or, Cham rims ril bu ཆམ་རིམས་ རིལ་བུ་Leaf-clad Goddess PillsOr, Logyun PillsOr, Influenza Pills Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang *Thar nu is the equivalent to Dudhi (Euphorbia spp.) of Ayurveda. (Drungtso)** Sman chen originally refers to Human flesh; Aconite is used in its…

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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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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Sman sga (Ginger) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Aloeswood 11 (A gar bcu gcig)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A gar bcu gcig ཨ་གར་བཅུ་གཅིག་Aloeswood 11 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi Use: “Completely cure Wind disease in the Heart” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)1. Wind disorders of the HeartIt is similar to other of the Aloeswood formula, and may be used similarly to those that are…

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Byi tang ka (Embelia) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Li shi (Clove) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing kun (Asafetida)

Toothache Powder 7 (So snum bdun pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 8, 2025

So snum bdun pa སོ་སྣུམ་ བདུན་པ་Toothache Powder 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Preparation: Powder Function: Settles Wind, Eases Pain Use: 1. Toothache2. Pain from cavities3. Gum pain Dose: The powder is wrapped in gauze or a cotton bag, boiled in butter, then applied to an aching tooth. Cautions: None noted Modifications:…

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Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Go snyod (Caraway) | Li shi (Clove) | Ru rta (Costus) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Tang kun

Asafetida 8 (Shing kun brgyad pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Shing kun brgyad pa ཤིང་ཀུན་ བརྒྱད་པ་Or, Lug klad ril bu ལུག་ཀླད་རིལ་བུ་Asafetida 8 PillOr, Sheeps Brain 8 Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Instruction Tantra / Amdo Compendium * There is another version of Asafetida 8 which replaces Sheep brain with Safflower. Preparation: Powder the herbs. Beat the Brain and mix sufficient amount (approximately 1 ounce)…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gar nag (burnt Pig stool) | Go snyod (Caraway) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Rgyam tshwa (Rock Salt) | Ri snying (Hares Heart) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Sgog skya (Garlic) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shu dug (Calamus) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Sman chen (Aconite) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Asafetida 25 (Shing kun nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 20, 2026

Shing kun nyer lnga ཤིང་ཀུན་ཉེར་ལྔ་Asafetida 25 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Instruction Tantra / Men Tsee Kang Herb Name Shing kun (Asafetida)Gar nag (Burnt Pig stool)Brong khrag (Yak heart) **Li shi (Clove)Dza ti (Nutmeg)Shing tsha (Cinnamon)Sga skya (Galangal)Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)Pho ba ris (Black Pepper)Spos dkar (Frankincense)Gul nag (Myrrh)Rgya tshos (Lacca)Shu dug (Calamus)Se…

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