Sug smel (Cardamon)

(Dark-blue Aconite) | A ru ra (Chebula) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bong Nga Nag Po | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser bye (gser gyis bye ma) | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu pa tra (Elecampane) | Mu tig (Pearl) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig pa (Scorpion) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Sga dmar (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shu dag nag po (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) | Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Wishfulfilling Garuda (Bsam khyung)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Bsam khyung བསམ་ ཁྱུང་Wish-fulfilling Garuda Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: * Synthetic or artificial Musk and Bezoar are generally used today** Water Buffalo horn concentrate is used in place of Rhinoceros horn today NOTE: The last 8 medicines for Garuda 8. Therefore, Musk and Costus are listed twice as if these 2 formulas would…

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Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Dbang lag | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Nye shing (Asparagus) | Orchis | Ra mnye (Soloman's Seal) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Gymnadenia 7 (Dbang lag skyin sgor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Dbang lag skyin sgor དབང་ལག་ སྐྱིན་ སྒོར་Gymnadenia 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Two different sources have given different amounts for each herb.** Gymnadennia spp. is one type of Orchis and is used as Salep. Preparation: Powder and form pills Function: Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys, Strengthens 7 Body Tissues Use: 1. Kidney deficiency2….

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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 bras (Mango kernel) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bre Ga (Thlaspi) | Gla gor zo sha (Mucuna) | Gu yu (Betel nut) | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Li shi (Clove) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Betel Nut 9 (Go yu dgu pa) (Tibetan)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Go yu dgu pa གོ་ཡུ་དགུ་ དགུ་པ་Betel Nut 9 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * As is typical with many Tibetan formulas, no doses are given. However, Betel nut 7 can be used as a guide to doses of each medicine. Preparation: Pills Function: Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys Use: 1. Kidney diseases2. Kidney deficiency Dose:…

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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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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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Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bre Ga (Thlaspi) | Dbang po lag pa (Gymnadenia) | Dngul chu (Mercury prepared) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu yu (Betel nut) | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Jam bras (Fever nut) | Lca ba (Angelica) | Mkhal zho dkar po (Erythrina) | Nye shing (Asparagus root) | Ra mnye (Soloman's Seal) | Sra Bras (Java Plum) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Betel Immense Pleasure Giver (Gu yu bde dpags)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Go yu bde dpags གོ་ཡུ་བདེ་དཔགས་Or, Go yu bde pa’i dpag bsam གོ་ཡུ་བདེ་པའི་དཔག་བསམ་Betel Immense Pleasure Giver Or, Betel Immense Pleasure Wish Fulfilling Pills Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and mix with syrup to form Pills, or an Electuary Also used in Powder form. Function: Warm and strengthen the Kidneys Use: “This medicine lengthens lifespan,…

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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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'U su (Coriander) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Byi tang ga (Embelia) | Go thal (Caraway) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Pri Yang Ku | Re Skon (Corydalis) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

Rolled Turquoise 13 (Gyu dril 13) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gyu dril bcu gsum གཡུ་དྲིལ་བཅུ་གསུམ།or Ru rta bcu gsum རུ་རྟ་བཅུ་གསུམ། Rolled Turquoise 13or Costus 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have listed different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is a Russian source.** Some sources list Veronica ciliata Preparation: Powder and form…

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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,…

Read More Chebula 18 for Urinary Incontinence (Gcin snyi a ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Pi pi long (Long Pepper) | Se bru (Pomegranate seed) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Sug smel (Cardamon)

Pomegranate 8 (Se bru brgyad pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Se ‘bru brgyad pa སེ་འབྲུ་བརྒྱད་པ་Pomegranate 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears phlegm, Settles Wind, Warms teh Stomach, regulates Digestion Use: “Defeats the combination of Bad kan [Phlegm] and rlung [Wind] in the Stomach, Liver and upper body”1. Indigestion2. Nausea3. Poor absorption and assimilation4. Debility associated with…

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