Thal rdor (Cassia seed)

'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 (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Bi sha (Aconitum) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Ga bur (Camphor) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Ldum nag dom mkhris | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | So ma nag po (Cannabis seed) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed)

Garuda of Camphor (Spos khyung bco lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Spos khyung bco lnga སྤོས་ཁྱུང་བཅོ་ལྔ།Garuda of Camphor Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, moves Qi and Blood, opens Obstructions, eases Pain Use: 1. Arthritis2. Arthralgia3. Gout4. Fibrositis5. Sciatica6. Diphtheria7. Itching of the skin8. Anthrax9. Infectious diseases Dose: 1–2 grams with hot water Cautions: Not used during Pregnancy. Modifications:…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Dngul chu (Mercury prepared) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Lca ba (Angelica) | Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) | Nye shing (Asparagus root) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ra mnye (Soloman's Seal) | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shu dug (Calamus) | Skyer Shun (Barberry bark) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Sman chen (Aconite) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Til dkar (White Sesame seed) | Til nag (Black Sesame seed) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) | Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Catechu 25 (Seng ldeng 25) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Seng ldeng nyer lnga སེང་ལྡེང་ཉེར་ལྔ་Catechu 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills of 500mg each Function: Settles Wind, Clears Heat, stops Spasms, Strengthen the Brain and Nerves Use: “Especially this medicine reduces swelling and pain in the joints due to for Drag [Gout] and Grum [Arthritic] diseases” (Men Tsee Kang)“Eliminates for…

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'Gron thal (Cowry ash) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Btso thal (Mercury processed) | Byi tang ga (Embelia) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Da li (Rhododendron) | Dbyi mong dkar po (Clematis) | Dngul thal (Silver Bhasma) | Gi wang (Artificial Bezoar) | Gi wang [Elephant Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Go yu (Betel nut) | Gser bye (Vermiculite) | Gser thal (Gold Bhasma) | Gsh'a thal (Tin Bhasma) | Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Khar thal (Bronze Bhasma) | lcags thal (Iron Bhasma) | Lhang tsher thal ba (Mica Bhasma) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma ru rtse (Bengal Kino) | Mkhal zo dkar po | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rag thal (Brass Bhasma) | Re skon rtsi dmar (Corydalis) | Sdig pa dkar po (Crab shell) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shu dag dkar po (Calamus) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Sles tres (Tinospora) | Sman chen (Aconite) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Tsi tra ka (Plumbago) | Zangs thal (Copper Bhasma) | Zha thal (Lime)

Great Precious Hot Compound (Rin chen tsha sbyor chen mo)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Rin chen tsha sbyor chen mo རིན་ཆེན་ ཚ་ སྦྱོར་ ཆེན་མོ་Great Precious Hot Compound Tradition: Tibet Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Equal parts of the Bhasmas of Gser rdo (Marcasite), Dngul rdo (Hematite), Khab len (Magnetite), Ldong ros (Realgar), Ba bla (Orpiment), Chu skyur rdo (Actinolite) and Pha bang long bu (Pyrite) Preparation: Powder…

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'Bri ta sa 'dzin (Wild Strawberry) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar | Artificial Gi wan (Bezoar) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Brong khrag (Yak heart) | Bse ru (Rhinoceros horn) | Btso thal (processed Mercury) | Byu ru (Red Coral) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dngul thal (Silver Bhasma) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser thal (Gold Bhasma) | Gsh'a thal (Tin Bhasma) | Gul nag (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Sa | Gyu (Turquoise) | Gzi khra men (varigated Agate)Gzi dkar (White Agate)Gzi dmar (Red Agate) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Kha gur (Saffron) | Khar thal (Bronze Bhasma) | Klu bdud rdo rje (Codonopsis) | lcags thal (Iron Bhasma) | Lcam ‘bru (Mallow seed) | Lhang tsher thal ba (Mica Bhasma) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma na ho (Cornelian) | Margad (Emerald) | Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) | Mu tig (Pearl) | nag (Aloeswood) | Nal (Ruby) | Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rag thal (Brass Bhasma) | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Ri bong snying (Rabbit Heart) | Sdig nag (Scorpion) | Sdig srin (Crab) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shyu ru (Emblic) | Skyu ru'i khanda (Candied Emblic) | Smyug cu gang (Tabasheer) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Ti tsha'i thal ba (Zinc Bhasma) | Tsan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Yang tri (Jade) | Zangs thal (Copper Bhasma) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) | Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Precious Wish Fulfilling Jewel (Rin chen ratna bsam ‘phel)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 26, 2026

Rin chen ratna bsam ‘phel རིན་ཆེན་ རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Ratna bsam ‘phel རཏ་ན་ བསམ་འཕེལ་Or, Mu tig bdun chu མུ་ཏིག་ བདུན་ཅུ་Rin Chen Ratna SamphelPrecious Wish Fulfilling JewelOr, Pearl 70 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Based on the formula by O rgyan pa Rinchen dpal (1229-1309) * Te lo’i sha–some sources have stated it is a Bird,…

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(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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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 ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Ba ru (Belleric) | 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 srin (Crab) | Sga dmar (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | 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 Jewel (Bsam phel nor bu) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 26, 2026

Bsam phel nor bu བསམ་འཕེལ་ནོར་བུ།Ru Yi Zhen Bao WanWish-fulfilling Jewel Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Synthetic or artificial Musk and Bezoar are generally used today** Water Buffalo horn concentrate is used in place of Rhinoceros horn today*** Some sources list Scorpion in place of Crab Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears…

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Brag spos | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | fflower) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul nag po (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Kyi lce dkar po (Gentian flower) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Skyer pa dkar po (Barberry) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Thal rdor (Cassia seed) | Tsan dkar (White Sandalwood) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) | Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Catechu 23 (Seng ldeng 23) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Seng ldeng nyer gsum སེང་ལྡེང་ཉེར་གསུམ།Catechu 23 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Preparation: Powder and form Pills of 500mg Function: Clears Heat, Clears Wind-Damp, eases Pain Use: 1. Gout 2. Arthritis3. Swelling of the joints4. Difficulty in flexion and extension of the limbs5. Lower back or waist pain6. Kidney pain7. Kidney disease8. Leukorrhea9….

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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bi sha (Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Dbang po lag pa (Gymnadenia) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Klu bdud rdo rje (Codonopsis) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig srin (Crab shell) | Shu dug nag po (Calamus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | So ma ra dza (Psoralea) | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Stong zil | Thal rdor (Cassia seed)

Codonopsis 18 (Klu bdud bco brgyad) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Klu bdud bco brgyad ཀླུ་བདུད་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།Shi Ba Wei Dang Shen Pian (TCM)Codonopsis 18Also known as Gu gul bco brgyad གུ་གུལ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད། Bdellium 18 (or Myrrh 18) Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Two different sources have given different proportions.** Musk substitutes are used today*** the version from Men Tsee Kang lists Catechu (Stod ja) instead of Crab…

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