Tig Ta (Swertia)

Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bse ru (Rhino horn) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li ga dur (Geranium) | Li shi (Clove) | Mtshal (Cinnabar) | Na ga ge sar | ower | Padma ge sar | Pushpa ge sar | Rgun brum (Raisin) | Rgya ru (Antelope horn) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Sro lo dkar po | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Ug chos | Ut Pal (Blue Lotus) | Zangs thal (Copper Bhasma)

Copper 25 (Zangs thal nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Zangs thal nyer lnga ཟངས་ཐལ ་ཉེཪ་ལྔ།Copper 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Water Buffalo horn is substituted for Rhinoceros horn Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Lung Heat, Resists Poison, Resolves Pus, Stops Wheezing Use: “especially shortness of breath” (associated with Lung Heat)1. Lung Fever with Cough2. Coughing up Pus3. Shortness…

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A bras (Mango stone) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Bong nga nag po (Aconite) | Brag Zun (Shilajit) | Btsod (Madder) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gser Bye (Mica) | Gur gum (Saffl | Jam bras (Indian Beech) | Ka ka ru (Crab shell) | Lcam pa (Mallow seed) | Mkhal ma zho sha (Sword Bean) | ower | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Sa bras (Java plum) | Shug pa tsher can (Juniper) | Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Zhu mkhan (Symplocos leaf)

Chebula 18 (A Ru 18) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A ru bcu brgyad ཨ་རུ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།Chebula 18 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Different sources have given different amounts** Some sources have listed Cupressus spp or Sabina spp. instead of Juniperus spp. There are a number of related plants that supply this medicine in Tibet. *** Some sources listed Mucuna instead of Canavalia. Preparation: Powder and…

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(Bezoar) | A ru (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gi wang | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Hong len ( | Ma nu (Inula) | Phag ril (Calcined Boar feces) | Picrorhiza) | Sky ru (Emblic) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Great Black Combination (Sman nag chen mo)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Sman nag chen mo སྨན་ནག་ཆེན་་མོ་Great Black Combination Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat (Bile), Resists Poison Use: “likened to Nectar for all diseases of mkhris [Bile]” 1. Digestive diseases due to excess Bile2. Indigestion3. Peptic Ulcer4. Bile diseases5. Hepatitis6. Cholelithiasis7. Cholecystitis8. Gall Stones9. Alcoholic Liver disease10. Liver Toxicity…

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'Gron thal (Cowrie ash) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | ffl | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Mdze tshva (Glauber's Salt) | ower | Phag brun (Pig feces) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill (Skran ‘joms zla bsil)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Skran ‘joms zla bsil སྐྲན་འཇོམས་ཟླ་བསིལ་Tumor Destroying Lunar Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium * Calcined Boar feces is now used. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, Moves Blood, Resolves Masses Use: 1. Blood Tumors2. Heat Tumors3. Bile (Humor) Tumors. Dose: 3 grams with hot water Cautions: Avoid in Pregnancy Modifications: Back…

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A ru (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Saffl | ower | Stag sha (Oxytropis) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)

Principle 8 Turquoise Mane (Gtso brgyad gyu ral)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gtso brgyad gyu ral གཙོ་བརྒྱད་གཡུ་རལ་Principal 8 Turquoise Mane Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Version 1 Version 2: * Despite listing Dngul chu (Mercury), it probably refers to processed Mercury as in Version 1, above. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Clears Heat, Resists Poison Use: “This medicine is like a hammer,…

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Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Gser me tog ( | Herpetospermum) | Hong len (Picrorhiza) | Hypecoum) | Par pa ta | Rtsa mkhris | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyer shun (Barberry) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Swertia 8 (Tig ta brgyad pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Tig ta brgyad pa ཏིག་ཏ་བརྒྱད་པ་Ba Wei Zhang Ya Cai San 八味獐牙菜散 (TCM)Swertia 8 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right is from Chinese sources.** Cicerbita azurea is given by some sources.*** Some sources list Ixeris…

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A byag gzer joms | A gar (Aloeswood) | A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) | Ar skya (Chinese Aloeswood) | Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) | Ba sha ka | Bong nga nag po (Black Aconite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gu gul (Bdellium) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Kanda ka ri (Wineberry) | Ko byi la (Nux vomica) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu pa tra (Elecampane) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate fruit) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Sha chen (Yak heart) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) | Sles tres (Tinospora) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Sro lo dkar po | Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) | Tsher sngon (Meconopsis)

Aloeswood 35 (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

A gar so lnga ཨ་གར་སོ་ལྔ།Aloeswood 35 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Delphinium brunonianum is used in place of Musk today** some sources list Aster diplostephioides*** some sources list Inula grandiflora**** Sha chen is Human flesh, but is replaced today with Yak Heart***** some sources list Rhodiola Preparation: Pills about the size…

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'U su (Coriander) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sa ka (Adhatoda) | Bca sga (Fresh Ginger) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bse yab (Bengal Quince) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shyu ru (Emblic) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)

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

Cong zhi nyer lnga ཅོང་ཞི་ཉེར་ལྔ་Calcite 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills with honey Function: Clears Phlegm, Promotes Digestion Use: “best for defeating three types of Bad kan [Phlegm]: Bad kan skya [White Phlegm], Bad kan smug [Brown Phlegm) and Bad kan sir [Yellow Phlegm].”1. Indigestion associated with Phlegm2. Abdominal distention3….

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'U su (Coriander seed) | Ar nag (Aloeswood) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Bong nag (Black Aconite) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bul tog (Sodium carbonate) | Chu rtsi (Rhubarb) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dur byid (Spurge) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gi wang (Bezoar) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Go snyod (Caraway) | Gser gyi me tog | Gu gul nag (Myrrh) | Gur gum (Safflower) | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Kanda ka ri | Kha ru tsha (Black Salt) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | Pho ri (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Re lchag (Stellera) | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sdig srin (freshwater crab shell) | Se bru (Pomegranate fruit) | Sga (Ginger) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Sles tres (Tinospora) | Sro lo | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Thar nu (Spurge prepared) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dan dkar (White Sandal) | Tsan dan dmar (Red Sandal) | Tsha la (Borax) | Utpal (Blue Poppy)

Pomegranate All Inclusive Pill (Se ‘bru kun ‘dus)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Se ‘bru kun ‘dus སེ་འབྲུ་ཀུན་འདུས་ Pomegranate All Inclusive Pill Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Bras sna gsum: Three seeds are A bras (Mangifera indica), Sra bras (Eugenia jambolana), Jam bras (Caesalpinia bonducella)** A byag gnyis: A mix of Pyrethrum tatsiense (A byag gzer ‘joms) and Meconopsis horridula (A byag tsher sngon)*** Ge…

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'U su (Coriander seed) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bri mog | Btsod (Madder) | ffl | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gser Me (Herpetospermum) | Gur gum (Sa | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) | Li ga dur (Cranesbill) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pri Yang Ku | Pu shel rtse (Dendrobium) | Rgya skyegs (Lacca) | Ru rta (Costus) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Spang rtsi | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dmar (Red Sandal) | Ut Pal (Blue Lotus)

Emblic 25 (Skyu ru nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Skyu ru nyer lnga སྐྱུ་རུ་ཉེར་ལྔ།Or, Khrag shed snyoms ldan ཁྲག་ཤེད་ སྙོམས་ ལྡན་Emblic 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Sometimes used as a powder. Function: Clears Heat and Bile, Moves the Blood, regulates Qi Use: “A general medicine for Blood disorders”“A general medicine that reduces…

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Bong | Da lis bsrags thal (Rhododendron) | dkar (White Aconite) | Gron bu'i thal ba (Cowry ash) | Hong len bsrags thal ( | Picrorhiza) | Pushkar mu la (Inula) | Tig Ta (Swertia)

Cowrie Ash 6 (‘Gron thal drug pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Mgron thal drug pa མགྲོན་ ཐལ་ དྲུག་པ་Cowrie Ash 6 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Cowry ash or Bhasma is used** Rhododendron and Picrorhiza are burnt until carbonised*** or Ru rta (Costus) according to some sources**** “Sometimes, instead of Dong dkar, it is recommended to take a mixture of equal parts of Bong dkar [White…

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A krong (Sandwort) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bdud rtsi lo ma | Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Ga dur (Geranium) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Gur gum (Saffl | Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Rgun brum (Raisins) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Spa yag rtsa ba | Spang rgyan dkar po | Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Zi ra dkar po (Cumin)

Principle 25 (Gtso bo nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026

Gtso bo nyer lnga གཙོ་བོ་བྱེར་ལྔ།Or, Ba glo nyer lnga བ་གློ་ཉེར་ལྔ་Principle 25 Or, Cow Lungs 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Cow lungs are prepared by removing membranes, washing well, then drying. Some sources list Sro lo dkar po (Pegaeophyton scapiflorum) instead of Cow Lungs.** some sources say a mix of the leaf and root…

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