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

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1*

Amount #2

Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)

Aquillaria agallocha

50 grams

50 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

25 grams

40 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusa textiles

25 grams

30 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

25 grams

40 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

25 grams

50 grams

Shing kun (Asafetida)

Ferula foetida

25 grams

50 grams

Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)

Salmalia malabarica

25 grams

30 grams

‘Brong khrag (Yak heart) **

Cor Bos grunniens

25 grams

50 grams

Snying zho sha

Choerospondias axillaris

25 grams

60 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

20 grams

10 grams

Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Boswellia sacra

10 grams

20 grams

* 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 Placenta

Preparation:

Powder and form pills with Molasses.

Function:

Settles Wind, Regulates Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves

Use:

Commonly used for Wind affecting the Mind and Nerves
1. Mental Instability, Confusion
2. Mental disorders. Insanity, Madness
3. Mental Dullness, “Dumbness”
4. Fear, Phobias
5. Loss of Speech

6. Insomnia
7. Numbness
8. Very useful for any pain caused by (Cold) Wind.
9. Pain in the upper body, especially between the scapula

10. Liver / Hypochondriac pain or distention
11. Pain or distention of the Breasts
12. Chest Pain
13. Palpitations
, Arrhythmias, Tachycardia

Dose:

1⁄2–1 1⁄2 grams twice daily

Cautions:

1. Not used in Heat conditions
2. Harmful in hot weather

Modifications:

Similar Formulas:

This is Aloeswood 8, with the addition of three medicines. This is specifically for Wind that affects the Life Channel (Du Mai).


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