Khrugs glo bcu gsum  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ བཅུ་གསུམ་
Or, Khrugs glo kun sel  ཁྲུགས་ གློ་ ཀུན་ སེལ་
Eliminator of All Lung Imbalances

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

A ru (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

13 grams

Ba ru (Belleric Myrobalan)

Terminalia bellerica

8 grams

Skyu ru (Emblic Myrobalan)

Emblica officianlis

10 grams

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula racemosa

8 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Sausaaurea lappa

5 grams

Ba le ka

Aristolchia moupinensis

7 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Tinospora cordifolia

10 grams

Rgya tshos (Lacca)

Lacca

5 grams

Btsod (Madder)

Rubia cordifolia

8 grams

‘Bri mog

Onosma hookeri

10 grams

Sro lo dkar po *

Pegaeophyton scapiflorum

10 grams

Spang rtsi do bo

Pterocephalus hookeri

10 grams

Li ga dur

Geranium pratense

7 grams

* Rhodiola can be used in place of Pegaeophyton

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough, Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding

Use:

Cough with pain in the chest, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, thirst
1. Chronic Cough with coughing Blood
2. Chronic Cough with yellow or yellow-red Phelgm
3. Stabbing pain in the chest
4. Fever and Cough caused by Influenza

Dose:

2–3 grams with water or milk

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Another source has used Gentiana algida, White Sandalwood, Cinnamon and Hedychium spicatum in place of Onosma, Pterocephalus, Geranium and Aristolchia.


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