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 blood pressure in all diseases without exception”
Suitable pattern for this medicine includes redness of the eyes, palms, soles, nails etc.; liver distention, dry mouth, brownish urine.
1. Blood Heat
2. Hypertension
3. Upper Back Pain from Blood and Wind
4. Stabbing pain in the Chest and Intercostal spaces, pain in the Upper Body
5. Headache from “bad blood”
6. Fever (affecting upper body)
7. Vomiting of Bile or Sour Liquid
8. Vomiting of rotten blood “resembling diluted soot”
9. Heart burn, Reflux
10. Liver or Stomach pain from ‘Brown Phlegm’
11. Stomach disorders from Blood and Bile
12. Balances Menstruation, Irregular Menstruation
13. Ovarian Cysts
14. Can be used for 1 week prior to Bloodletting
15. Also used when Bloodletting is not possible (clears Blood Heat like Bloodletting)

Dose:

2–3 grams twice daily with hot water.

Cautions:

Not used in Cold disorders

Modifications:

Comment:

This is a complex formula and the indications are varied. It is used for ‘Bad Blood’ and to ‘dry up’ the ‘Bad Blood’, indicating excess heat or toxin in the Blood, as well as excess fluid or Damp. It is also primarily for Stomach and Liver disorder with Heat/Bile and Blood stagnation, and for Liver Wind causing Hypertension and upper body symptoms.

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