Dba bo bdun pa  དཔའ་བོ་བདུན་པ།
Hero 7

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Dzin pa (Aconitum) prepared

Aconitum spp.

A ru (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

50 grams ea.

Stag sha

Oxytropis spp.

Btsod (Madder)

Rubia cordifolia

20 grams ea.

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

3 grams

Gu gul (Bdellium)

Commiphora mukul

Mtshal (Cinnabar)

Mercuric sulphide

10 grams ea.

According to another source:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

A ru (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

Shu dag (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

Bi sha (Aconitum) prepared

Aconitum ferox

Gu gul (Bdellium)

Commiphora mukul

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

Gi wam (Bezoar)

Calculus Bovis

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Settles Wind, Moves Qi and Blood, Resists Poison, Easis Pain

Use:

1. Stabbing headache
2. shooting pain in the upper body
3. Throat in
flammation and obstruction, Tonsillitis
4. Meningitis
5. Sinusitis
6. Acute Viral diseases
7. Arthritic and Rheumatic diseases
8. Skin diseases, eruptions, abscesses
9. Hemorrhoids
10. Worms
11. Can generally be used as Garuda 5, but is stronger to move Blood and resist Poison.

Dose:

1–2 grams

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in the very young or during Pregnancy

Modifications:

Note this is Garuda 5 with Myrrh and Bezoar added.

Comment:

Garuda 5 uses Aconitum ferox. The source for the above formula was Russian, and listed A. balfouri. The latter is an accepted substitute for A. ferox.


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