Ma nu bzhi thang མ་ནུ་བཞི་ཐང་
Inula 4 Decoction
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang
|
Herb Name |
Latin |
Amount #1* |
Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Inula racemosa |
150 grams |
100 grams | |
|
Rubus phoenicoiasius |
250 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Tinospora cordifolia |
120 grams |
100 grams | |
|
Kaempferia galanga |
50 grams |
50 grams |
* Two sources have given differing amounts for each herb. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang. The right column is from Buryat region.
Preparation:
Decoction
Function:
Clears Wind-Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Resists Poison
Use:
“Especially good to mature the immature Heat of the Contagious Diseases”
1. Pain in the Liver
2. Stabbing pain in the upper body
3. Heat in the upper part of the body
4. Stabbing pain due to “excitement” of the Blood
5. Red Eyes
6. “Immature” heat of Contagious Diseases
7. Influenza, Acute Respiratory Virus
8. Diphtheria
9. Chronic Bronchitis, shortness of Breath, Asthma, Pneumonia with stagnation and excess Phlegm
10. Acute Rhinitis and Sinusitis with Inflammation
11. Phlegm diseases,
12. Brown Phlegm (Bad Kan Smug Po)
Dose:
a small cupful three times a day.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Bronchial Asthma and Shortness of Breath, take Clove 11 with Inula 4 Decoction.
2. Adding prepared Nux Vomica eliminates Shortness of Breath.
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