Dg’a ba bcu drug  དག་བ་བཅུ་དྲུག་
Joyful Sixteen Pill
or Sixteen Delights Pill

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Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Tenzin Chodrak (physician of the 14th Dalai Lama)

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

150 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

50 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

80 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

150 grams

Ba ru ra (Belleric)

Terminalia belerica

100 grams

Skyu ru ra (Emblic)

Emblica officinalis

120 grams

‘Jam bras (Fever nut)

Caesalpinia bonducella

50 grams

Sha ru (Deer horn burnt)

Cervus spp.

20 grams

Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Pterocarpus santalinus

100 grams

Bong dkar (White Aconite)

Aconitum heterophyllum

100 grams

Byi tang ka (Embelia)

Embelia ribes

50 grams

Ma ru rtse (Butea)

Butea monosperma

50 grams

Lang thang rtse (Henbane seed)

Hyoscyamus niger

50 grams

Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis)

Oxytropis chiliophylla

40 grams

Shu dag nag (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

50 grams

Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) *

Lapis Azureus

15 grams

Dngul chu dkar ‘dul (Mercury) *

Hydrargyrum

30 grams

Gi wang (Bezoar)

Calculus bovis

5 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

5 grams

Chog la (Cinnabar) *

Mercuric sulphide

20 grams

* Lapis Lazuli, Cinnabar and Mercury must all be prepared. Lapis Lazuli and Cinnabar are washed well; Mercury is processed according to traditional methods.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Moves the Blood, Clears Damp, Resolves Stasis, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Sinus infection, “Three varieties of Sinusitis”
2. Arthritis
3. Gout
4. Kidney disease (acute and chronic)
5. Lymph diseases
6. Nerve diseases (White Channel diseases)
7. Infection that destroys the tissues; “gnyan worms, enraged, eat the tissues of the body”
8. Widely used in the treatment of Cancer

Dose:

2 grams twice daily with water

Cautions:

1. Avoid long-term use and Overdose
2. Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:

For Cancer it is commonly combined with Garuda 9

Comment:

This formula was developed by the personal Physician to the Fourth Dalai Lama.


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