Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

* Two different sources list different proportions. The doses in the right column contains much less Mercury.
** Mercury and Aconite are prepared accordng to traditional methods.
*** Some versions lists Oxytropis

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.
The source text says to add Gi Wan (Bezoar) 10 grams when it’s Hot, and Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) 10 grams when its Cold, thus making 18 ingredients.

Function:

Clears Damp, Opens Obstructions, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Chronic skin diseases including Psoriasis and Leprosy
2. Purplish color of the skin
3. Prurulent Skin diseases
4. Skin diseases with Itchiness
5. Roughness of the skin
6. Burning feeling in the flesh and bones
7. Chronic Joint Pain
8. Gout
9. Tuberculosis
10. Pneumonia
11. Fibroids and Tumors
12. Alopecia (loss of hair on head or eyebrows)
13. Severe diseases in general

Dose:

2 grams

Cautions:

1. Avoid excess or long-term use due to Mercury content.
2. Not used during Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and in young Children
3. Not used in Purulent Mastitis

Modifications:

1. Taken with Rolled Turquoise 13 for Uterine Fibroids and stabbing pains of the lower abdomen.

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