Sa ra’i bya khyung bcu gsum  ས་རའི་ བྱ་ཁྱུང་བཅུ་གསུམ་
Or, Shes brtson. ཤེས་ བརྩོན་
Or, Nya phyis bchu gsum  ཉ་ཕྱིས་ བཅུ་གསུམ་
Mother of Pearl 13

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1 *

Amount #2

Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) **

Mater Margarita

50 grams

30 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

200 grams

40 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

100 grams

10 grams

Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)

Aquillaria agallocha

100 grams

25 grams

Li Shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

40 grams

25 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

35 grams

25 grams

Byur dmar (Red Coral)

Corallum rubrum

80 grams

30 grams

Sindhu ra (Limonite) ***

Limonitum

50 grams

30 grams

Rdo khab len (Magnetite)

Magnetitum

50 grams

30 grams

Shing Mngar (Licorice)

Glycyrrhiza glabra

80 grams

30 grams

Sman chen (Black Aconite) ****

Aconitum ferox

50 grams

10 grams

Shu dag (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

130 grams

20 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

800mg

5 grams

* Different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** Mother of Pearl is to be calcined. Pearl can also be used in place of Mother of Pearl (without being calcined).
*** Some sources (Drungtso) give Limonite for Sindhu ra. But the Sanskrit Sindura is Minium and this is sometimes equated with Sindhu ra of Tibetan Mediicne..
**** Aconite requires preparation

Preparation:

These are formed into pills. Mother of Pearl shell is calcined according to the proper method (or Pearl powder without calcining can be used). All the powdered ingredients are then triturated with a little water to form a paste. From this, pills weighing 250mg each are made. and coated in Cinnabar.

Function:

Settles Wind, Clears the Channels, benefits the Nerves

Use:

This medicine is good helps with diseases of Obstruction of Channels and Rheumatism”
defeats diseases of external and internal White Channels [Nerves]”. (Amdo Compendium)
1. Pain in the back of the head and shoulders
2. Severe Headache from Blood stasis and Wind
3. Hemorrhagic Stroke
4. Chronic Inflammatory diseases of Brain and Nerves
5. Inability to carry things in the hands
6. Inability to raise the arms up
7. Numbness, tightness, loss of sensation and stiffness in the limbs
8. Rheumatism
9. Deviation of the mouth and eyes, etc.,

10. Vascular diseases with inflammation (Vasculitis etc.)

Dose:

2 pills (500mg) morning and night with hot water.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:


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