Spru nag nyer dgu  སྤྲུ་ནག་ཉེར་དགུ་
Notopterygium 29 Pills

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1 *

Amount #2

Spru nag

Notopterygium incisum

200 grams

‘Bri tskhil ma (Yellow Aconite)

Aconitum kongboense

100 grams

‘Dzin pa dkar po

Aconitum napellus

100 grams

Bdud rtsi lo ma (Black Aconite)

Aconitum richardsonianum

100 grams

Gar nag (Calcined Boar feces)

Porcus faeci

10 grams ea.

50 grams

Phur nag

Artemisia santolinifolia

50 grams

Nim pa (Neem)

Azadirachta indica

50 grams

Sum cu tig

Saxifraga umbellata

50 grams

Tsan dan dkar (White Sandal)

Santalum album

50 grams

Gi wang (Bezoar)

Calculus Bovis

50 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusae silicae

5 grams ea.

50 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

1200mg **

50 grams

Ga dur (Geranium)

Geranium nepalense

50 grams

Sngo de ba

Gentiana decumbens

50 grams

Brag zhun (Shilajit)

Asphaltum

50 grams

Par pa ta

Hypecoum leptocarpum

50 grams

Bong dkar (White Aconite) ***

Aconitum heterophyllum

5 grams ea.

50 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

1 grams

10 grams

Gu gul (Bdellium)

Commiphora mukul

50 grams

Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis)

Oxytropis reniformis

50 grams

A gar (Aloeswood)

Aquilaria agallocha

5 grams ea.

50 grams

Gri sha (Human flesh) ****

20 grams

Shu dag (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

20 grams

Mu zi ser (Sulphur) 

Sulphura

2.1 grams ea.

20 grams

A byag gzer ‘joms

Pyrethrum tatsinensis

50 grams

A byag tsher sngon

Meconopsis horridula

50 grams

Ming chan nag

Cremanthodium ellisii

5 grams ea.

50 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

2 grams

50 grams

Gser Me (Herpetospermum)

Herpetospermum

5 grams

50 grams

* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** The small dose of Safflower in the first column possibly intends Saffron.
*** Leaves and roots of Aconitum heterophyllum
**** Today, Human flesh is replaced with Yak Heart

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Heat, Resists Poison

Use:

Serious Heat-type Infectious and Epidemic diseases
1. Pneumonia
2. Dysentery
3. Hepatitis A, Infectious Hepatitis
4. Anthrax
5. Small Pox
6. Leptospirosis

Dose:

2 grams with a decoction of Tinospora.

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy
3. Caution in elderly, children, and exhaustion

Modifications:

It is stronger if the following three medicines are added: Cremanthodium humile (Ming chan ser po), Pterocephalus hookeri (Spang rtsi), Stellaria chamaejasme (Re lchag me tog).


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