Rta zi dmar po  རྟ་ཟི་དམར་པོ་
or Bsil sbyor bco lnga  བསིལ་སྦྱོར་བཅོ་ལྔ་
or Rta bzi dmar po  རྟ་བཟི་དམར་པོ་
Red Pony

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Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Dzin pa (Black Aconite) *

Aconitum spp.

6 grams

Rgya tshos (Lacca)

Laccifer lacca

Btsod (Madder)

Rubia cordifolia

Stag sha (Oxytropis)

Oxytropis microphylla

Tsher sngon (Blue Poppy)

Meconopsis horridula

3 grams ea.

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

Gu gul nag po (Myrrh)

Commiphora myrrha

Hong len (Picrorhiza)

Picrorhiza kurroa

Spang rtsi do bo (Pterocephalus)

Pterocephalus hookeri

1 gram ea.

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

2 grams

Gya kyi ma (Spleenwort)

Chrysosplenium nepalense

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula racemosa

Bong dkar (White Aconite)

Aconitum heterophyllum

Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena)

Holarrhena antidysenterica

1 gram ea.

* Aconite requires preparation

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Wind, Clears Stasis, Resists Poison

Use:

1. Cold, Influenza
2. All types of acute Fever
3. All types of Contagious diseases
4. Diphtheria and inflammations of the Throat
5. Fever of the Lungs (especially effective)
6. Hemoptysis from Lung heat
7. Inflammations of the Lungs
8. Inflammation of the muscles
9. Painful Inflammatory Swellings
10. Regarded as useful in Cancer treatment
11. Stabbing Headache

Dose:

2–3 grams with hot water at noon. It can be taken twice daily in required.

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose due to Aconite content.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or in young Children
3. Do not take alcohol or meat while using this medicine.

Modifications:

1. If there is excess Mkhris (Bile) add Swertia and Herpetospermum
2. For Urinary retention add Sal Ammoniac
3. To cleanse the Stomach add Euphorbia thymifolia.


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