Bse ru nyer lnga བསེ་རུ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Or, Sha rwa nyer lnga ཤ་རྭ་ཉེར་ལྔ
Rhinoceros Horn 25
Deer antler 25
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang
|
Herb Name |
Latin |
Amount #1 * |
Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rhinoceros spp. |
15 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Saiga tartarica |
15 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Cervus spp. |
20 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Bambusa textiles |
50 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Carthamus tinctorius |
40 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Eugenia caryophyllus |
20 grams |
80 grams | |
|
Myristica fragrans |
15 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Elettaria cardamomum |
15 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Amomum subulatum |
15 grams |
60 grams | |
|
Santalum album |
40 grams |
160 grams | |
|
Pterocarpus santalinus |
50 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Salmalia malabarica |
40 grams |
120 grams | |
|
Saussurea lappa |
40 grams |
160 grams | |
|
Boswellia sacra |
25 grams |
100 grams | |
|
Cassia tora |
25 grams |
100 grams | |
|
Psoralea corylifolia |
25 grams |
80 grams | |
|
Cuminum cyminum |
25 grams |
100 grams | |
|
Terminalia chebula |
50 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Terminalia bellirica |
80 grams |
160 grams | |
|
Phyllanthus emblica |
50 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Meconopsis torquata |
60 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Adhatoda vasica |
40 grams |
160 grams | |
|
Geranium tuberaria |
70 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Hippophae rhamnoides |
50 grams |
200 grams | |
|
Calculus Bovis |
5 grams |
60 grams |
* Two different sources have given different amounts. Left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right from Amdo Compendium.
** Water Buffalo horn is used in place of Rhinoceros horn.
*** Antelope horn is fried in sand until crisp and able to be powdered
**** Amdo Compendium (right column) omits Sea Buckthorn but adds Sugar Candy (Rock Sugar) in a dose of 200 grams.
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
Function:
Clears Heat and Toxin, Stops Cough, Resolves Pus
Use:
“especially good to remove pus from the Lungs”
“treats fresh and old Lung diseases”
1. Pus in the Lungs; Lung abscess
2. Cough with foul smelling pus in the sputum
3. Cough with frothy sputum with Blood or Pus
4. Heat of the Lungs
5. Residual Heat in the Lungs (ie. Heat remaining after an infection)
6. Pleurisy
7. Pneumonia
8. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
9. Chronic Lung diseases (with Heat)
Dose:
2–3 grams
Cautions:
Not used in Cold diseases
Modifications:
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