Gur gum mchog bdun  གུར་གུམ་མཆོག་བདུན་
Safflower Supreme 7
Or, Most Excellent Safflower 7

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1 *

Amount #2

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctoius

10 grams

450 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusa textilis

Utpal (Blue Poppy)

Meconopsis grandis

Ba le ka (Birthwort)

Aristolochia moupinensis

Tig ta (Swertia)

Swertia chirata

300 grams ea.

A ru (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

400 grams

Mtshe ldum (Ephedra)

Ephedra saxatilis

5 grams ea.

300 grams

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Clears Liver heat

Use:

Liver heat with yellowing of the eyes, headache, loss of appetite, pain or distention over the Liver
“Especially helps with acute and chronic Liver disease”
1. Acute Liver disease
2. Chronic Liver disease
3. Hepatitis
4. Pain or Inflammation over the Liver area
5. Pain in Liver region from Trauma
6. Headache related to Liver heat
7. Eye diseases related to Liver Heat; yellowing of the eyes, or red in the whites of the eyes.
8. Increase in “Bad Blood”

Dose:

2–3 grams, noon and night with warm water.

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:

1. A suitable substitute for Birthwort should be used. Costus or Corydalis Yan Hu Suo are possible substitute. See Birthwort for others.
2. Another version uses 100 grams each of Safflower and Chebula, and 75 grams of each of the other herbs.
3. Another variation adds Black Salt. This is called Gur Gum Mchog Bdun Kha Tshar Chan.


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