Tsan dan bco brgyad  ཙན་དན་བཅོ་བརྒྱརད།
Sandalwood 18

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)

Santalum album

120 grams

Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) *

Pterocarpus santalinus

70 grams

Gi wan (Bezoar)

Bezoar

1 gram

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusae silicae

70 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

15 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

20 grams

Ka ko la (Black Cardamon)

Amomum subulatum

15 grams

Sug smel (Green Cardamon)

Elettaria cardamomum

15 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

80 grams

A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)

Terminalia chebula

100 grams

Sum cu tig (Lhasa Saxifrage)

Saxifraga umbellata

60 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

50 gram

Pri yang ku

Dracocephalum tanguticum

70 grams

Hong len (Picrorrhiza)

Picrorrhiza kurroa

70 grams

Re skon

Corydalis spp.

70 grams

Ba sha ka

Adhatoda vasica

70 grams

Bri mog

Onosma hookeri

100 grams

Btsod (Madder)

Rubia cordifolia

80 grams

* Some versions list Vermillion (Mercuric sulphide) in place of Red Sandalwood.

Preparation:

Powder or Pills.

Function:

Regulates Qi, clears Liver Heat

Use:

Dry mouth and tongue, brownish color to the lips and nails, discomfort over the hypochondria
1. Liver Wind-Heat type Headaches
2. Hypertension
3. Irregular Heartbeat
4. Stabbing pasin in the Heart
5. Dizziness
6. Blurred Vision
7. Hepatitis
8. Cholecystitis
9. Gastritis
10. Gastroenteritis
11. Colitis
12. Diarrhea with Intestinal spasms
13. Wind (Qi) Blocking the Heart, Heart pain
14. Poor blood circulation
15. Pain over hypochondria and upper back
16. Dry Mouth and Throat
17. Sore Throat
18. Traditionally listed to ‘dry Bad blood’
19. Nodules due to repetitive strain causing Qi obstruction
20. Brown Phlegm (Bad Kan Smug Po)

Dose:

1–2 grams, twice daily, often taken with a decoction of Shilajit

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Comment:

This has a wide scope of use. It principally moves Qi and regulates its circulation, thereby helping blood circulation, and benefitting the digestive system and Liver. It also settles wind rising to the head causing Headache, Dizziness, Hypertension etc.


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