Brag Khyung bcu gsum  བྲག་ཁྱུང་བཅུ་གསུམ
Or,
Brag Khyung  བྲག་ཁྱུང་
Shilajit Garuda 13
Or, Shilajit Garuda

Tradition:

Tibetan Medicine

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1 *

Amount #2

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

150 grams

10 grams

Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)

Aconitum heterophyllum

65 grams

40 grams

Shu dug (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

55 grams

20 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

55 grams

30 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

10 grams

20 grams

Brag zhun (Shilajit)

Shilajit

100 grams

50 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

70 grams

10 grams

Sug smel (Cardamon)

Elettaria cardamomum

20 grams

20 grams

Sman chen (Aconite)

Aconitum ferox

50 grams

10 grams

Li ga dur (Cranesbill)

Geranium tuberaria

55 grams

30 grams

Spang spos (Spikenard) **

Nardostachys jatamansi

20 grams

20 grams

Gul nag (Myrrh)

Commiphora myrrha

20 grams

80 grams

Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) ***

Fel Ursi

10 grams

10 grams

* Different sources list different amounts for each medicine. The right column is from a Russian source.
** Russian (Buryat) sources list Pri yang ku instead of Spang spos.
*** Saussurea likiangensis or Cow Bile are regularly used as a substitute for Bear Bile in modern Tibetan Medicine

Preparation:

Powder and form pills of 500mg each.

Function:

Clears Heat, stops Bleeding, relieves Pain

Use:

Blood and Bile disorders affectring the abdominal organs.
Especially useful for Acute Gastritis and Acute Gastroenteritis, and acute Infectious Diarrhea.
1. Heat of the Solid Organs (Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidney)
2. Inflammation of the Stomach or Intestines from Bile; Colitis, Gastritis
3. Acute Gastroenteritis
4. Nausea
5. Vomiting
6. Abdominal Pain
7. Infectious Diarrhea; Diarrhea from excess Bile
8. Blood in Feces
9. Cancer of the Stomach or Intestines
(according to Russian sources)

Dose:

3–5 pills (1500–2500mg), 1–2 times daily, 30 minutes before or 1.5 hours after food

Cautions:

1. Use cautiously. Avoid overdose.
2. Not used during Pregnancy
3. Not used in the Young, Elderly, or very weak.

Modifications:


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