Dbang po kun sel  དབང་པོ་ཀུན་ཀུན་སེལ་
Or, Ya sman dbang po kun sel  ཡ་སྨན་དབང་པོ་ཀུན་སེལ་
Universal Clear the Senses Powder

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt)

Sodium chloride

50 grams

Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)

Santalum album

50 grams

Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)

Pterocarpus santalinus

100 grams

Ar nag (Aloeswood)

Aquilaria agallocha

70 grams

Li shi (Clove)

Eugenia caryophyllus

30 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

100 grams

Gi wang (Bezoar)

Calculus Bovis

1 gram

Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)

Amomum subulatum

40 grams

Bong dkar (White Aconite)

Aconitum heterophyllum

40 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

30 grams

Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon)

Elettaria cardamomum

40 grams

Spang spos (Spikenard)

Nardostachys jatamansi

100 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

1 gram

U su (Coriander seed)

Coriandrum sativum

50 grams

A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)

Terminalia chebula

30 grams

Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan)

Terminalia bellerica

30 grams

Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)

Emblica officinalis

30 grams

Rdo thag (Tobacco leaf)

Nicotinum tabacum

200 grams

* A gar go snyod (Cinnamomum parthenoxylon) is originally ordered, but the Mern Tsee Kang text says A nag (Aquilaria agallocha) can be used
** Tobacco leaf in the form of snuff

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Wind and Phlegm, Opens the Senses

Use:

Especially useful for Sinus diseases and blockage of the nasal passages” (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Sinusitis, Rhinitis
2. Nasal congestion with pain and swelling
3. Sneezing
4. Hoarseness
5. Clarifies the Vision and opens the other senses.
6. Stabbing pain in the jaws and head (Amdo Compendium)

Dose:

Used as a snuff; inhaled through the nose. Not taken orally.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:


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