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Aconitum naviculare, Bong nga dmar po བོང་ང་དམར་པོ

Red Aconite, 'Bang Ga'
Bong nga dmar po, Bong dmar (Tibetan Medicine)
Gan Qing Wu Tou (A. tanguticum, TCM)
Chuan Kui Wu Tou 船盔乌头, Wu Tou Zhou Gu  乌头舟骨
Aconitum gymnandrum
'Red Aconite' (Lesser variety)
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1907)

Botanical name:
The first two listed are the primary species supply this medicine in Tibetan Medicine, the latter are mentioned by some sources:
  1. Aconitum naviculare (Tibet. Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai)
  2. Aconitum tanguticum (Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet)
  3. Aconitum gymnandrum (Lesser variety)
  4. Aconitum liangshanicum (is regarded as synonymous to A. tanguticum in TCM texts)

Parts used:
Whole plant (herb with root), or aerial parts

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter. Slightly Toxic

CONSTITUENTS:
A. NAVICULARE: Alkaloids: Navirine

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-used for Poisonous plants and Animal Venoms
-Food Poisoning, especially Meat poisoning–Gastroenteritis
-Contagious and Epidemic Fevers; Small Pox, Measles
-Cold or Influenza with Fever
-Headache, Toothache

2. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-Acute Sore Throat, Pharyngitis, Laryngitis
-Cough, Bronchitis
-Pneumonia

3. Clears Heat and Damp:
-Gastritis; Enteritis, Dysentery
-Bile disorders; Jaundice
-Hepatitis; Cholecystitis
-Hypertension (Nepal)


DOSE:
600–1200mg (typically 1 gram)
Half teaspoon of powdered herb is mixed with 2 teaspoonfuls of Ghee, taken twice daily for Fever and Jaundice in Nepal.
One gram is boiled in 2 glasses of water down to half. This is taken twice daily.

COMMENT:
Aconitum naviculare is endangered due to over harvesting.

Main Combinations:
1. Cholecystitis, acute Jaundice, Hepatitis, Aconitum naviculare, Swertia, Picrorhiza, Barberry bark, Costus
2. Hepatitis:
i. Aconitum naviculare, Swertia, Triphala, Tinospora, Picrorhiza, Rhubarb
ii. Aconitum naviculare, Sandalwood, Chebula, Safflower, Tabasheer, Emblic Myrobalan, Swertia, Costus
3. Influenza, with runny nose, headache, body aches, Aconitum naviculare with Chebula, Costus, Inula, Swertia, Calamus, Tinospora, Bezoar
4. Heat-type Cough with Fever, shortness of Breath, Aconitum naviculare with Sandalwood, Tabasheer, Safflower, Licorice, Adhatoda, Inula, Triphala (as in 25 Taste Lung Disease Powder of Tibetan Medicine)
5. Heat-type Cough, Pneumonia in children, Aconitum naviculare with Tabasheer, Safflower, Rhodiola, Sandalwood, Picrorhiza, Licorice, Bezoar

Major Formulas:
Rin Chen Mang Jor
Rin Chen Dang Jor Ril Nak Chen Mo
Rin Chen Chak Ril Chen Mo
Turquoise 25

Cautions:
Avoid overdose

Main Preparations used:

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