A gar bco lnga ཨ་གར་བཅོ་ལྔ།
Shi Wu Wei Chen Xiang Wan 十五味沉香丸 (Chinese)
Aloeswood 15
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang
Herb Name | Latin | Amount #1 * | Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Aquillaria agallocha | 100 grams | 100 grams | |
Choerospondias axillaris | 50 grams | 40 grams | |
Santalum album | 50 grams | 40 grams | |
Pterocarpus santalinus | 150 grams | 60 grams | |
Myristica fragrans | 25 grams | 20 grams | |
Bambusae silicae | 100 grams | 40 grams | |
Carthamus tinctorius | 100 grams | 40 grams | |
Paegaeophyton scapiflorum | 150 grams | 40 grams | |
Terminalia chebula | 150 grams | 100 grams | |
Terminalia bellerica | 80 grams | 60 grams | |
Emblica officinalis | 100 grams | 60 grams | |
Inula racemosa | 150 grams | 60 grams | |
Tinospora cordifolia | 100 grams | 60 grams | |
Rubus phoenicoiasius | 200 grams | 120 grams | |
Kaempferia galanga | 50 grams | 20 grams |
* Different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.
Preparation:
Prepared as pills, the size of a Pea (500mg)
Function:
Harmonise Qi and Blood, stops Cough, calm the Nerves and Spirit
Use:
Wind affecting the Heart, Lungs and upper torso
“Especially this medicine defeats the disease khrag rlung stod ‘tshangs [strong Headache associated with Hypertensive crisis] and stabbing pain in the chest and back”. (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Pain over the whole body caused by Wind
2. Cough with expectoration of frothy phlegm
3. Stabbing chest and upper back Pain due to Qi and Blood stagnation
4. “acts as Nectar for Chest tightness caused by Wind and Blood” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)
5. Dry Cough
6. Bronchial Asthma
7. Shortness of Breath
8. Wind in the Lungs with frothy sputum, shortness of Breath
9. Insomnia
10. Hypertension
11. Severe headache due to Hypertensive crisis.
12. Thyroid Toxicosis associated with Heat and “Bad Blood”
Dose:
3 pills, three times daily
Cautions:
1. Use is avoided in Kidney disease
Modifications:
1. Paegaeophyton is considered a variety of Rhodiola in Tibetan Medicine, and are both used similarly. Therefore, Rhodiola may be used in place of Paegaeophyton.
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