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A gar so gcig  ཨ་གར་སོ་གཅིག་
Aloeswood 31

Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
A gar (Aloeswood)
Ar skya (Chinese Aloeswood)
A gar dmar (Red Aloeswood)
Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal)
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Li shi (Clove)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Gur gum (Safflower)
Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)
Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon)
A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)
Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan)
Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)
Sles tres (Tinospora)
Sga skya (Galangal)
Kanda ka ri (Wineberry)
Ma nu pa tra (Elecampane)
Ba sha ka
Tig ta (Swertia)
Hong len (Picrorrhiza)
Gu gul (Bdellium)
Spos dkar (Frankincense)
Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree)
Ru rta (Costus)
A byag gzer joms 
Ming can nag po
Tsher sngon (Meconopsis)
Snying zho sha
Se bru (Pomegranate fruit)
Sr lo dkar po

Latin
Aquillaria agallocha
Aquillaria chinensis
Cinnamomum parthenoxylon

Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Myristica fragrans
Eugenia caryophyllus
Bambusae silicae
Carthamus tinctorius
Amomum subulatum
Elettaria cardamomum
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia bellerica
Emblica o
fficinalis
Tinospora cordifolia
Alpina o
fficinarum
Rubus phoenicoiasius
Inula helenium
Adhaotoda vasica
Swertia chirata
Picrorrhiza kurroa
Commiphora mukul
Boswellia sacra

Salmalia malabarica

Saussurea lappa
Senecio integrifolius

Pullicaria insignis
Meconopsis horridula
Choerospondias axillaris
Punica granatum
Paegaeophyton scapi
florum

Amount

20 grams ea.
12 1⁄2 grams
17
1⁄2 grams
25 grams


5 grams ea.
35 grams




15 grams ea.
17 1⁄2 grams
20 grams
35 grams
7
1⁄2 grams
15
1⁄2 grams
22
1⁄2 grams
12
1⁄2 grams
15 grams



17 1⁄2 grams ea.

12 1⁄2 grams ea.


22 1⁄2 grams ea.
17 1⁄2
grams
10 grams
15 grams


Preparation:
Traditionally used as a powder; it can be formed into pills the size of a pea.

Function:
Regulates Qi and Blood, settles Wind

Use:
1. Malaise (loss of appetite, lethargy, dizziness, insomnia, depression)
2. Stress, Anxiety, Tension (inhaled the fumes) 3. Nervousness
4. Unnecessary Anger
5. Palpitations with Anxiety

6. Shivering
7. Dizziness and Vertigo
8. Tinnitus
9. Sudden loss of consciousness
10. Dryness of mouth
11. frees Breathing; good for Heavy breathing
12. Sti
ffness in the limbs and channels from Wind
13. Pain in the Waist, Hips, Joints, Muscles and Skin from Wind.
14. The smoke is inhaled during pregnancy when there is stomach swelling and bloating


Dose:
Traditionally used as an incense; the powder was to be sprinkled on hot coals and the fumes inhaled.
If taken internally, 2–3 pills before bed with warm water


Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
When Nux Vomica, Aconite, Musk and Yak Heart are added, it forms Aloeswood 35.

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