A gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།
Ba Wei Chen Xiang San (TCM)
Aloeswood 8
Tradition:
Tibetan Medicine
Source / Author:
Four Tantras
Herb Name | Latin | Amount #1* | Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Aquillaria agallocha | 100 grams | 2 parts | |
Choerospondias axilliaris | 65 grams | ||
Bambusae silicae | 120 grams | ||
Boswellia sacra | 60 grams | ||
Saussurea lappa | 100 grams | ||
Myristica fragrans | 40 grams | ||
Terminalia chebula | 300 grams | ||
Salmalia malabarica | 65 grams | 1 part ea. |
* Here are 2 different amounts for each medicine according to different sources. The version of the right column is as listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia.
Preparation:
Powder and add Sugar, three times the weight of the herbs.
Function:
Clears Heart Fire, nourishes the Heart, Regulates Qi, Calms the Mind and Nerves
Use:
“especially good for curing Heart disease with Low Blood Pressure”. (Men Tsee Kang)
“Heals Heart injuries, eliminates dispersed and disturbed disorders of the Heart, insanity, dumbness, and relieves pain around the breasts and the liver.”. (Subsequent Tantra)
1. Coma associated with Heart Fire
2. Wind affecting the Heart which causes Unhappiness, Palpitation
3. “Causeless Depression”
4. Qi stagnation causing Pain in the chest or Liver region
5. Wind disturbing the Spirit associated with poor Intelligence, retardation, unhappiness
6. Outbursts of Anger
7. Madness
8. Delirium
9. Angina Pectoris
10. Tachycardia
11. Coronary Heart Disease (especially with low blood pressure)
12. Insomnia
13. Trembling
14. Tinnitus
15. Dizziness
16. Stitching pain in the Breasts
17. Recently proven useful for Altitude Sickness
Dose:
2–3 grams, 2–3 times daily with arm water, broth, or rice alcohol.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. When taken with Garuda 5 it makes Ar brgyad khyung bsnan. This is used for Heart pain and inflammation, Tachycardia, confusion of Mind and for pricking pain in the upper body. Also for stabbing chest pain in Breast or Lung Cancer.
2. When taken with Antelope Horn 14 it is called A rgya. It is used for stabbing pains in the upper body, tachycardia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.
3. When Clove, Asafetida and Yak Heart is added it forms Eleven Holders of Life.
Similar Formula:
Aloeswood Clear Wind 8
Eleven Holders of Life
Click the above Tabs for more information on this medicine
GENERAL:
–Chemical and pharmacological progress on a Tibetan folk medicine formula Bawei Chenxiang Powder
–[Advance on clinical and pharmacological research of Bawei Chenxiang Powder and related formulae].
–[Studies on pharmacological effects and chemical components of different extracts from Bawei Chenxiang Pills].
HEART:
–Bawei Chenxiang Wan Ameliorates Cardiac Hypertrophy by Activating AMPK/PPAR-α Signaling Pathway Improving Energy Metabolism.
–Systematic Identification and Recognition Analysis of Beta1-Adrenergic Receptor Targeting Material Basis in Tibetan Medicine Formula Bawei Chenxiang Powder.
–Bawei Chenxiang Pills Exert Anti-Myocardial Ischemia Effect by Inhibiting Inflammation Through the TLR4/NF-kappaB/NLRP3 Signaling Pathway.
–Bawei Chenxiang Wan ameliorates right ventricular hypertrophy in rats with high altitude heart disease by SIRT3-HIF1alpha-PDK/PDH signaling pathway improving fatty acid and glucose metabolism.
HYPERTENSION:
–[Study on regularity of drug use in Tibetan medicine treating hypertension based on multi-center clinical medical records and “prescription-property-efficacy-disease”].
ALTITUDE SICKNESS:
–Tibetan medicine Bawei Chenxiang Wan attenuates chronic mountain sickness by targeting the AKT/FOXO3a/CAT axis to inhibit oxidative stress.
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Herb categories: A ga ru (Aloeswood), Chebulic Myrobalan, Cu gang (Tabasheer), Dza ti (Nutmeg), Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree), Ru rta (Costus), Snying zho sha, Spos dkar (Frankincense)
