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A gar dgu pa  ཨ་གར་དགུ་པ་
Aloeswood 9


Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Snying zo sha
Ru rta (Costus)
A byag gzer 'joms
Shing kun (Asafetida) **

Li shi (Clove)
Sman chen (Black Aconite)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Latin
Aquillaria agallocha
Myristica fragrans
Choerospondias axillaris
Saussurea lappa
Pyrethrum tatsinensis
Ferula foetida
Eugenia caryophyllus
Aconitum ferox

Terminalia chebula
Amount *
30 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
50 grams
10 grams

50 grams
30 grams
40 grams
40 grams
40 grams
20 grams
30 grams
25 grams
40 grams

* Different sources have given differing amounts for each medicine. Both sources are derived from Men Tsee Kang
** This was originally Sha chen, Human flesh.

Preparation:
Powder and form Pills with Honey.

Function:
Calms the Heart, Settles Wind, Calms the Mind and Spirit

Use:
For Heart rLung [Wind]: chesp oppression, poor memory and concentration, chaotic thoughts, nervousness, insanity
1. Palpitations
2. Arrhythmia
3. Heart diseases with inflammation: myocarditis, endocarditis
4. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5. Chaotic thoughts
6. Anxiety
7. Mental illness, Insanity
8. Fainting
9. Mental illness with seizures
10. Traditionally for the effects of Evil Spirits


Dose:
2 grams
"if washed down with decoction of Gzer ‘joms (Pyrethrum tatsiense), the effectiveness of will increase"
*washed down with strong Chang [Barley alcohol], the rlung [Wind] in the Heart will immediately calm down, as well as the chaotic
thoughts, fainting [etc.]" (Men Tsee Kang)


Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy


Modifications:
This can be made without Aconite, but is more effective when added.

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