A gar dgu pa ཨ་གར་དགུ་པ་
Aloeswood 9
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Aquillaria agallocha | 50 grams | |
Myristica fragrans | 30 grams | |
Choerospondias axillaris | 40 grams | |
Saussurea lappa | 40 grams | |
Pyrethrum tatsinensis | 40 grams | |
Ferula foetida | 20 grams | |
Eugenia caryophyllus | 30 grams | |
Aconitum ferox | 25 grams | |
Terminalia chebula | 40 grams |
* 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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Herb categories: A byag gzer joms, Aconitum (Black Aconite), Ar ga ru (Aloeswood), Chebulic Myrobalan, Dza ti (Nutmeg), Li shi (Clove), Ru rta (Costus), Shing kun (Asafetida), Snying zo sha
