Ko la bcu gchig ཀོ་ལ་བཅུ་གཅིག
Amomum 11

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang

Preparation:

Pills

Function:

Benefits the Spleen, Clears Damp, Moves the Blood

Use:

“and especially this medicine cures all Hot and Cold diseases of the Spleen without exception”. (Men Tsee Kang)
Symptoms include heaviness, bloating and rumbling in the abdomen, drooping lower lip, poor digestive, flatulence, indigestion
1. Trauma or Bruising with Heat and Inflammation over the Spleen
2. Stitching pain in the Spleen
3. “struggle of Heat and Cold in the Spleen”
4. Spleen obstruction with Damp and/or Blood with heaviness
5. Pancreas disorders with heat and toxin, including chronic Pancreatitis
6. Indigestion with bloating

Dose:

2 grams with warm water

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Comment:

This medicine is regarded as neutral is temperature, so is suitable for both Hot and Cold disorders of the Spleen. It is art and aromatic, so good to clear Damp, but also has blood moving medicines, therefore good for blood stasis and congestion in the Spleen. It is for what would be called in the West “Spleen Obstruction”.

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