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Androsace, Sga tig སྒ་ཏིག

Rock Jasmine
Sga tig (Tibetan Medicine)
Dian Di Mei (A. aizoon, TCM)

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Androsace sarmentosa
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 102 (1876)


Botanical name:
Androsace spp.
  1. Black variety: A. mariae var. tibetica (Sga tig nag po)
  2. Brown variety: A. aizoon var. coccinea, A. sarmentosa, A. strigillosa (Sga tig smug po)
Other varieties used (without differentiation) include A. bulleyana, A. spinulifera, A. sempervivoides

Parts used:
Whole plant

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Fever
-swollen, sore throat (TCM)
-heat disease with shivering, swelling, headache and bitter taste (lhog pa)

2. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:
-Edema; obstruction of the Urinary tract
-Jaundice; yellowing of eyes and skin, dark urine

3. Moves the Blood, Resolves Swelling:
-Trauma, Wounds (TCM, Tibetan)
-Sudden Swellings, Tumors (Tibetan)

4. Externally:
-tearing and itching of the Eyes (as eye drops)


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DOSE:
9–15 grams in Decoction (TCM)

SUBSTITUTES:
Other plants listed as sources for Sga tig include:
1. Primula genestieriana
2. Swertia chirata

Main Combinations:


Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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