Shing kun dgu pa ཤིང་ཀུན་དགུ་པ
Or Dza ti dgu pa ཛ་ཏི་དགུ་པ
Asafetida 9
Or Nutmeg 9

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1*

Amount #2

Shing kun (Asafetida)

Ferula assafotedia

3 grams

2 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

6 grams

3 grams

Shu dug (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

3 grams

2 grams

Gu gul (Bdellium)

Commiphora mukul

3 grams

2 grams

Snying jo sha (Choerospondias)

Choerospondias axillaris

6 grams

3 grams

Spos dkar (Frankincense)

Boswellia sacra

3 grams

2 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

6 grams

3 grams

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

30 mg

700 mg

Ri snying (Hares Heart)

Lepus spp.

3 grams

3 grams

* two different sources have given different proportions; the left column is Tibetan, the right column is from Buryat sources.

Preparation:

Pills

Function:

Settles Wind, Regulates Qi, clears Damp

Use:

1. Insanity
2. Forgetfulness
3. Tremors of the Heart
4. Seizures and fainting
5. Hiccups from rising Qi
6. Insomnia
7. “White Channel” [Nerve] diseases in general
8. Epilepsy
9. Parkinson’s disease
10. Stiffness of the limbs
11. Shooting pains in the body
12. rlung [Wind] diseases in women after childbirth
13. “diseases caused by Demons”

Dose:

2 grams

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:


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