Shing kun chur nis ཤིང་ཀུན་ཆུན་ནིས།
Asafetida Powder

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Extensive collection of Tibetan-Mongolian-Buryat recipes (Kosoborov)

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Shing kun (Asafetida)

Ferula foetida

10 grams

Shu dug nag po (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

35 grams

Se bru (Pomegranate)

Punica granatum

100 grams

Sga skya (Galangal)

Kaempferia galanga

40 grams

Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)

Piper longum

35 grams

Pho ba ris (Black Pepper)

Piper nigrum

35 grams

Dbyi mong dkar po

Clematis rehderianum

30 grams

Ci tra ka (Plumbago)

Plumbago zeylanica

30 grams

Spru dkar (Heracleum seed)

Heracleum candicans

25 grams

Bse yab (Chinese Quince)

Chaenomeles speciosa

35 grams

U su (Coriander)

Coriander sativum

40 grams

Ya ba ksha ra

Potassium carbonate

30 grams

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula racemosa

100 grams

Zi ra nag po (Nigella)

Nigella sativa

30 grams

Rgyam tshwa (Rock Salt)

Sodium chloride

20 grams

La la phud (Fennel seed)

Foeniculum vulgare

30 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

130 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

150 grams

Kha ru tsha (Black Salt)

Sal nigri

20 grams

Bya rkang (Delphinium flowers)

Delphinium grandiflorum

40 grams

Preparation:

Pills; also used in powdered form

Function:

Moves the Qi, Clears Damp

Use:

1. Bloating, poor appetite, indigestion
2. Shortness of breath
3. Feeling of fullness in the upper body
4. Stabbing pain in the sides of the chest and hypochondria
5. pain in the kidneys and lower back
6. swelling of the face
7. swelling of the limbs
8. difficult urination, Edema, Fluid Swelling
9. Tumors

Dose:

2 grams

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:


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