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Aster himalaicus, Me tog lug mig མེ་ཏོག་ལུག་མིག

Alpine Aster
Me tog lug mig
(Tibetan)

Picture
Aster flaccidus
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1913)


Botanical name:
Aster spp.
Several species have been listed as a source of Me tog lug mig:
  1. A. himalaicus
  2. A. souliei
Lug Mig is differentiated into 3 categories based on their flower color (Kletter):
  a. Ser Po (Yellow-flowered)
  b. Nag Po (Black-flowered)
  c. Sngon Po (Blue-flowered)
Other species supplying various types of Lug Mig reportedly include:
  1. A. barbellatus
  2. A. flaccidus (syn. A. argunensis, A. glandulosus, A. heterochaeta, A. intermedius, A. pulchellus, A. purdomii)
  3. A. heolini
  4. A. alpinas
  5. A. diplostephioides (syn. A. delavayi, A. vilmorinii, Heterochaeta diplostephioides)
  6. A. tibeticus
  7. A. thomsonii (syn. A. flexuosus, Calimeris flexuosus)

Parts used:
Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Common Cold, Fever, Epidemic Fevers
-used against Poisoning

2. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Chronic Bronchitis
-can be used for any type of Cough depending on the herbs its combined with

3. Externally:
-topically for Psoriasis
-spasms of the Tendons and Ligaments


DOSE:
1–3 grams of the Powder

SUBSTITUTE:
For Cough, the Chinese Aster Zi Wan can be considered. It may, in fact, be a suitable substitute for all indications.

Main Combinations:
1. Cough and Fever, Aster Me tog lug mig with Azadirachta indica, Swertia, Pomegranate seed, Gentiana algida flower, Dandelion

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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