Skyer sun brgyad pa སྐྱེར་ཤུན་བརྒྱད་པ།
Barberry 8 Powder

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium

Herb Name	Latin	Amount
Skyer pa (Barberry bark)	Berberis vulgaris	300 grams
Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)	Emblica officinalis	250 grams
Gur gum (Sa ffl ower)	Carthamus tinctorius	150 grams
Shing mngar (Licorice)	Glycyrrhiza glabra	100 grams
Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)	Piper longum	40 grams
Kha che sha skam (Sa ff ron)	Crocus sativus	20 grams
Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) *	Fel Ursi	2 grams
Gla rtsi (Musk) **	Moschus	1200mg
Rgya nag snag tsha (Ink)	Atramentum	50 grams

* Cow Bile is now used instead of Bear Bile.
** Delphinium brunonianum typically replaces Musk in modern Tibetan Medicine.

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Damp–Heat, Resists Toxin, stops Bleeding, relieves Pain

Use:

“specially helps with hot discharge (or Urine), which is caused by heat of Blood and Bile”
1. Urinary Tract Infections with Burning Urine
2. Dysuria
3. Obstinate Urinary diseases
4. Chronic Kidney disease (with Heat)
5. Gonorrhea
6. Spermatorrhea
7. Leukorrhea
8. Hematuria
9. Prostatitis
10. Blood-Bile disorders

Dose:

1–2 grams twice daily

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

Cow Bile is today substituted for Bear Bile, and either synthetic Musk or a suitable Musk substitute is used.

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Skyer sun brgyad pa སྐྱེར་ཤུན་བརྒྱད་པ།Barberry 8 Powder