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Gi wan dgu pa གི་ཝང་དགུ་པ།
Bezoar 9
Bezoar 9
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang / Drungtso
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Herb Name
Gi wan (Bezoar)
Brag zhun (Shilajit) Gur gum (Safflower) Ba le ka (Birthwort) Tig ta (Swertia) Ru rta (Costus) Ut pal (Blue Lotus) Ba sha ka (Adhatoda) Gser me (Herpetospermum) Ka ra (White Rock Sugar) |
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* Different sources have given differing proportions. The amounts in the right column is a modern adaptation to make it more affordable.
Preparation:
Prepared as Powder or Pills
Function:
Clears Liver Heat
Use:
General for Heat diseases of Liver, and Bile diseases.
1. Liver Heat, Liver Fever
2. Trauma to the Liver with stabbing pain over Liver
3. Bad Blood in the Liver; Blood disorders
4. Hepatitis, Liver Inflammation or swelling
5. Cirrhosis
6. ‘Brown Phlegm’ disorder
Dose:
500–1500mg twice daily with warm water.
Some versions list 2–3 grams as a dose, presumably because a lower dose of Bezoar is used.
Cautions:
Caution due to Birthwort. OTC versions of this medicine may contain Birthwort. A suitable substitute should be used (see Aristolchia), or it can be omitted.
Modifications:
1. A suitable substitute for Birthwort should be used.
2. When combined with Garuda 5 (Khyung lnga) it is used for diseases with heat and inflammation following trauma, and for heat diseases of the organs. This formula is called Gi Khyung (Bezoar Garuda).
3. When taken with Sandalwood 8 (Tsan dan brgyad pa), it forms Gi Tsan. Used for Fever, severe thirst, cough with blood and pus, shortness of Breath, stabbing pains in the chest from Lung Heat
4. Taken with equal parts of Swertia 8 (Tig ta brgyad pa) it forms a formula called Gi Tig. Used for Heat of the Liver and Gall Bladder with stabbing pain over the Gall Bladder, bitter taste, headache, yellowing of the eyes.
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