Ga bur nyer lnga  ག་བུར་ཉེར་ལྔ།
Camphor 25

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium

* Two sources have given different amounts; the left column is Men Tsee Kang, the right is from Buryat region (Kosoburov)
** Buryat version (second column) listed Kha che gur gam which is Saffron. The first column (larger dose) uses Safflower.
*** In Buryat versions, Tig ta (Swertia) replaces Birthwort.
**** Re skon (Corydalis spp.) is listed for this medicine in Buryat versions.
***** No dose is given for Dendrobium in the Buryat source.

Preparation:

Powder; also available as Pills or Tablets (weighing 500mg each)

Function:

Clears Heat, resists Poison, heals Sores and Ulcers

Use:

“Especially defeats any Heat present in the body and draws out old Heat”
“This medicine kills fresh and old Heat ‘grams [Spreading Fever], ‘khrugs, rims [Epidemic Fever] and heat of Poisons, treats diseases of dreg [Gout], grum [Rheumatoid arthritis] and me dbal [erysipelas], as well as the appearance on the body of dark red spots from which pus flows out, but especially draws out the dissipating old heat from the roots” (Amdo Compendium)
Used against all types of Fever; it is used for Fevers affecting the Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen or Kidneys; it is used for ‘The 6 types of Fever: ‘Spreading’, ‘Vitiated’, ‘Poisonous’, ‘Contagious’, ‘Old’, and ‘New’; but it is a specific for Chronic Fevers
1. Heat of the Organs, Skin, Muscles or Bones
2. High Fever
3. Toxic Fever
4. Chronic Fevers (specific for Chronic Fever)
5. Malaria
6. Sepsis
7. Carbuncles, Boils, Abscesses
8. Erysipelas and skin inflammations
9. Ulcers
10. Old wounds
11. Toxin Sores
12. Gout, Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis (with Heat symptoms)

Dose:

500–1300mg of the Powder, twice daily
When Pills or Tablets are used, 1–3 (500mg tablet) is given with warm water, usually at night.

Cautions:

Not suitable in Cold disorders or Yang deficiency.

Modifications:

This formula has a number of different versions listed by various sources. As with a number of the larger Tibetan formulas, there is often a difference in the basic formula, but in this case, the differences are significant. One version, given by Tsarong, has Camphor in the smallest proportion of all medicines, whereas this version has Camphor in one of the largest proportions. This may be due to the use of refined and unrefined Camphor resin respectively. The basic ingredients given are generally similar with doses being the main difference.

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