Cardamine, Chu rug ཆུ་རུག་

Ladies Smock, Cuckoo flower, Sinapis altera
Chu rug (Tibet)

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Cardamine macrophylla (as Sinapis altera)
Colonna, F., Phytobasanos, sive plantarum aliquot historia (1592)

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Cardamine macrophylla
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:

Cardamine macrophylla

There are several varieties of Chu rug in Tibetan Medicine:
1. Chu rug: Cardamine macrophylla
2. Chu rug sbal lag: Ranunculus tricuspis

Cardamine pratensis and related species have occasionally been used in the West.

Parts used:

Whole Plant in flower

Temperature & Taste:

Neutral. Sweet, Pungent

Classification:

Uses:

1. Clears Heat, Reduces Swelling:

-Inflammation of the Tendons and Ligaments

2. Clears Wind, Dries Damp:

-fluid accumulations and swellings
-Joint pain due to Rheumatism
-Elephantiasis

CARDAMINE PRATENSIS (West)
1. Clears Wind, Settles Spasms

-flowers have been used for Epilepsy and Childhood Convulsions (West)
-Spasmodic Asthma  (West)
-regarded as strengthening the Heart (West)
 

Dose:

Flowering tops in Infusion: 3–9 grams, 2–3 times daily.
Flowering tops in Powder: 1–3 grams
Leaves of C. pratensis and related species were used as a salad herb.

Substitute:

C. pratensis was regarded as similar to, but weaker than, Watercress (British Phaenogamous Botany, Baxter, 1835)

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

None noted

Main Preparations used:

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