Pi pi ling (Long Pepper)

A ru ra (Chebula) | Gser gyi me tog | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Spang spos (Indian Spikenard)
Chebula 7 (A ru bdun pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
A ru bdun pa ཨ་རུ་བདུན་པ་Chebula 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions, Benefits Spleen Use: “especially this medicine is good to treat diseases of the Spleen and overcomes swelling and stitching pain in the spleen”1. Enlarged Spleen2. Pain over the Spleen3. Damage or trauma to…
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A gar ru (Aloeswood) | Bong nga nag po (Aconite) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Go yu (Betel nut) | Kha ru tshwa (Black Salt) | Na le sham (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ri bong snying (Hares Heart) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sga skya (Ginger) | Shin kun (Asafetida) | Snying zho sha (Lapsi tree)
Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Sems kyi bde skyid སེམས་སྐྱི་བདེ་སྐྱིད།Mental Happiness Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Buryat sources.** Amdo Compendium states that other animal Hearts can be used. Preparation: Powder and form pills with Molasses or…
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A ru ra (Chebula) | Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Li shi (Clove) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Seng ldeng (Catechu) | Shing kun (Asafetida) | Sman sga (Ginger) | Sug smel (Cardamon)
Aloeswood 11 (A gar bcu gcig)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
A gar bcu gcig ཨ་གར་བཅུ་གཅིག་Aloeswood 11 Tradition: Tibetan Medicine Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi Use: “Completely cure Wind disease in the Heart” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)1. Wind disorders of the HeartIt is similar to other of the Aloeswood formula, and may be used similarly to those that are…
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Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Sug smel (Green Cardamon)
Pomegranate 4 (Se ‘bru bzhi thang)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Se ‘bru bzhi thang སེ་འབྲུ་བཞི་ བཞི་ཐང་Pomegranate 4 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Originally intended as a decoction (Thang), it is now mostly prescribed in Pills or Powder form.Form Pills the size of a Pea.Also used in Powder form, in the proportion of Pomegranate (250), Cinnamon (100), Cardamon (45), Long Pepper (50) Function: Benefits Digestion,…
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'U su (Coriander) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Byi tang ga (Embelia) | Go thal (Caraway) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Pri Yang Ku | Re Skon (Corydalis) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)
Rolled Turquoise 13 (Gyu dril 13) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Gyu dril bcu gsum གཡུ་དྲིལ་བཅུ་གསུམ།or Ru rta bcu gsum རུ་རྟ་བཅུ་གསུམ། Rolled Turquoise 13or Costus 13 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Two different sources have listed different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is a Russian source.** Some sources list Veronica ciliata Preparation: Powder and form…
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Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) | ff | ffl | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Gur gum (Sa | Kha che sha skam (Sa | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgya nag snag tsha (Ink) | ron | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyer pa (Barberry bark) | Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan)
Barberry 8 Powder (Skyer sun brgyad pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Skyer sun brgyad pa སྐྱེར་ཤུན་བརྒྱད་པ།Barberry 8 Powder Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium * 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…
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Byi tang ka (Embelia) | Gla rtsi (Musk) | Li shi (Clove) | Pho ba ris (Black Pepper) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shing kun (Asafetida)
Toothache Powder 7 (So snum bdun pa)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024December 8, 2025
So snum bdun pa སོ་སྣུམ་ བདུན་པ་Toothache Powder 7 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang Preparation: Powder Function: Settles Wind, Eases Pain Use: 1. Toothache2. Pain from cavities3. Gum pain Dose: The powder is wrapped in gauze or a cotton bag, boiled in butter, then applied to an aching tooth. Cautions: None noted Modifications:…
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'Ol mo se (fruit) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba spru (Mirabilis) | Btsod (Madder) | Gze ma (Tribulus) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgya ru (Antelope horn) | Rgya tshos (Lacca) | Rgya tshva (Sal Ammoniac) | Shing tsha (Cinnamon) | Sle tres (Tinospora) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Zhu mkhan (Lodh tree)
Women’s Universal Decoction (Mo nad spyi thang)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024March 17, 2026
Mo nad spyi thang མོ་ནད་སྤྱི་སྤྱི་ཐང་Women’s Universal Decoction Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Amdo Compendium Preparation: Coarsely powdered herbs to be used as Decoction. Function: Stops Bleeding, Regulates Menstruation Use: 1. all types of Heavy or Excessive Menstruation2. Uterine Bleeding3. Used to regulate Menstruation4. Menstrual disorders with pelvic or back pain Dose: A small cupful can…
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Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Cong zhi tsha btul (Calcite) | Gur gum (Saffl | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Skyu ru (Emblic) | Sug smel (Cardamon)
Precious Pill of 9 Ingredients (Rin chen dgu sbyor)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Rin chen dgu sbyor རིན་ཆེན་དགུ་སྦྱོར་Precious Pill of 9 Ingredients Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Men Tsee Kang * Calcite is prepared with Heat Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Heat, Stops Rising Stomach Qi Use: “all diseases of the Stomach caused by a combination of Bad-kan [Phlegm] and blood, during the struggle between…
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A krong dkar po | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Bong dkar (White Aconite) | Brag zhun khanda (Shilajit) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gser me tog ( | Gur gum (Safflower) | Herpetospermum) | Hong len (Picrorhiza) | hug tsher (Juniper) | Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon) | Kyi lche dkar po (White Gentian) | Li shi (Clove) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgun brum (Raisin) | Rgya tig (Indian Swertia)Sum tig *Lchags tig * | Ru rta (Costus) | S | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Shing mngar (Licorice) | Skyer shun (Barberry) | Sug smel (Cardamon)
Swertia 25 (Tig ta nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Tig ta nyer lnga ཏིག་ཏ་ཉེར་ལྔ་Swertia 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Swertia can be used for all three Tig medicines. Centaury and Gentian could also replace them.** Wormwood can be used in this place Preparation: Powder and form Pills Function: Clears Heat and Damp Use: Bitter taste, headache, Indigestion, lethargy1. Hot and Cold Bile…
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'U su (Coriander) | A ru ra (Chebula) | Ba le ka (Birthwort) | Ba ru (Belleric) | Ba sa ka (Adhatoda) | Bca sga (Fresh Ginger) | Brag zhun (Shilajit) | Bse yab (Bengal Quince) | Cong zhi (Calcite) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | ffl | Gur gum (Sa | Ka ko la (Amomum) | Li shi (Clove) | Ma nu (Inula) | ower | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Rgyam tshva (Rock Salt) | Ru rta (Costus) | Se bru (Pomegranate) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shyu ru (Emblic) | Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) | Sug smel (Cardamon) | Tig Ta (Swertia) | Ut Pal (Blue Poppy)
Calcite 25 (Cong zhi nyer lnga)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024January 25, 2026
Cong zhi nyer lnga ཅོང་ཞི་ཉེར་ལྔ་Calcite 25 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: Preparation: Powder and form Pills with honey Function: Clears Phlegm, Promotes Digestion Use: “best for defeating three types of Bad kan [Phlegm]: Bad kan skya [White Phlegm], Bad kan smug [Brown Phlegm) and Bad kan sir [Yellow Phlegm].”1. Indigestion associated with Phlegm2. Abdominal distention3….
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Ar nag (Black Myrobalan) | Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Dza ti (Nutmeg) | Gi wan (Bezoar) | Klu bdud rdo rje | Lan tshwa (Salt) | Li shi (Clove) | Na ga ge ser (Silk Cotton tree) | Pi pi ling (Long Pepper) | Ru rta (Costus) | Sga skya (Galangal) | Shu dag (Calamus) | Sman chen (Black Aconite) | Snying zho sha | Spos dkar (Frankincense) | Tsan dan dkar po (Sandalwood)
Vajra conquering Heart Wind 17 (Srog rlung ‘joms pa’i rdo rje bcu bdun)
ByAdam Tate December 22, 2024March 17, 2026
Srog rlung ‘joms pa’i rdo rje bcu bdun སྲོག་རླུང་ཇོམས་པཻ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བཅུ་བདུན་Vajra conquering Heart Wind 17 Tradition: Tibetan Source / Author: * Sha chen is Human flesh. Yak heart or Human Placenta have been substituted sometimes. Preparation: Powder and form Pills. Function: Settles Wind, regulates Qi Use: Cures all diseases of the Life Wind“This medicine will be a…
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