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Corydalis dasyptera, Rgu drus རྒུ་དྲུས

Rgu drus (Tibet)
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Corydalis dasyptera
Maximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii
per Asiam Centralem
Flora Tangutica, vol. 1 (1889)

Botanical name:
Corydalis dasyptera
Two types of Rgu drus are recongised:
  1. Superior: Swertia wolfangiana (Rgu drus mchog)
  2. Inferior: Corydalis dasyptera (Rgu drus dman pa)
Swertia kingii is called Ser po Rgu drus and is used similarly.
Corydalis suaveolens (syn. Corydalis sheareri) has similar indications in TCM

Parts used:
Whole plant

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:

-Wounds, Trauma
-'Supreme for healing Wounds' (Ljon Shin); powder taken 3 times cures chronic Wounds
-Chronic Pain
-Abdominal pain from Blood stagnation
-Painful Menstruation or Blood stasis of the Womb

2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Fever of the Vessel Organs
-Epidemic Fever
-Poisoning


Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:
1. Swertia kingii, S. wolfangiana
2. Cleavers (Galium verum)

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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