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Zla shel so bdun  ཟླ་ཤེལ་སོ་བདུན་
Or,
Zla shel myu gu   ཟླ་ཤེལ་མྱུ་གུ་
Crystal Moon 37
Or. Crystal Moon Sprout


Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Cong zhi (Calcite) **
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Gur gum (Sa
fflower)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Ka ko la (Amomum)
Sug smel (Cardamon)
Li shi (Clove)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Skyu ru (Emblic)
Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)
Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)
Ru rta (Costus)
Pi Pi ling (Long Pepper)
Se bru (Pomegranate)
Dug nyung (Holarrhena)
Gser Me (Herpetospermum)
Ko byi la (Nux vomica prepared)
Ma nu (Inula)
Gul nag (Myrrh) ***
Brag zhun (Shilajit)
Lcags rtsi (Iron)
Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)
Sum cu tig ****
Hong len (Picrorrhiza)
Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda)
Lug ru (smug po)
Pri Yang Ku
Ut Pal (Blue Lotus)
Dngul chu (Mercury prepared)
Mu zi (Sulphur washed)
Chu rtsa (Rhubarb)
Khur rtsa (Dandelion root)
Gangs thigs (Calamine)
Dkar btul (Bone ash) *****
Dom mkhris (Bear Bile)
Gi wan (Bezoar)
Gla rtsi (Musk)

Latin
Calcitum
Bambusa textiles
Carthamus tinctorius
Myristica fragrans
Amomum subulatum
Elettaria cardamomum
Eugenia caryophyllus
Terminalia chebula
Phyllanthus emblica
Santalum album
Pterocarpus santalinus
Saussurea lappa
Piper longum
Punica granatum
Holarrhena antidysenterica Herpetospermum
Strychnos nux-vomica
Inula helenium
Commiphora myrrha
Shilajit
Ferrum
Aconitum heterophyllum
Saxifraga umhellulata
Picrorrhiza / Lagotis
Adhatoda vasica
Pedicularis spp.
Dracocephalum tangutium
Meconopsis grandis herb

Hydrargyrum

Sulphur
Rheum palmatum
Taraxacum tibetanum
Calamina
Os usti
Fel Ursi
Bezoar
Moschus

Amount *
652 grams
10 grams
20 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
10 grams
24 grams
20 grams
8 grams
14 grams
24 grams
6 grams
100 grams
30 grams
20 grams
22 grams
48 grams
20 grams
36 grams
68 grams
28 grams
8 grams
36 grams
12 grams
24 grams
18 grams
40 grams
88 grams
82 grams
46 grams
28 grams
68 grams
46 grams
12 grams
28 grams
4 grams
320 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
18 grams
10 grams
4 grams
4 grams
20 grams
3 grams
70 grams
10 grams
1 gram
10 grams
10 grams
44 grams
28 grams
124 grams
14 grams
4 grams
8 grams
6 grams
10 grams
9 grams
25 grams
44 grams
41 grams
4 grams
4 grams
14 grams
53 grams
12 grams
4 grams
2 grams


* Two different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Russian sources.
** Calcite should be prepared with Milk (Cong zhi mdzo 'o)
*** This was originally Dri chen (human feces). Some sources list Calcined Boar feces as a substitute. Myrrh has also be used.
**** some sources list Tig ta (Swertia)
***** Originally Dur thal, "Funeral ashes"

Preparation:
Powder and form Pills

Function:
Clears Heat, Resolves Phlegm, Resists Poison, opens Obstruction

Use:
"A diamond that destroys all Poisons"
"this medicine helps especially well with diseases Bad Kan Smug Po [Brown Phlegm] and all associated diseases" (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Poisoning
2. Bad Kan Smug po
3. Abdominal pain and spasm from heat
4. Gastroduodenal Ulcer
5. Severe Diarrhea and Dysentery with Blood
6. Severe Colic
7. Ulcerative Colitis
8. Hepatitis
9. Cirrhosis

10. Vomiting of Blood
11. Chronic Fever; ‘Hidden’ and ‘Spreading’ Fever
12. Accumulation of serous Fluid, Damp
13. Lymphatic accumulation
14. Tumors

15. Worms
16. Complex and Combined Diseases (Multiple Humors)


Dose:
2–3 grams once daily with warm water

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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