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Eriophyton, Spang tshan pu ru སྤང་ཚན་སྤུ་རུ

Spang tshan pu ru (Tibetan)
Mao Yao Cao 毛药草 , Mian Shen 綿參
(Eriophyton, TCM)
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Alajja rhomboidea
V. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832, (1844)

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Marmoritis rotundifolia (syn. Nepeta thibetica
V. Jacquemont, Voyage dans l’Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832 (1844)

Botanical name:
A number of herbs have been listed as a source of Spang tshan pu ru:
  1. Eriophyton wallichi (primary source)
  2. Alajja rhomboidea (syn. Eriophyton afghanicum, Lamium rhomboideum) (primary source)
  3. Saxifraga gemmuligera (syn. S. gemmigera)
  4. Marmoritis rotundifolia (syn. Nepeta thibetica, Glechoma rotundifolia, G. thibetica)
The above-mentioned Eriophyton and Alajja spp. are both very similar in appearance, but grow in different locations. The former grows in Southeastern Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. Alajja grows in the Western Himalayas in dry areas.

Parts used:
Whole plant

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Stops Cough:
-Heat-type Cough, Bronchitis; Cough with Chest pain
-Inflammation and Pus in the Lungs
-Pneumonia, Consumption

2. Clears Damp-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
-Food and Water Poisoning

3. Clears Heat, Moves the Blood, Promotes Healing:
-Wounds, Trauma
-Ruptured Blood vessels
-Wounds with Nerve damage


DOSE:
9–15 grams in Decoction (TCM)
2–5 grams in Powder

Main Combinations:
1. Chronic Bronchitis, Eriophyton with Tabasheer, Solms-laubachia, Hypecoum, Hippophae, Tinospora, Phlomis

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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