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Spang rgyan bco lnga  སྤང་རྒྱན་བཅོ་ལྔ།
Gentiana algida 15

Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name
Spang rgyan dkar po
Tsan dkar (White Sandal)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Ba ru (Belleric)
Skyu ru (Emblic)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Ru rta (Costus)
Gser Me (Herpetospermum) *
Li shi (Clove)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)
Sle tres (Tinospora)
Ar ga ru (Aloeswood)
Ldum nag dom mkhris **
Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola)
Shing mngar (Licorice)

Latin
Gentiana algida
Santalum album
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia bellirica
Phyllanthus emblica
Bambusa textiles
Saussurea lappa
Herpetospermum
Eugenia caryophyllus

Myristica fragrans
Tinospora cordifolia
Aquillaria agallocha
Veronica cillata
Rhodiola spp.
Glycyrrhiza glabra

Amount
150 grams
75 grams
150 grams
100 grams
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130 grams
80 grams
40 grams
40 grams
30 grams
100 grams
75 grams
80 grams
100 grams
80 grams

* Some version omit Herpetospermum
** Some sources list Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)

Preparation:
Form Pills or used as a Powder

Function:
Clears Lung Heat, clears Phlegm, stops Cough

Use:
1. Cough with frothy sputum or pus in the sputum
2. Cough with Fever and chest pain
3. Severe Colds and Influenza
4. Acute and chronic Bronchitis
5. Hoarseness, Pharyngitis
6. Burning, dryness or soreness of the Throat
7. Tightness of the Chest
8. Shortness of Breath, labored Breathing
9. Pneumonia
10. Hemoptysis
11. Lung Cancer
12. Sensation of foreign body in the Throat


Dose:
2–3 grams daily; or hold in the mouth and chew

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. Severe Colds or Lung Cancer, combine with Garuda 5.

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