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Gentiana urnula, Gang ga chung གང་ག་ཆུང༌

Gang ga chung (Tibetan)
Gentiana urnula from a Tibetan Thangka

Botanical name:
Gentiana spp.
Two separate species supply this medicine:
  1. G. urnula
  2. G. depressa (G. don)

Parts used:
Flower; Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Influenza, Epidemic Fever
-acute Cough
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
-Infected Wounds
-Poisoning, especially Food poisoning

2. Clears Liver Heat:
-Heat of Bile and Blood

3. Clears Brown Phlegm:
-used for Brown Phlegm (Smug Po)  disorders


DOSE:
1. Taken with Jaggery or Honey to increase body strength. (Norbu)
Powder: 1–3 grams

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Leonurus sibirica is so commonly used for this medicine it is often listed as the primary source of the medicine Gang ga chung.
2. Panzerina lanata
3. Ajuga lupulina has been listed as a source
4. In some cases European Gentian or Gentiana Long Dan Cao may be used

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Cautions:
None noted

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