Sib thang chen mo སིབ་ཐང་ཆེན་མོ།
Great Measles Decoction
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Terminalia chebula | 100 grams | |
Terminalia bellirica | 70 grams | |
Phyllanthus emblica | 80 grams | |
Inula helenium | 80 grams | |
Rubus phoenicolasius | 150 grams | |
Tinospora cordifolia | 100 grams | |
Rubia cordifolia | 80 grams | |
Onosma echioldes | 80 grams | |
Laccifer lacca | 50 grams | |
Saussurea lappa | 40 grams | |
Bambusa arundinacea | 70 grams | |
Geranium tuberaria | 70 grams | |
Pegaeophyton scapiflorum | 100 grams | |
Gentiana algida | 80 grams | |
Gentianopsis barbata | 80 grams | |
Oxytropis microphylla | 50 grams |
* or Swertia spp.
Preparation:
Form a coarse powder from which a decoction is prepared
Function:
Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Expels Rashes
Use:
“this medicine quickly brings to maturity and defeats childhood Measles”
1. Childhood Measles
2. Also to help with other Spotted Fevers
Dose:
for an infant, a spoonful of the coarse powder is decocted in a cupful of water until two-thirds have evaporated. The strained decoction is given
Cautions:
1. Not used long-term.
2. Not used during Pregnancy
Modifications:
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