Gyong rlon bcho brgyad གྱོང་རློན་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།
Or, Thang mchog gyong rlon bcho brgyad ཐང་མཆོག་གྱོང་རློན་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།
Hardened Lymph 18
Or, Supreme Decoction for Hardened Lymph 18

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Ru rta (Costus) *

Saussurea lappa

300 grams

Go yu (Betel nut)

Areca catechu

210 grams

Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)

Amomum subulatum

150 grams

Li ga dur (Geranium)

Geranium pratense

150 grams

Sga dmar (Red Ginger)

Zingiber officinale

150 grams

Mdzo mo shing (Caragana)

Caragana jubata

600 grams

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula racemosa

90 grams

A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan)

Terminalia Chebula

210 grams

Hong len ser po (Scutellaria)

Scutellaria baicalensis

150 grams

Shing mngar (Licorice)

Glycyrrhiza uralensis

90 grams

Phung thu (Mừng sprouts) **

Phaseolus radiatus

90 grams

Bra ma’i me tog (Caragana flower)

Caragana erinacea

30 grams

Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb)

Rheum palmatum

150 grams

Ol mo se (Podophyllum)

Podophyllum hexandrum

150 grams

Spos shel (Amber)

Succinum

210 grams

Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Myristica fragrans

60 grams

Su mi (Corydalis yanhusuo) ***

Corydalis yanhusuo

210 grams

Sug smel (Lesser Cardamon)

Elettaria cardamomum

150 grams

* The version in the right column lists Ma nu in place of
** Mung starch or Noodles prepared from Mung starch are said to be used in Buryat region
*** local varieties of Corydalis, called Thug khu len regularly substitute Su mi.

Preparation:

Prepared as a decoction

Function:

Clears Damp, Moves the Blood, Resolves Masses, Resists Poison

Use:

“it is especially good at treating poisoning by any poisons”
“intoxication of any kind”
1. Poisoning (Drug, Chemical, Environmental, Allergies)
2. gnans in dense and hollow organs (severe acute infection)
3. New and old wounds or ulcers
4. Bruises of the kidneys and lower back
5. diseases of the White channels [nerves] and Blood channels in the upper and lower parts of the body,
6. increase in bad blood
7. Varicose veins
8. Hemorrhoids
8. Thrombophlebitis
10. Lymphatic Congestion, Lymphedema
11. Chronic Arthritis due to excess Cold/Damp/Lymph
12. delayed Menstruation
13. Uterine Fibroids
14. Autoimmune diseases
15. Metabolic and Endocrine disorders due to Cold Kidneys and congestion
16. Impotence
17. increases body strength, potency and sperm count

Dose:

a small cupful is taken 2 or 3 times daily

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:

Comment:

“they say that when treating any disease in the absence of this medicine, you will be like a blind guide, and also that, just as the light of the Moon appearing in the sky dispels any darkness, this medicine saves you from diseases and the machinations of demons”. (Kosoburov-An extensive collection of Tibetan-Mongolian-Buryat recipes)


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