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Herpetospermum, Gser Gyi Me Tog གསེར་གྱི་མེ་ཏོག

Gser Gyi Me Tog (Tibetan)
Bo Leng Gua Zi
(TCM)
Beej Karela (Hindi)

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Herpetospermum pedunculosum
(Photo by) (plantillustrations)

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Herpetospermum seed
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)

Botanical name:
Herpetospermum pedunculosum (syn. Bryonia pedunculosa, Herpetospermun caudigerum, H, grandiflorum)

Parts used:
Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat:
-Hepatitis, Cirrhosis
-excellent for all Bile diseases
-skin diseases from Liver heat

2. Clears Heat and Damp:
-Heat and Fever associated with Stomach and Intestines
-Diarrhea, Indigestion
-Gall Bladder pain, Cholecystitis, Jaundice


DOSE:
1500mg–3 grams

SUBSTITUTE:
Flowers of Hemerocallis minor (Tibetan Medicine)

Main Combinations:
1. Liver Heat, Chronic Liver diseases, Cirrhosis, Jaundice, Cholecystitis:
i. Herpetospermum with Aconitum heterophyllum, Gentian flower, Swertia, Picrorhiza, Barberry, Safflower
ii. Herpetospermum with Shilajit, Safflower, Swertia, Costus (as in Bezoar 9)
iii. Herpetospermum with Meconopsis, Tabasheer, Emblic Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Calcite, Clove, Cinnamon, Costus, Safflower, Saxifrage spp. (as in Meconopsis 25 of Tibetan Medicine)
2. Liver heat with red eyes and headache, Gall Bladder pain, Hypertension, Herpetospermum with Enblic Myrobalan, Shilajit, Lagotis, Madder, Safflower, Costus, Chebulic and Belleric Myrobalan, Tinospora (as in Emblic 25 of Tibetan Medicine)
3. Bile diseases with bitter taste, yellowing of the eyes, indigestion, epigatric pain, Herpetospermum with Chebulic Myrobalan, Pomegranate, Shilajit (as in Golden 5 of Tibetan Medicine)
4. Heat, Poison, Chronic Fever, Herpetospermum, Calcite, Safflower, Clove, Sandalwood, Costus, Chebulic Myrobalan, Tabasheer

Major Formula:
Amomum 11 (Ko la 11) (Tibetan Medicine)
Amomum 19 (Ko la 19) (Tibetan Medicine)
Gentiana algida 15 (Spang rgyan dkar po 15) (Tibetan Medicine)
Golden 5 (Gser mdog 5) (Tibetan Medicine)
Golden 11 (Gser mdog 11) (Tibetan Medicine)
Golden Pacific (Zhi gser) (Tibetan Medicine)
Bezoar 9 (Gi wan 9) (Tibetan Medicine)
Emblic 25 (Skyu ru nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
Meconopsis 25 (Tibetan Medicine)
Crystal Moon 37 (Zla shel so bdun) (Tibetan Medicine)

Cautions:
Not suitable for Cold and weak digestion

Main Preparations used:

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