Sentry Page Protection

Incarvillea, Ug chos ཨུག་ཆོས

Ug chos (Tibetan)
Incarvillea compacta
Gartenflora [E. von Regel] (1882)

Botanical name:
Incarvillea spp.
There are 3 types of Incarvillea used:
  1. Ug chos dkar po  ཨུག་ཆོས་དཀར་པོ : Incarvillea compacta
  2. Ug chos dmar po   ཨུག་ཆོས་དམར་པོ : Incarvillea younghusbandii
  3. Ug chos ser po: Incarvillea lutea

Parts used:
Roots, flowers, seeds (apparently used together)

Temperature & Taste:
Cool. Bitter, Sweet

Uses:
1. Moves the Qi, Clears Stagnation:
-distention from Qi obstruction
-Cramps, spasms of the Sinews
-Constipation from Qi stagnation

2. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Bronchitis from Lung heat
-Fever associated with the Lung

3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-pain and pus coming from the ears


DOSE:

SUBSTITUTE:
Root, flowers and seed of the Cotton plant (Gossypium)

Main Combinations:
1. Sudden deafness or Tinnitus, Incarvillea with Safflower, Caraway, Orris (Iris spp.)
2. Ear pain or pus coming from the ears, Incarvillea, Costus and Garlic are heated in Ghee to be taken orally. (as in Incarvillea 5)


Major Formulas:
Incarvillea 5
Tabsheer 25

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: