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Iris, Dres ma དྲེས་མ

Dres ma (Tibetan)
Cherachi (Ayurveda)
Ku Men Yuan Wei (TCM)

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Iris bulleyana
W.R. Dykes, The genus Iris, (1912)

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Iris lactea
Annales de flore et de pomone, (1817)

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I. kemaonensis
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1887)

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Iris bulleyana
(Photo by
peganum) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:
Iris spp.
There are four types recognised in Tibetan Medicine:
  1. Mo dres  མོ་དྲེས  'Male': Iris bulleyana, I. ensata (Xi Nan Yuan Wei, TCM)
  2. Pho dres: 'Female' Iris lactea (syn. I. triflora), I. kemaonensis (I. kingiana)
  3. Ma ning dres ma  མ་ནིང་དྲེས་མ  'Neuter' Iris goniocarpa, I. lactea var. chinensis, I. potanini
  4. Dres mai ge sar  དྲེས་མའི་གེ་སར་: Iris collettii
Iris decora, I. humilis and others are also listed for this medicine.

Parts used:
Root; whole plant (also flower and seed)

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral, Sweet, Pungent, Bitter

Uses:
ROOT, WHOLE PLANT:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:

-disorders from microorganisms
-general for Poison
-Wounds
-has also been used for Tinnitus

2. Clears Damp, Promote Urine:
-disorders due to Serous fluids (Damp)
-root and leaf are diuretic, used for Edema
-Urinary and Kidney disorders

3. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Bronchitis
-Catarrhal deafness

4. Purges:
-gently purges phlegm and damp

5. Externally:
-Powder is applied to Acne, Sores
-root powder with honey is applied to freckles and dark spots
-root ashes applied with fat turns white hair black
-ashes applied to wounds dries up pus and serum
-Scabies, Urticaria


SEED:
1. Kills Worms:
-used for Worms (Seed)
-Colic pain due to Worms

2. Moves Qi:
-used for Hot and Cold disorders of the Stomach
-Colic
-pain in the Chest

3. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-Cough and Cold, Fever
-antidote to Opium addiction (Ayurveda)


FLOWERS:
1. Tinnitus
2. Poor or failing Eyesight.
3. Relieves pain


DOSE:

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Iris humilis (syn. I. flavissima, I. arenaria)
2. Orris root in some instances


Main Combinations:
1. Sudden deafness or Tinnitus, Iris Dres ma with Incarvillea, Safflower, Caraway

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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