Dg’a ba bcu drug དག་བ་བཅུ་དྲུག་
Joyful Sixteen Pill
or Sixteen Delights Pill
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Tenzin Chodrak (physician of the 14th Dalai Lama)
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Carthamus tinctorius | 150 grams | |
Eugenia caryophyllus | 50 grams | |
Saussurea lappa | 80 grams | |
Terminalia chebula | 150 grams | |
Terminalia belerica | 100 grams | |
Emblica officinalis | 120 grams | |
Caesalpinia bonducella | 50 grams | |
Cervus spp. | 20 grams | |
Pterocarpus santalinus | 100 grams | |
Aconitum heterophyllum | 100 grams | |
Embelia ribes | 50 grams | |
Butea monosperma | 50 grams | |
Hyoscyamus niger | 50 grams | |
Oxytropis chiliophylla | 40 grams | |
Acorus calamus | 50 grams | |
Lapis Azureus | 15 grams | |
Hydrargyrum | 30 grams | |
Calculus bovis | 5 grams | |
Moschus | 5 grams | |
Mercuric sulphide | 20 grams |
* Lapis Lazuli, Cinnabar and Mercury must all be prepared. Lapis Lazuli and Cinnabar are washed well; Mercury is processed according to traditional methods.
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
Function:
Moves the Blood, Clears Damp, Resolves Stasis, Resists Poison
Use:
1. Sinus infection, “Three varieties of Sinusitis”
2. Arthritis
3. Gout
4. Kidney disease (acute and chronic)
5. Lymph diseases
6. Nerve diseases (White Channel diseases)
7. Infection that destroys the tissues; “gnyan worms, enraged, eat the tissues of the body”
8. Widely used in the treatment of Cancer
Dose:
2 grams twice daily with water
Cautions:
1. Avoid long-term use and Overdose
2. Not used during Pregnancy
Modifications:
For Cancer it is commonly combined with Garuda 9
Comment:
This formula was developed by the personal Physician to the Fourth Dalai Lama.
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