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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
Gur gum (Safflower)
Li shi (Clove)
Ru rta (Costus)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Ba ru ra (Belleric)
Skyu ru ra (Emblic)
'Jam bras (Fever nut)
Sha ru (Deer horn burnt)
T
san dan dmar po (Red Sandal)
Bong dkar (White Aconite)
Byi tang ka (Embelia)
Ma ru rtse (Butea)
Lang thang rtse (Henbane seed)
Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis)
Shu dag nag
(Calamus)
Mu men (Lapis Lazuli) *
Dngul chu dkar 'dul (Mercury) *
Gi wang (Bezoar)
Gla rtsi (Musk)
Chog la (Cinnabar) *

Latin
Carthamus tinctorius
Eugenia caryophyllus
Saussurea lappa

Terminalia chebula
Terminalia belerica
Emblica officinalis
Caesalpinia bonducella
Cervus spp.
Pterocarpus santalinus
Aconitum heterophyllum
Embelia ribes
Butea monosperma
Hyoscyamus niger
Oxytropis chiliophylla
Acorus calamus
Azuritum
Hydrargyrum
Calculus bovis
Moschus
Mercuric sulphide
Amount
150 grams
50 grams
80 grams
150 grams
100 grams
120 grams
50 grams
20 grams
100 grams
100 grams
50 grams
50 grams
50 grams
40 grams
50 grams
15 grams
30 grams
5 grams
5 grams
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, Sinusitis
2. Arthritis
3. Gout
4. Kidney disease
5. Lymph diseases
6. Infection or Cancer that destroys the tissues
7. Widely used in the treatment of Cancer

Dose:

2 grams twice daily with water

Cautions:
Avoid long-term use

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