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Lancea, Spa yag rtsa ba

Spa yag rtsa ba (Tibetan)
Hooker’s journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany, vol. 9 (1857)

Botanical name:
Lancea tibetica

Parts used:
Whole plant including the root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, Sweet, slightly Bitter

Constituents:
Phenolpropanoids (34), flavones (9), triterpenoids (6), amino acids (11)

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-Lung disorders with Cough, shivering with coldness
-Lung abscess; clears Pus from the Lungs; pus and foul matter in the sputum (root is used)

2. Clears Heart Fire:
-Heat affecting the Heart;upper back pain, heat sensation in the chest, delirium (fruit)

3. Moves the Blood:
-Wounds, internal and external
-Blood stasis, Hematomas, Vascular disorders
-Amenorrhea
-Tumors of the Womb


DOSE:


Main Combinations:
1. Lung heat Cough, Chronic Bronchitis etc.:
i. Lancea with Sandalwood, Tabasheer, Swertia, Inula, Raisins (as in Principle 25)
ii. Lancea with Tabasheer, Safflower, Clove, Licorice, Triphala, Costus, Raisins (as in Tabasheer 25)

Major Formulas:
Principle 25 (Gtso bo nyer lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
Tabasheer 25 (Cu Gang 25) (Tibetan Medicine)

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: