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Meconopsis horridula, Tsher sngon ཚེར་སྔོན

Prickly blue poppy, Spiny meconopsis
Tsher sngon (Tibetan)
Duo ci lu rong hao (TCM)
Gul-e-Nilam (Unani)
Kanderi (Ayurveda)
Meconopsis aculeata
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1864)

Botanical name:
There are 2 types of this Medicine:
  1. Meconopsis horridula (syn. M. horridula var. rudis, M. pratti, M. racemosa, M. rudis, M. sinuata var. pratti)
  2. M. aculeata

Parts used:
Whole plant, Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Relieves Pain: (Tibet, TCM)
-Bruising, Trauma, Fractures
-Head Wounds
-Pain in the Ribs, Chest, Back or Upper body
-pain and swelling of the joints
-Tumors, Cancer

2. Clears Heat, Settles Wind:
-clears Heat from the Blood (whole plant)
-Wind-Heat Headache, Hypertension
-Heart disorders

3. Externally:
-paste is applied for Rheumatic pain


DOSE:


SUBSTITUTE:
Flowers of Echinops latifolius have been used as a substitute by Tibetans in Russia.

Main Combinations:
1. Wind-Heat affecting the Blood, pain in the Upper Back, Hypertension, Tinnitus, Vertigo, Meconopsis horridula with prepared Nux Vomica, Inula racemosa, Tinospora, Chebula, Aloeswood, Nutmeg (as in Nux Vomica 13 of Tibetan Medicine)
2. Fractures, Trauma, Meconopsis horridula with Shilajit, Madder

Major Formulas:
Nux Vomica 13 (Ko byi bcu gsum) (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 35 (A gar 35) (Tibetan Medicine)
Turquoise 25

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: