Mkhal sman se ‘bru bchu gchig མཁལ་སྨན་སེ་འབྲུ་བཆུ་གཆིག་
Or, Se ‘bru nyi dkyil སེ་འབྲུ་ཉི་དཀྱིལ་
Or, Nyi dkyil ཉི་དཀྱིལ་
Or, Gso byed གསོ་བྱེད་
Or, Gso byed nyi ma’i dkyil ‘khor གསོ་བྱེད་ཉི་མའི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་
Pomegranate Medicine 11
Or, Pomegranate Sun Disc
Or, Restoring Sun Mandala

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

* The version called Se ‘bru nyi dkyil (also known as Nyi dkyil , Gso byed, and Gso byed nyi ma’i dkyil ‘khor) lists Mallow herb (Lcam pa) rather than the seed.; other than that, the doses and uses are identical.

Preparation:

Pills; also used in Powdered form

Function:

Warms and Strengthens the Stomach and Kidneys (ie. Strengthens Spleen and Kidney Yang)

Use:

1. Poor digestion due to weakness of the Stomach Heat (Spleen Yang)
2. Cold and Damp affecting the digestion (excess mucus, slow digestion)
3. Cold and weak Kidneys
4. Difficulty urinating
5. Urinary retention
6. Pain in the Urethra
7. Edema
8. Hypertension due to urinary retention andKidney disease (Renal Hypertension)
9. Prostatitis (with congestion and urinary retention)
10. Prostate Tumors and Adenoma
11. Leukorrhea
12. Diabetes Mellitus
13. Metabolic diseases caused by Cold (and Yang deficiency) of the Spleen and Kidneys
14. Chronic Arthritis
15. Chronic skin diseases with Itching and swelling due to excess Damp/Fluid
16. “puts the clear juice in its place”. (ie. separates pure from impure)

Dose:

2–3 grams twice daily, taken with Honey

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. As noted above, some sources list Mallow herb, while the standard lists Mallow Seed. Other than that, the formulas are identical.
2. In these tonic formulas, Dang Gui can replace Angelica Lca ba and Withania or Ginseng can replace Mirabilis Ba spru.

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