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 Nectar 11
Or, Pomegranate Sun Disc
Or, Restoring Sun Mandala

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

* There are a number of different variations in the proportions given by different sources; this is 2 examples
** 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:

“this medicine helps with all cold diseases, and is especially good at curing the weakening of the Fiery warmth of the Stomach, opening the path for urine, putting clear juice in place and drying out the basis of diseases chu-sir
1. Poor digestion due to weakness of the Stomach Heat (Spleen Yang); improves digestion, awakens appetite
2. Cold and Damp affecting the digestion (excess mucus, slow digestion)
3. Cold and weak Kidneys
4. Difficulty urinating
5. Urinary retention
6. Frequent Urination
7. Pain in the Urethra
8. Edema
9. Hypertension due to urinary retention and Kidney disease (Renal Hypertension)
10. Prostatitis (with congestion and urinary retention)
11. Prostate Tumors, Prostate Adenoma
12. Infertility
13. Leukorrhea
14. Spermatorrhea
15. Hypotonia, loss of muscle tone
16. Diabetes Mellitus
17. Metabolic diseases caused by Cold (and Yang deficiency) of the Spleen and Kidneys
18. Lymphostasis, Lymphatic congestion
19. Chronic Arthritis
20. Chronic Diarrhea (from cold and weak Kidneys)
21. Chronic skin diseases with Itching and swelling due to excess Damp/Fluid
22. “puts the clear juice in its place”. (ie. separates pure from impure)

Dose:

2–3 grams twice daily, taken with Honey, or warm Milk and 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.
3. One Buryat version add Crab (Sdig srin)
4. An expanded version adds Betel nut, Asafetida and Aloeswood.
5. Chronic Rheumatism, it is taken with Garuda 9

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