Sentry Page Protection
Sa ra'i bya khyung bcu gsum ས་རའི་ བྱ་ཁྱུང་བཅུ་གསུམ་
Or, Shes brtson. ཤེས་ བརྩོན་
Or, Nya phyis bchu gsum ཉ་ཕྱིས་ བཅུ་གསུམ་
Mother of Pearl 13
Or, Shes brtson. ཤེས་ བརྩོན་
Or, Nya phyis bchu gsum ཉ་ཕྱིས་ བཅུ་གསུམ་
Mother of Pearl 13
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang
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Herb Name
Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) *
A ru ra (Chebula) Ru rta (Costus) Ar ga ru (Aloeswood) Li Shi (Clove) Dza ti (Nutmeg) Byur dmar (Red Coral) Sindhu ra (Limonite) ** Rdo khab len (Magnetite) Shing Mngar (Licorice) Sman chen (Black Aconite) Shu dag (Calamus) Gla rtsi (Musk) |
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* Different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** Mother of Pearl is to be calcined. Pearl can also be used in place of Mother of Pearl (without being calcined).
*** Some sources (Drungtso) give Limonite for Sindhu ra. But the Sanskrit Sindura is Minium and this is sometimes equated with Sindhu ra of Tibetan Mediicne..
Preparation:
These are formed into pills. Mother of Pearl shell is calcined according to the proper method (or Pearl powder without calcining can be used). All the powdered ingredients are then triturated with a little water to form a paste. From this, pills weighing 250mg each are made. and coated in Cinnabar.
Function:
Settles Wind, Clears the Channels, benefits the Nerves
Use:
This medicine is good helps with diseases of Obstruction of Channels and Rheumatism"
"defeats diseases of external and internal White Channels [Nerves]". (Amdo Compendium)
1. Pain in the back of the head and shoulders
2. Severe Headache from Blood stasis and Wind
3. Hemorrhagic Stroke
4. Chronic Inflammatory diseases of Brain and Nerves
5. Inability to carry things in the hands
6. Inability to raise the arms up
7. Numbness, tightness, loss of sensation and stiffness in the limbs
8. Rheumatism
9. Deviation of the mouth and eyes, etc.,
10. Vascular diseases with inflammation (Vasculitis etc.)
Dose:
2 pills (500mg) morning and night with hot water.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
Nothing at the moment
Nothing at the moment
Nothing at the moment