Spru nag nyer dgu སྤྲུ་ནག་ཉེར་དགུ་
Notopterygium 29 Pills
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang / Amdo Compendium
Herb Name | Latin | Amount #1 * | Amount #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Notopterygium incisum | 200 grams | ||
Aconitum kongboense | 100 grams | ||
‘Dzin pa dkar po ** | 100 grams | ||
Aconitum richardsonianum | 100 grams | ||
Porcus faeci | 10 grams ea. | 50 grams | |
Artemisia santolinifolia | 50 grams | ||
Azadirachta indica | 50 grams | ||
Saxifraga umbellata | 50 grams | ||
Santalum album | 50 grams | ||
Calculus Bovis | 50 grams | ||
Bambusae silicae | 5 grams ea. | 50 grams | |
Carthamus tinctorius | 1200mg | 50 grams | |
Geranium nepalense | 50 grams | ||
Sngo de ba | Gentiana decumbens | 50 grams | |
Asphaltum | 50 grams | ||
Hypecoum leptocarpum | 50 grams | ||
Aconitum heterophyllum | 5 grams ea. | 50 grams | |
Moschus | 1 grams | 10 grams | |
Commiphora mukul | 50 grams | ||
Oxytropis reniformis | 50 grams | ||
Aquilaria agallocha | 5 grams ea. | 50 grams | |
Gri sha (Human flesh) ***** | 20 grams | ||
Acorus calamus | 20 grams | ||
Sulphura | 2.1 grams ea. | 20 grams | |
Pyrethrum tatsinensis | 50 grams | ||
Meconopsis horridula | 50 grams | ||
Cremanthodium ellisii | 5 grams ea. | 50 grams | |
Eugenia caryophyllus | 2 grams | 50 grams | |
Herpetospermum | 5 grams | 50 grams |
* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang, the right column is from Amdo Compendium.
** ‘Dzin pa dkar po is said to be a mineral medicine, possibly prepared Mercury.
*** The small dose of Safflower in the first column possibly intends Saffron.
**** Leaves and roots of Aconitum heterophyllum
***** Today, Human flesh is replaced with Yak Heart
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
Function:
Clears Heat, Resists Poison
Use:
Serious Heat-type Infectious and Epidemic diseases
1. Pneumonia
2. Dysentery
3. Hepatitis A, Infectious Hepatitis
4. Anthrax
5. Small Pox
6. Leptospirosis
Dose:
2 grams with a decoction of Tinospora.
Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy
3. Caution in elderly, children, and exhaustion
Modifications:
It is stronger if the following three medicines are added: Cremanthodium humile (Ming chan ser po), Pterocephalus hookeri (Spang rtsi), Stellaria chamaejasme (Re lchag me tog).
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Herb categories: 'Bri tskhil ma (Yellow Aconite), 'Dzin pa dkar po, A byag gzer joms, A byag tsher sngon, A gar (Aloeswood), Aconitum (Black Aconite), Aconitum heterophyllum, Artemisia santolinifolia, B, Brag zhun (Shilajit), Calcined Boar feces, Cu gang (Tabasheer), Ga dur (Geranium), Gi wang (Bezoar), Gla rtsi (Musk), Gser Me (Herpetospermum), Gu gul (Bdellium), Gur gum (Safflower), Li shi (Clove), Ming chan nag, Mu zi ser (Sulphur) , Nim pa (Neem), Par pa ta, Sandalwood, Shu dag (Calamus), Spru nag, Stag sha nag po (Oxytropis), Sum cu tig
