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Zhi byed drug pa  ཞི་བྱེད་དྲུག་པ།
Pacific 6

Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name
Ma nu (Inula)
Sga skya (Galangal)
A ru ra (Chebula)
Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb)
Cong Zhi (Calcite)
**
Bul tog (Sodium carbonate)

Latin
Inula helenium
Kaempferia galanga
Terminalia chebula
Rheum o
fficinalis
Calcitum

impure Sodium carbonate
Amount *
35 grams
60 grams
95 grams
120 grams
150 grams
180 grams

13 grams
26 grams
39 grams
18 grams
14 grams
19 grams


* Different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Men Tsee Kang; the right column is a Buryat source.
** Calcite should be prepared with Heat (Cong zhi tsha btul)

Preparation:
Powder and form pills.

Function:
Opens obstructions, Improves Digestion, purges downward, promotes Menstruation and expulsion of the Afterbirth

Use:
1. Indigestion
2. Abdominal distention
3. Bloating
4. Abdominal cramps, colic
5. Food Poisoning
6. Upward rising Qi
7. Inguinal Hernia
8. Constipation with Bloating
9. Hemorrhoids
10. Promotes Menstruation; Amenorrhea with lower back and abdominal pain
11. Irregular Menstruation with dizziness, breast tenderness and depression
12. Di
fficult Childbirth
13. Retained Placenta
14. Removes a Dead Fetus
15.
Mastopathy


Dose:
1500mg–3 grams twice daily in hot water

Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy.
2. Not used in heavy menstruation
3. Harmful in. Lung diseases


Modifications:
1. Taken with Swertia 8 it is called Zhi tig and is used to clear Heat and Damp, relieve abdominal bloating and distention, poor appetite, urinary disorders during pregnancy, and diseases of the Head from Phlegm and Bile [Damp-Heat].
2. Taken with Costus 6 it is called Zhi ru and is used for pain and rumbling of the Stomach and Intestines, vomiting sour fluid, enhances digestion and relieves pain from digesting food.
3. Taken with Golden 5 for abdominal bloating and rumbling, belching and vomiting, loss of appetite, dry stool, vomiting, bitterness in the mouth, and digestive disorders from Phlegm-Bile [Damp-Heat].

4. When a predominate dose of Rhubarb is used, it forms Zhi lchum.
    Ma nu (Inula)  35 grams
    Sga skya (Galangal)  60 grams
    A ru ra (Chebula)  95 grams
    Lcum rtsa (Rhubarb)  270 grams
    Cong Zhi (Calcite)
  150 grams
    Bul tog (Sodium carbonate)  180 grams

Used for Bloating, Rumbling, abdominal distention with Constipation.

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