Pedicularis, Lug Ru
Pedicularis, Lug ru, ལུག་རུ
Lug ru dkar po ལུག་རུ་དཀར་པོ
Lug ru dmar po ལུག་རུ་དམར་པོ
Lug ru smug po ལུག་རུ་སྨུག་པོ
Lug ru ser po ལུག་རུསེར་པོ
Pedicularis siphonantha
K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918)
Pedicularis megalantha
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1890)
Botanical name:
Pedicularis spp.
A number of species are used:
- White: Lug ru dkar po: P. hoffmeisteris; P. scullyana (in Nepal)
- Red: Lug ru dmar po: P. przewalskii, P. megalantha, P. pectinata
- Brown: Lug ru smug po: P. muscicola (Xian Sheng Ma Xian Hao), P. rhinanthoides, P. decorissima, P. oliveriana, P. siphonantha; P. trichoglossa
- Yellow: Lug ru ser po: P. longiflora, P. tenuirostris, P. bicornuta
- Lug ru ser po dman pa: P. oederi (in Nepal)
Other species reportedly are used including P. punctata.
Parts used:
Whole plant, aerial parts
Root of M. muscicola is used in TCM, but rarely.
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter
Uses:
Lug ru dkar po:
1. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:
-joint pain
2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
–Dysuria
Lug ru dmar po:
1. Clears Heat and Toxin:
-general antidote to poisons
-acute Cough and Cold
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
2. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:
-Joint pain, body aches
Lug ru smug po:
1. Clears Stomach Heat:
-Food Poisoning, Enteritis, Gastroenteritis
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
–Bad Kan Smug Po
2. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:
-general Antidote to Poison
-Fever, ‘Channel Fever’
-gathers diffused toxins in the body
3. Nourishes Blood and Essence:
-benefits hairs, turns grey hair black (Tibetan)
-in TCM it is said to strongly supplement original Qi and Blood (Root)
-deficiency with sweating (Root, TCM)
4. Strengthens Heart, Calms the Spirit: (TCM, Root)
-Hypertension
-anxiety, stress
Lug ru ser po:
1. Clears Liver Heat:
-Liver heat disorders
-Headache, Hypertension
-Hangover
-Toxicity, Wounds
2. Stops Leakage, Restrains the Essence:
-increases Sperm
-Seminal discharge
-excessive Menstruation
-Dehydration
3. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Edema, Fluid retention
Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams
Substitute:
1. Lug ru smug po: Orobanche coerulescens (Blue Broomrape) is used by Tibetans in Buryat region
Main Combinations:
Major Formulas:
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
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