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Phlomis younghusbandii, Lug Mur ལུག་མུར

Jerusalem Sage
Lug Mur
(Tibet)
Pang Xie Jia, Kuai Jing Cao Su (TCM)

Picture
Phlomis tuberosa
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1813)
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Phlomis tuberosa
(Photo by Stefan.lefnaer) (Wikimedia)

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Phlomis root (Adam, 2016)

Botanical name:
Phlomis younghusbandii (syn. P. kawaguchii, P. tuberosa, Phlomoides younghushandii)
Tibetan texts recognise 3 types of Lug mur:
  1. Male (Pho): white, solid, hard root with strong energy
  2. Female (Mo): large, hard solid root with bitter taste
  3. Neuter (Ma ning): white,. soft, fine root with medium energy

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral, Sweet

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Benefits Lungs, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Bronchitis
-Pharyngitis
-Common Cold, Influenza with Fever
-burning sensation in the chest
-Chronic Lung disorders

2. Moves the Blood, Resolves Masses:
-Benign and Malignant tumors
-effective in healing Wounds


Main Combinations:
1. Hot, dry, sore throat, Cough with Phlegm, Asthmatic cough, Phlomis Lug Mur with Clove, Tabasheer, Chebulic Myrobalan, Licorice, White Sandalwood (as in Phlomis 7 of Tibetan Medicine)

Cautions:
None noted.

Main Preparations used:

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