Rtsa dkar bsam phel brgyad pa  རྩ་དཀར་བསམ་ཕེལ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Or, Bsam ‘phel brgyad pa བསམ་ ཕེལ་ བརྒྱད་པ་
Pills of Mother of Pearl
Or, Wish-fulfilling 8

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

* Different sources have given different amounts for each medicine.
** Mother of Pearl is to be calcined.

Preparation:

These are formed into pills. Mother of Pearl shell is calcined according to the proper method. All the powdered ingredients are then triturated with a little water to form a paste. From this, pills weighing 250mg each are made.

Function:

Settles Wind, benefits the Brain and Nerves

Use:

1. Specific for Paralysis
2. “Like Nectar for diseases of the White Channels [Nerves]”
3. has been used as an adjunct for Tumors and Cancer of the Brain.

Dose:

2 pills (500mg) morning and night with hot water. According to some sources 2 or 3 grams may be taken as a dose.
For Heat diseases, take with decoction of Stab Seng (Fraxinus chinensis), for Cold diseases take with Chang (Barley alcohol).

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. With Garuda 5 it is used for loss of memory, muteness, as well as stiffness, numbness and loss of sensitivity of the limbs, tremor of the fingers, etc.

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