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


Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Nya phyis (Mother of Pearl) **
Shing Mngar (Licorice)
Dza ti (Nutmeg)

Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Gur gum (Safflower)
Sug smel (Cardamon)
Ka ko la (Greater Cardamon)
Li Shi (Clove)

Latin
Mater Margarita
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Myristica fragrans
Bambusa textiles
Carthamus tinctorius
Elettaria cardamomum
Amomum subulatum
Eugenia caryophyllus

Amount *
100 grams





50 grams ea.
25 grams
50 grams
70 grams
50 grams
50 grams
80 grams
50 grams
50 grams
50 grams

* 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]"

Dose:

2 pills (500mg) morning and night with hot water. According to some sources 2 or 3 grams may be taken as a dose.

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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