‘Khrugs glo kun sel འཁྲུགས་གློ་ཀུན་སེལ
Pneumonia All Curing Pill

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Kosoburov

Herb Name

Latin

Amount #1*

Amount #2

Spang rtsi do bo (Pterocephalus)

Pterocephalus hookeri

300 grams

10 grams

Ba le ka (Aristolchia)

Aristolchia contorta

80 grams

7 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

130 grams

13 grams

Ba ru (Belleric)

Terminalia bellerica

100 grams

8 grams

Shyu ru (Emblic)

Emblica officinalis

130 grams

10 grams

Ru rta (Costus)

Saussurea lappa

100 grams

5 grams

Ma nu (Inula)

Inula racemosa

130 grams

8 grams

Cu gang (Tabasheer)

Bambusa textiles

140 grams

10 grams

Sro lo dkar po (Pegaeophyton) **

Pegaeophyton scapiflorum

600 grams

10 grams

Li ga dur (Geranium)

Geranium pratense

200 grams

7 grams

Btsod (Madder)

Rubia cordifolia

100 grams

8 grams

Rgya skyegs (Lacca)

Laccifer lacca

50 grams

5 grams

Bri mog

Onosma hookeri

90 grams

10 grams

* Two different sources have given different proportions. The left column is from Amdo Compendium, the right is Tibetan
** Rhodiola is another type of Sro lo which may be substituted.

Preparation:

Pills

Function:

Clears Lung Heat, Resists Poison, Stops Cough

Use:

For cough, reddish-yellow sputum, stabbing chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath with thirst
1. Lung heat Cough, Bronchitis
2. Influenza or Respiratory Virus affecting the Lungs
3. Pneumonia
4. all types of Fevers ‘khrugs [Blood heat[ and rims [contagious diseases]
5. Especially Heat in the Lungs associated with damage or trauma
6. Residual Cough and remnants of chham (respiratory viruses including Influenza) with difficult to expectorate sputum.
7. Sharp increase in Blood Pressure

Dose:

2–3 grams

Cautions:

1. Harmful in Yang deficiency
2. Not used during Pregnancy

Modifications:

Aristolchia should be omitted or substituted


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