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Se bru lnga pa  སེ་འབྲུ་ལྔ་པ།
Pomegranate 5


Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Se bru (Pomegranate seed)
Shing tsha (Cinnamon)

Sug smel (Cardamon)
Pi pi long (Long Pepper)
Sman sga (Ginger) *

Latin
Punica granatum
Cinnamonum zeylanicum
Elettaria cardamomum
Piper longum

Zingiber officinalis
Amount
250 grams
80 grams
40 grams
50 grams
80 grams


* sometimes Galangal (Kaempferia galanga) or Lesser Galangal (Alpinia officinarum) is used in place of Ginger

Preparation:
Powder and form pills of 500mg each.

Function:
Benefits Digestion, clears Phlegm and Damp, warms Stomach

Use:
A digestive tonic, especially for Phlegm/Damp constitutions
"especially good to enhance the warmth of the stomach and cures rLung [Wind] in the Heart and Kidney disease"

1. Indigestion (caused by loss of digestive Heat / Stomach cold)
2. Nausea
3. Loss of Appetite
4. Poor absorption and assimilation
5. Cold-type Bloating of the Abdomen
6. Obesity
7. Cold extremities
8. Cold-type Kidney or Lumbar pain
9. Also Wind a
ffecting the Heart with confusion, depression, insomnia


Dose:
3 pills (1 1⁄2 grams) in the morning with hot water on an empty Stomach

Cautions:
Avoid in Fever, Gastritis, Hyperacidity and Gastroduodenal Ulcer.

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