Gtso bo nyer lnga གཙོ་བོ་བྱེར་ལྔ།
Or, Ba glo nyer lnga བ་གློ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Principle 25
Or, Cow Lungs 25
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Santalum album | 75 grams | |
Bambusa textiles | 100 grams | |
Carthamus tinctorius | 70 grams | |
Picrorrhiza / Lagotis | 70 grams | |
Adhatoda vasica | 70 grams | |
Aconitum heterophyllum | 70 grams | |
Swertia chirata | 70 grams | |
Bezoar | 20 grams | |
Terminalia chebula | 130 grams | |
Terminalia bellerica | 80 grams | |
Phyllanthus emblica | 100 grams | |
Inula racemosa | 70 grams | |
Tinospora cordifolia | 100 grams | |
Rubus phoenicolasius | 150 grams | |
Kaempferia galanga | 50 grams | |
Hippophae rhamnoides | 70 grams | |
Vitis vinifera | 70 grams | |
Arenaria fastucoides | 70 grams | |
Geranium wallichianum | 60 grams | |
Ba glo (Cow lungs prepared) * | Bos Pulmo | 70 grams |
Rhodiola crenulata | 100 grams | |
Glycyrrhiza glabra | 150 grams | |
Lancea tibetica | 120 grams | |
Cuminum cyminum | 50 grams | |
Gentiana algida | 70 grams | |
Aconitum spp. leaf | 80 grams |
* Cow lungs are prepared by removing membranes, washing well, then drying. Some sources list Sro lo dkar po (Pegaeophyton scapiflorum) instead of Cow Lungs.
** some sources say a mix of the leaf and root of Sman Chen (Aconitum ferox)
Preparation:
Pills or Tablets of 500mg each
Function:
Stops Cough, Clears Phlegm-Heat, Strengthen the Lungs
Use:
Cough, wheezing, rapid breathing with reddish-yellow sputum, fever, chest pain
“especially good to help with fever of the Lungs and Pneumonia” (Buryat)
1. Frequent Coughing with yellow sputum, or sputum with blood or pus
2. Lung Fever
3. Chronic Bronchitis
4. Breathlessness, Shortness of Breath
5. Chronic Lung Infection
6. Pnuemonia
7. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
9. Hemoptysis
10. Chest pain
11. Blocked Sinuses from excess Heat
Dose:
1–2 pills (500mg–1 gram) three times daily.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
1. Pegaeophyton can replace Cow Lungs. Fox Lungs were preferred in the Western Tradition and were used for similar indications.
2. A Buryat version replaces Tinospora, Rubus and Galangal with Lacca, Madder and Symplocos.
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This formula uses prepared Cow Lungs to strengthen the Lungs, reminiscent of the use of Fox Lungs in the West. It also uses White Sandalwood as the primary medicine which is also commonly used for Lung diseases in Western formula. Also worth noting is the use of Inula and Raisins as Lung tonics.