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Gtso bo nyer lnga གཙོ་བོ་བྱེར་ལྔ།
Or, Ba glo nyer lnga བ་གློ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Principle 25
Or, Cow Lungs 25
Or, Ba glo nyer lnga བ་གློ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Principle 25
Or, Cow Lungs 25
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
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Herb Name
Tsan dkar (Sandalwood)
Cu gang (Tabasheer) Gur gum (Safflower) Hong len (Picrorrhiza) Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda) Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) Tig Ta (Swertia) Gi wan (Bezoar) A ru ra (Chebula) Ba ru (Belleric) Skyu ru (Emblic) Ma nu (Inula) Sle tres (Tinospora) Kan ta ka ri (Rubus) Sga skya (Galangal) Star bu (Sea Buckthorn) Rgun brum (Raisins) A krong (Sandwort) Ga dur (Geranium) Ba glo (Cow lungs prepared) * Sro lo dmar po (Rhodiola) Shing mngar (Licorice) Spa yag rtsa ba Zi ra dkar po (Cumin) Spang rgyan dkar po Bdud rtsi lo ma ** |
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* 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. Excess Coughing with yellow sputum, or sputum with blood or pus
2. Lung Fever
3. Chronic Bronchitis
4. Breathlessness
5. Chronic Lung Infection
6. Pnuemonia
7. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
8. Hemoptysis
9. Chest pain
10. 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.
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 and Lung tonics.
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