Gtso bo brgyad pa  གཙོ་བོ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Principle 8

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Preparation:

Form Pills, or used as a Powder

Function:

Clears Heat, Stops Cough

Use:

Fever, cough, headache, bitter taste in mouth, stabbing pain under the ribs, thirst
“good in curing any new and old Fever without exception” (Men Tsee Kang)
“fresh and old Heat due to Blood and mkhris [Bile], heat ‘khrugs [Fever] and heat rims [Epidemic diseases] of the dense and hollow organs, especially in the Lungs and Liver”. (Amdo Compendium)
1. Fever (‘disturbed’ and ‘contagious’)
2. Chronic Fever
3. Lung Fever in Children
4. Heat-type Cough, shortness of Breath with salty or red-yellow sputum
5. Chronic Lung infection
6. Excess Thirst
7. Cholecystitis
8. Hepatitis
9. Blood heat; infection in the Blood

Dose:

2–3 grams twice daily

Cautions:

Not used in Cold or Phlegm disease.

Modifications:

1. Added to Garuda 5 it is called Gtso khyung. Used for severe Cough from Lung Heat, Lung Fever and Liver Fever.
2. Add an equal amount of Oxytropis Stag Sha to treat Measles. (Men Tsee Kang)

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