Thang phrom bcu gchig  ཐང་ཕྲོམ་ བཅུ་གཅིག་
or Phan pa kun ldan  ཕན་པ་ཀུན་ལྡན་
Przewalskia 11

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Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Thang phrom dkar po (root & fruit)

Przewalskia tangutica

40 grams

A ru ra (Chebula)

Terminalia chebula

Shu dag (Calamus)

Acorus calamus

Gu gul nag po (Myrrh)

Commiphora myrrha

Dzin pa (Black Aconite) *

Aconitum gymnandrum

Yung ba (Turmeric)

Curcuma longa

Ma ru rtse (Begal Kino tree)

Butea monosperma

Byi tang ka (Embelia)

Embelia ribes

Sngo stag sha (Oxytropis)

Oxytropis chiliophylla

Rgyatshwa (Sal ammoniac)

Ammonium chloride

Sman chen (Aconite) *

Aconitum ferox

Gla rtsi (Musk)

Moschus

10 grams ea.

* Dzin pa and Sman Chen are both recognized as names for varieties of “Black” Aconite in Tibetan Medicine, Dzin pa is a less toxic variety of Black Aconite. while Sman chen is the highly toxic A. xerox.

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills.

Function:

Settles Wind, Clears Cold and Damp, Regulates Qi, Stops Pain

Use:

Primarily for Heat, Inflammation and Pain in the Head
1. Pain and inflammation of the Throat
2. Swellings and Tumors in the Neck (Scrofula, Goiter)
3. Earache (stabbing pain in the Ears)
4. Sinusitis
5. Toothache
6. Headache
7. Meningitis
8. Swelling of the Tongue
9. Pain in the Hip and Knee Joints
10. Swellings, Tumors, Cancer

Dose:

1 gram twice daily (up to 2 grams)

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in Pregnancy or the very young.

Modifications:


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Herb categories: Aconitum (Black Aconite), Byi tang ka (Embelia), Chebulic Myrobalan, Gla rtsi (Musk), Gu gul nag po (Myrrh), Ma, Oxytropis, Rgya, ru rtse (Begal Kino tree), Shu dag (Calamus), Sngo stag sha (, Thang phrom dkar po (root & fruit), tshwa (Sal ammoniac), Yung Ba (Turmeric)

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