Pyrethrum tatsienense, Gzer joms གཟེར་འཇོམས

Gzer joms, A byag (Tibetan)
Da Jian Ju (打箭菊 (TCM, used locally in West) 

Botanical name:

Pyrethrum tatsiense (syn. P. tatsienense, Chrysanthemum tatsiense, C. jugorum, Tanacetum tatsiense)

Parts used:

Flower

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent (Tibetan, TCM)

Uses:

1. Clears Liver Heat, Relieves Pain:

-Headache, pain in the upper body
-acute inflammatory heat attacks and toxic fevers (TCM)
-pain in the Hypochondria
-Hepatitis
-Hepato-protective, Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic effects have been noted

2. Clears Heat, Moves the Blood:

-Fractures, Bruising, Wounds; especially Head injuries (Tibetan)
-Trauma, chronic headaches, concussion symptoms, and structural joint pain (TCM)
-Ulcers

Dose:

Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:

1. Regional accepted substitutes include high-altitude Tanacetum spp., Senecio spp. and Meconopsis aculeata
2. The grass of Bidens tripartita has been used by Tibetans in Russia.
3. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua or Snow Chrysanthemum Xue Ju Hua may be effective substitutes.

Main Combinations:

Wind-Heat affecting the Heart and disturbing the Mind, Pyrethrum tatsiense with Aloeswood, Triphala, Clove

Major Formulas:

Aloeswood 9 (A gar dgu pa) (Tibetan)
Aloeswood 17 (A gar 17) (Tibetan)
Aloeswood 18 (A gar 18) (Tibetan)
Aloeswood 31 (A gar 31) (Tibetan)
Aloeswood 35 (A gar 35) (Tibetan)
Life Holding Jewel (Srog ‘dzin nor bu) (Tibetan)
Oxytropis 25 (Stag sha nyer lnga) (Tibetan)
Red Coral 25 (Rin chen byur dmar nyer lnga) (Tibetan)

Cautions:

None noted

Main Preparations used:

Click the above Tabs for more information on this medicine

1. Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Pyrethrum tatsienense (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C. Shih: A Comprehensive Review.
2. Hepato-protective, Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, Anti-hypoxia, Antimyocardial ischemia. Tibetan Medicine Pyrethrum tatsienense
3. [Chemical constituents from Pyrethrum tatsienense].
4. Structure-activity relationships of antioxidant activity in vitro about flavonoids isolated from Pyrethrum tatsienense.

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