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Rabbit Heart

Ri bong snying  རི་བོང་སྙིང༌  (Tibetan)
Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren, Gesner, 1583

Bulk dried Rabbit Heart sold for Tibetan Medicine
at the Chengdu Medicine Market. (Adam, 2016)

Zoological name:
Several species of Lepus

Parts used:
Dried Heart

Temperature & Taste:
Warm. Sweet

Uses:
1. Nourish the Heart, Calm the Mind and Spirit:
-Anxiety, Restlessness; 'Wind affecting the Heart' (Tibetan Medicine)
-mental dullness from Wind affecting the Brain
-Mental disorders, Insanity

2. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Epilepsy (West)
-Paralysis, Parkinson's disease (Tibetan Medicine)
-Cerebral Ischemia, Numbness
-diseases caused by Evil Spirits that effect the mind (Tibetan Medicine)

3. Moves the Blood, Eases Pain:
-Pain of the Womb (West)
-Heart pain (Tibetan Medicine)


Dose:
Taken with wine to move the Blood and relieve pain
Powder: 300–1500mg

Preparation:
After washing and removing the membranes, the best way to dry is to dip the fresh heart in alcohol or brandy, and hang to dry, repeating a number of times until thoroughly dried. To remove smell, prolong the shelf life and enhance efficacy, this can also be done with Tincture of Myrrh.

Main Combinations:
1. Wind affecting the Heart, Rabbit Heart with Aloeswood, Nutmeg, Choreospondias, Tabasheer, Clove (as in Life Sustaining Wind 11 of Tibetan Medicine)

Major Formulas:
Happiness of Mind (Sems kyi bde skyid)
Life Sustaining Wind 11
Aloeswood 17 (Agar 17)
Aloeswood 20 (Agar 20)
Asafetida 25 (Shing kun 25)

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:
Prepared Heart