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Gur gum brgyad pa  གུར་གུམ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Or, Khrag gchod gur gum brgyad pa  ཁྲག་གཅོད་ གུར་གུམ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Safflower 8

Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name
Kha che gur gum (Saffron) *
Dom mkris (Bear Bile) **
Sran me (Pea flower) ***
Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)
Mtshal (Cinnabar)
Gser gyi me tog ****
'Bri ta sa 'dzin
Pu shel rtse

Latin
Crocus sativa
Fel Ursi
Pisum sativum
Pterocarpus santalinus
Mercuric sulhide
Herpetospermum pedunculosum
Fragaria nilgeerensis
Dendrobium spp

Amount
100 grams
100 grams
80 grams
70 grams
50 grams
50 grams
70 grams
50
grams

* Despite listing Kha che gur gum (Saffron), the large dose suggests Safflower is used (as in the second version listed below)
** Cow Bile now replaces Bear Bile
*** Sran me tog is Pea flower; Sran me is probably the same
**** Buryat sources use Momordica charantia

Herb Name
Gur gum (Safflower)
Tsan dmar (Red Sandalwood)
Rgya mtskhal (Cinnabar) *

Gser gyi me tog
Pu shel rtse
'Bri ta sa 'dzin
Mtshe ldum khanda (Ephedra)
Shing skyu ru ma'i khanda

Latin
Carthamus tinctorius
Pterocarpus santalinus
Mercuric sulphide
Herpetospermum pedunculosum
Dendrobium spp
Fragaria nilgeerensis
Ephedra saxatilis
Ceratostigma minus
Amount
100 grams
100 grams
10 grams
30 grams
100 grams
150 grams
50 grams
50 grams


* The text say to be "fried to a light shine". Cinnabar is generally not fried or heated.

Preparation:
Powder and form Pills

Function:
Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding

Use:
"This is the best medicine from secret instructions, for stopping any Bleeding without exception"

1. Uterine bleeding
2. Vomiting blood
3. Blood in the
stool
4. Nasal bleeding
5. Rupture of blood vessels due to trauma
6. also useful for Liver diseases


Dose:
2 grams

Cautions:
None noted

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