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Gur gum mchog bdun  གུར་གུམ་མཆོག་བདུན་
Safflower Supreme 7
Or, Most Excellent Safflower 7


Tradition:
Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name
Gur gum (Safflower)
Cu gang (Tabasheer)
Utpal (Blue Poppy)
Ba le ka (Birthwort)
Tig ta (Swertia)
A ru (Chebula)
Mtshe ldum
(Ephedra)
Latin
Carthamus tinctoius
Bambusa textilis
Meconopsis grandis
Aristolochia moupinensis
Swertia chirata
Terminalia chebula
Ephedra saxatilis
Amount
10 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams
5 grams

450 grams
300 grams

300 grams
300 grams
300 grams
400 grams
300 grams

Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.

Function:
Clears Liver heat

Use:
Liver heat with yellowing of the eyes, headache, loss of appetite,  pain or distention over the Liver
"Especially helps with acute and chronic Liver disease"
1. Acute Liver disease
2. Chronic Liver disease
3. Hepatitis
4. Pain or Inflammation over the Liver area
5. Pain in Liver region from Trauma
6. Headache related to Liver heat
7. Eye diseases related to Liver Heat
8. Increase in "Bad Blood"

Dose:

2–3 grams, noon and night with warm water.

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
A suitable substitute for Birthwort should be used. Costus or Corydalis Yan Hu Suo are possible substitute. See Birthwort for others.

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