Tsan dan bcu bdun ཙན་དན་བཅུ་བདུན།
Sandalwood 17

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

The is based on Sandalwood Lung Medicine 15 (Glo sman tsan dan bco lnga), which has its earliest form in the Four Tantras (8th century). The 2 additional herbs (Entada and Shilajit) were added during the 16th century.

Preparation:

Prepare Pills the size of peas.

Function:

Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding, Cools the Blood, Stops Cough, Clears Deficient Heat

Use:

Note that this is essentially the same formula as Sandalwood Lung Medicine 15 with 2 herbs added. While Sandalwood Lung Medicine 15 is better suited to acute, Lung Heat conditions, Sandalwood 17 is more suited to chronic conditions with structural changes, tissue erosion and fluid depletion. It is also used where the Liver is being effected by chronic Lung heat, marked by distention of the hypochondria, a bitter taste, red eyes, and dark yellow urine.
Symptoms appropriate for Sandalwood 17 include chronic, dry Cough, low Fever, a peeled, dark red, or cracked tongue, and a thin or weak, slightly rapid pulse.
1. More chronic Lung Heat with deep, hacking and painful Cough and Fever
2. Chronic Bronchitis
3. Chronic, dry, unproductive cough with fluid depletion
4. Asthma
5. more chronic phases of bacterial or viral Pneumonia
6. More chronic phases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
7. Bronchiectasis
8. Emphysema

Dose:

2–3 pills per dose, chewed before swallowing with warm water, taken mid morning and before bed.

Cautions:

None noted

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