Star bu lnga pa  སྟར་བུ་ལྔ་པ།
Sea Buckthorn 5

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

A variation:

Preparation:

Pills (or Powder)

Function:

Clears Lung Heat, clears Heat-Phlegm, stops Cough and Wheezing

Use:

“This medicine eliminates old Heat, as well as latent Heat and heat ‘khrugs [non-infectious heat] in the Lungs, draws out pus and bad blood from the Lungs”.
1. Lung-Heat Chronic Cough
2. Chronic Bronchitis
3. Asthma from Heat and Phlegm
4. Stuffiness or Congestion of the Chest
5. Chest Pain from Heat and Phlegm obstruction
6. Coughing of sputum with Blood and pus
7. Lung Abscess
8. Pleurisy
9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
10. Chronic Lung disease

Dose:

1 ½–3 grams, once or twice daily with warm water

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Another version uses Long Pepper (Pi pi ling) in place of Raisin.
2. A variation:
2. A Chinese version (ie. a version made in China by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies) lists Gardenia (Zhi Zi) in place of Emblic Myrobalan, which is listed in Tibetan texts.

Research:

1. Seabuckthorn Wuwei Pulvis attenuates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rat through gut microbiota-short chain fatty acids axis.

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