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Brag Khyung bcu gsum  བྲག་ཁྱུང་བཅུ་གསུམ་
Or,
Brag Khyung 
བྲག་ཁྱུང་
Shilajit Garuda 13
Or, Shilajit Garuda


Tradition:
Tibetan Medicine

Source / Author:

Herb Name
A ru ra (Chebula)
Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)
Shu dug (Calamus)
Ru rta (Costus)
Gla rtsi (Musk)
Brag zhun (Shilajit)
Gur gum (Sa
fflower)
Sug smel (Cardamon)
Sman chen (Aconite)
Li ga dur (Cranesbill)
Spang spos (Spikenard) **
Gul nag (Myrrh)
Dom mkhris (Bear Bile) *
**
Latin
Terminalia chebula
Aconitum heterophyllum
Acorus calamus

Saussurea lappa
Moschus
Shilajit
Carthamus tinctorius
Elettaria cardamomum
Aconitum ferox
Geranium tuberaria
Nardostachys jatamansi
Commiphora myrrha
Fel Ursi

Amount *
150 grams
65 grams
55 grams
55 grams
10 grams
100 grams
70 grams
20 grams
50 grams
55 grams
20 grams
20 grams
10 grams

10 grams
40 grams
20 grams
30 grams
20 grams
50 grams
10 grams
20 grams
10 grams
30 grams
20 grams
80 grams
10 grams


* Different sources list different amounts for each medicine. The right column is from a Russian source.
** Russian (Buryat) sources list Pri yang ku instead of Spang spos.
*** Saussurea likiangensis or Cow Bile are regularly used as a substitute for Bear Bile in modern Tibetan Medicine


Preparation:
Powder and form pills of 500mg each.

Function:
Clears Heat, stops Bleeding, relieves Pain

Use:
Blood and Bile disorders affectring the abdominal organs.
1. Heat of the Solid Organs (Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidney)
2. Inflammation of the Stomach or Intestines from Bile; Colitis, Gastritis
3. Acute Gastroenteritis
4. Nausea
5. Vomiting
6. Abdominal Pain
7. Infectious Diarrhea; Diarrhea from excess Bile
8. Blood in Feces
9. Cancer of the Stomach or Intestines


Dose:
3–5 pills (1500–2500mg), 1–2 times daily, 30 minutes before or 1.5 hours after food

Cautions:
1. Use cautiously. Avoid overdose.
2. Not used during Pregnancy
3. Not used in the Young, Elderly, or very weak.


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Especially useful for Acute Gastritis and Acute Gastroenteritis, and acute Infectious Diarrhea.

According to Russian sources it is used to treat Cancer of the Stomach and Intestines

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