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Solms-Laubachia, Sro lo smug po སྲོ་ལོ་སྨུག་པོ

Sro lo smug po (Tibetan)
C.J. Maximowicz, Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem,
vol. 1, Flora Tangutica, vol. 1  (1889)

Solms-laubachia flabellata
(Photo by yakovlev.alexey, edited) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:
Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa (syn. Solms-laubachia dolicocarpa, Solms-laubachia latifolia)
In Tibetan Medicine it is one of the three Sro lo:
  1. Solms-Laubachia
  2. Rhodiola spp.
  3. Phaeonychium parryoides

Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, Sweet, Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Bronchitis

2. Clears Heat and Poison:
-Cold, Flu, acute Cough
-Epidemic Fevers


DOSE:
1–3 grams in Powder
3–9 grams in Decoction

SUBSTITUTE:
1. Stellaria dichtoma is used in Russia
2. Rhodiola (another variety of Sro lo) may generally be used and is easier to acquire.

Main Combinations:
1. Lung Heat Cough, Bronchitis, Upper respiratory tract infection, Pneumonia in children, combine Solms-Laubachia Sro lo smug po with Tabasheer, Safflower, White Sandalwood, Licorice

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: