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Sro lo

Sro lo (Tibetan Medicine)
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Pegaeophyton scapiflorum
The journal of the Linnean society, Botany (1893)

Rhodiola crenulata
W.J. Hooker, J.D. Hooker, Icones Plantarum (1896)

Botanical name:
There are 3 types of Sro lo:
  1. Sro lo dkar po: Pegaeophyton scapiflorum
  2. Sro lo dmar po (mtskhan dmar, chan dmar) Rhodiola euryphylla or Rhodiola crenulata
  3. Sro lo smug po, Solms-Laubachia eurycarpa, Solms-laubachia shirokoplodnaya


Parts used:
Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet

Uses:
General indications for the Sro lo group:
1. Clears Heat from the Lungs, Stops Cough:

-Lung Heat Cough, Bronchitis

2. Clears Heat and Poison:
-common cold with Fever; Epidemic Fever

3. Benefits Qi:
-increases strength; Fatigue, Weakness
-Breathlessness


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

SUBSTITUTE:
1. As it is more readily available, Rhodiola may generally be used for Sro lo
2. Stellaria dichotoma Yin Chai Hu

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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