Tig ta nyer lnga ཏིག་ཏ་ཉེར་ལྔ་
Swertia 25
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Swertia chirata | 80 grams | |
Sum tig * | Saxifraga umbellulata | 40 grams |
Lchags tig * | Halenia elliptica | 30 grams |
Terminalia chebula | 130 grams | |
Holarrhena antidysenterica | 50 grams | |
Carthamus tinctorius | 80 grams | |
Bambusae silicae | 60 grams | |
Myristica fragrans | 20 grams | |
Amomum subulatum | 30 grams | |
Piper longum | 30 grams | |
Vitis vinifera | 40 grams | |
Punica granatum | 70 grams | |
Berberies aristata | 80 grams | |
Asphaltum | 40 grams | |
Aconitum heterophyllum | 80 grams | |
Artemisia minor | 70 grams | |
Juniperus recurva | 40 grams | |
Adhatoda vasica | 60 grams | |
Picrorhiza kurroa | 60 grams | |
Eugenia caryophyllus | 30 grams | |
Saussurea lappa | 80 grams | |
Gentiana tibetica | 80 grams | |
Glycyrrhiza glabra | 50 grams | |
Herpetospermum pedunculosum | 50 grams | |
Elettaria cardamomum | 20 grams |
* Swertia can be used for all three Tig medicines. Centaury and Gentian could also replace them.
** Wormwood can be used in this place
Preparation:
Powder and form Pills
Function:
Clears Heat and Damp
Use:
Bitter taste, headache, Indigestion, lethargy
1. Hot and Cold Bile diseases
2. Cholecysitis, Gall Bladder inflammation
3. Used where Bile affects any of the Dense (Yin) Organs: Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys
Dose:
2–3 grams, twice daily. Some sources say to take it at midday.
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
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