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
“this composition treats all Hot and Cold Bile diseases arising from Bile in the Hollow (Yang) organs”
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
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