Veronica ciliata, Ldum nag dom mkhris ལྡུམ་ནག་དོམ་མཁྲིས་

Ldum nag dom mkhris (Tibet)

Veronica ciliata
(Photo by Peter L Achuff) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:

Veronica ciliata (syn. V. chingii)
Verionica incana appears to be used similarly in Mongolia.
Veronica himalensis and V. cephaloides are used in Nepal.

Parts used:

Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Uses:

1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison, Moves the Blood, Stops Bleeding:

-Trauma, Wounds (internal and external)
-stops Bleeding from ruptured vessels
-promotes growth of healthy flesh in Wounds
-Fever associated with Wounds, Blood-Heat, and for Chronic Fevers
-Blood-Heat sores and skin conditions including Eczema
-Mastitis
-Intermittent Fever, Malaria

2. Clears Liver Heat, Clears Damp-Heat:

-Bile diseases/Liver Heat disorders including Hepatitis, Cholecystitis
-Hypertension (Tibet, TCM)
-Dysentery
-Urticaria
-Rheumatism, Paralysis

3. Externally:

-Sores, Boils and Toxic Swellings
-Mastitis

Dose:

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

Substitute:

An important plant substitute for Bear Bile in Tibetan Medicine.

Main Combinations:

1. Lung Heat Cough:
i. with Blood in the sputum, Veronica ciliata with Chrysanthemum tatsienense, Chebula, Picrorhiza (as in Decoction of Chrysanthemum 6 of Tibetan Medicine)
ii. with Fever and yellow phlegm, Veronica ciliata with Triphala, Calcite, Tabasheer, Licorice, Sandalwood, Inula racemosa, Rhodiola, Tinospora, Clove (as in Blood Gentian Pill)
2. Liver Heat, Veronica ciliata with Swertia, Gentiana spp., Picrorhiza, Barberry bark, Safflower (as in Aconite 13 of Tibetan Medicine)
3. Hepatitis, Veronica ciliata with Safflower, Costus, Swertia, Meconopsis grandis, Shilajit
4. Damp heat in the lower body, pelvic pain, urethritis, swelling of the knees, Veronica ciliata with Chebula, Madder, Lesser Cardamon, Mucuna, Caesalpinia (as in Thlaspi 13)
5. Blood heat disorders, and in cases where Bloodletting would be indicated, Veronica ciliata with Emblic Myrobalan, Inula racemosa, Calcite, Tabasheer, Licorice (as in Subduer of all Blood Disorders of Tibetan Medicine)
6. Rheumatism, Leprosy and other Wind-Damp disorders, Veronica ciliata with Triphala, Bdellium, Calamus, Costus, Shilajit, Codonopsis nervosa, Tinospora, Corydalis meifolia (as in Codonopsis 18)

Major Formulas:

Aconite 13
Blood Gentian Pill
Chrysanthemum 6 Decoction
Codonopsis 18
Garuda of Camphor
Gentiana algida 15
Subduer of all Blood Disorders
Thlaspi 13

Cautions:

None noted

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