Bong dkar bchu gsum བོང་དཀར་བཅུ་གསུམ།
White Aconite 13

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name

Latin

Amount

Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite)

Aconitum heterophyllum

1000 grams

Gser gyi me tog (Herpetospermum)

Herpetospermum pedunculosum

800 grams

Kyi lce (White Gentian)  

Gentiana tibetica 

500 grams

Tig ta (Swertia)

Swertia chirata

500 grams

Ba sha ka (Adhatoda)

Adhatoda vasica

500 grams

Rtsa mkhris (Cicerbita et al)

Cicerbita macrorhiza

500 grams

Hong len (Picrorrhiza)

Picrorrhiza scrophulariflora

400 grams

Skyer shun (Barberry bark)

Berberis aristata

500 grams

Par pa ta (Hypecoum)

Hypecoum leptocarpum

400 grams

Gya kyi ma (Chrysosplenium)

Chrysosplenium carnosulum

500 grams

Gi wan (Bezoar) *

Bezoar

500 grams

Gur gum (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius

700 grams

Dug mo nyung (Holarrhena)

Holarrhena antidysenterica

1200 grams

* The large dose of Bezoar indicates either artificial Bezoar, or perhaps a vegetable substitute.

Preparation:

Form Pills.

Function:

Clears Heat, Stops Fever

Use:

“completely combats the fever of mkhris [Bile}.” (Amdo Compendium)
“this medicine completely overcomes Fever”
1. Used for Fever associated with excess Bile
2. Heat conditions associated with excess Bile
3. Liver Heat
4. Inflammation of the Gall Bladder (Cholecystitis)

Dose:

1–2 grams twice daily

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:


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