Zha chong bcu gsum གཟའ་བཅོས་བཅུ་གསུམ།
Zha Chong Shi San Wei Pill  扎冲十三味丸
Paralysis 13 Pill

Tradition:

Tibetan (Mongolian)

Source / Author:

* In Tibetan Medicine, this medicine is used synonymously with Galangal (Kaempferia galanga)
** Tsa gzan is a tough, fodder grass growing on the Tibetan plateau, mostly from the Carex or Kobresia such as C. moorcroftii) or K. pygmaea. These tough grasses whose long, hollow roots snake through the rocky, cold ground, thereby signifying to Tibetan Doctors that it can clear through tough, old, cold and damp blockages affecting the Nerves.

Mongolian version:

Preparation:

Powder and form Pills

Function:

Settles Wind, opens the Channels, clears Damp, Moves the Blood, clears Obstruction, calms the Mind and Spirit

Use:

It is most highly regarded for Hemiplegia, and for Stroke prevention.
1. Sesquele of Stroke such as deviation of the Eyes and Mouth, slurred Speech, loss of the ability to swallow;
2. Hemiplegia;
3. Paralysis
4. Cerebral infarction
5. Cerebral atrophy
6. Cerebral thrombosis
7. Numbness
8. Paralysis
9. Dementia
10. Epilepsy
11. Joint Pain
12. Cervical Spondylosis
13. Rheumatism and Rheumatic diseases

Dose:

1–1.8 grams once daily

Cautions:

1. Not used during pregnancy
2. Caution in the old and infirm.
3. Avoid overdose to avoid aconite toxicity.

Modifications:

Similar Formulas:

1. This is a modification of Garuda 5 Pill, which is composed of the first 5 medicines of this formula. See that for approximate doses of the first Five ingredients.
2. Similar to Red Coral 25 of Tibetan Medicine.

Comment:

The Mongolian version is viewed as far stronger, and is a reduced version of a formula called Zha chong 25 (Zha chong nyer nga)

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