Aloeswood 15 (Tibetan Medicine)

A gar bco lnga ཨ་གར་བཅོ་ལྔ།
Shi Wu Wei Chen Xiang Wan 十五味沉香丸 (Chinese)
Aloeswood 15

Tradition:

Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

Herb Name Latin Amount * Cont.
A ga ru (Aloeswood) Aquillaria agallocha 100 grams 100 grams
Snying zho sha (Lapsi tree) Choerospondias axillaris 50 grams 40 grams
Tsan dan dkar po (White Sandal) Santalum album 50 grams 40 grams
Tsan dan dmar po (Red Sandal) Pterocarpus santalinus 150 grams 60 grams
Dza ti (Nutmeg) Myristica fragrans 25 grams 20 grams
Cu gang (Tabasheer) Bambusae silicae 100 grams 40 grams
Gur gum (Safflower) Carthamus tinctorius 100 grams 40 grams
Sr lo dkar po Paegaeophyton scapiflorum 150 grams 40 grams
A ru ra (Chebulic Myrobalan) Terminalia chebula 150 grams 100 grams
Ba ru ra (Belleric Myrobalan) Terminalia bellerica 80 grams 60 grams
Skyu ru ra (Emblic Myrobalan) Emblica officinalis 100 grams 60 grams
Ma nu pa tra (Elecampane) Inula racemosa 150 grams 60 grams
Sles tres (Tinospora) peeled Tinospora cordifolia 100 grams 60 grams
Kanda ka ri (Wineberry) stem Rubus phoenicoiasius 200 grams 120 grams
Sga skya (Galangal) Kaempferia galanga 50 grams 20 grams

* Different sources have given different proportions for each medicine. The right column is from Men Tsee Kang.

Preparation:

Prepared as pills, the size of a Pea (500mg)

Function:

Harmonise Qi and Blood, stops Cough, calm the Nerves and Spirit

Use:

Wind affecting the Heart, Lungs and upper torso
“Especially this medicine defeats the disease khrag rlung stod ‘tshangs [strong Headache associated with Hypertensive crisis] and stabbing pain in the chest and back”. (Men Tsee Kang)
1. Pain over the whole body caused by Wind
2. Cough with expectoration of frothy phlegm
3. Stabbing chest and upper back Pain due to Qi and Blood stagnation
4. “acts as Nectar for Chest tightness caused by Wind and Blood” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)
5. Dry Cough
6. Bronchial Asthma
7. Shortness of Breath
8. Wind in the Lungs with frothy sputum, shortness of Breath
9. Insomnia
10. Hypertension
11. Severe headache due to Hypertensive crisis.
12. Thyroid Toxicosis associated with Heat and “Bad Blood”

Dose:

3 pills, three times daily

Cautions:

1. Use is avoided in Kidney disease

Modifications:

1. Paegaeophyton is considered a variety of Rhodiola in Tibetan Medicine, and are both used similarly. Therefore, Rhodiola may be used in place of Paegaeophyton.

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