Aloeswood 35 (Tibetan Medicine)

A gar so lnga  ཨ་གར་སོ་ལྔ།
Aloeswood 35

Tradition:

Tibetan
Source / Author:
Men Tsee Kang

* Delphinium brunonianum is used in place of Musk today
** some sources list Aster diplostephioides
*** some sources list Inula grandiflora
**** Sha chen is Human flesh, but is replaced today with Yak Heart
***** some sources list Rhodiola

Preparation:

Pills about the size of a pea

Function:

Regulates Qi and Blood, settles Wind

Use:

“A general medicine which helps with rlung [Wind] diseases” (Men Tsee Kang)
“Especially this medicine is good for the combination of blood and rlung [Wind], reduces stitching pain in the upper body, and is also a general medicine that helps with rlung [Wind] diseases”
“Various complications in the treatment of Empty Heat, which can creep up like a thief, copes with dry irritating cough, as well as with all rlung [Wind] diseases” (Amdo Compendium)
1. Malaise (loss of appetite, lethargy, dizziness, insomnia, depression)
2. Anxiety
3. Nervousness
4. Insomnia
5. Dizziness and Vertigo
6. Tinnitus
7. Epilepsy
8. Body Tremors, Parkinsonism
9. Heart disease (with Wind and Blood Stasis, or Wind and Heat)
10. Palpitations
11. Tachycardia
12. Any type of Chest distention
13. Dry Cough (from Wind)
14. frees Breathing; good for labored breathing
15. Moving Pain or Pain in the upper body due to excess Qi in the Blood (Wind)
16. Pain in Shoulder region from accumulation of Blood and Qi.
17. Arthritis (with Wind predominating)
18. Generalised body aches (from Wind)
19. Chronic Fever
20. Wind disorders with Fever or Inflammation
21. Regulator and Tonic for Wind constitutions
22. “Eliminates delayed Menstruation”
23. When used in health, it helps balance Wind, Bile and Phlegm.

Dose:

2–3 pills before bed with warm water

Cautions:

“It never gives complications and therefore it can be prescribed for any type of chest distension, regardless of what caused it. The benefits and harmlessness of the composition have been tested experimentally.” (Buryat Tibetan Medicine)
1. Avoid overdose. Despite containing Aconite and Nux Vomica, this is regarded as safe and without side effect.
2. Not used in Pregnancy
3. Not suitable for use in rkang ‘bam disease (swelling of the feet with blue-black skin color from bad blood falling to the legs).

Modifications:

When Nux Vomica, Aconite, Musk and Yak Heart are omitted, it forms Aloeswood 31.

This is one of the most commonly used medicines for Wind constitutions in Tibetan Medicine, and despite containing Aconite and Nux vomica, is regarded as a gentle, reliable tonic for Wind constitutions.
According to the Traditional Tibetan Medical text gCes-bsdus Phan-bde’i sNying-po it may be used to aid diagnosis of the condition where Blood and Wind are accumulated in the upper body. If symptoms are relieved, diagnosis is confirmed. (Tsarong, Tibetan Psychopharmacology)

1. Tibetan Herbal Tea Agar-35 Reduces Negative Affect and Anxiety: A Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.

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