Aloeswood 8 (Tibetan Medicine)

A gar brgyad pa ཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ།
Ba Wei Chen Xiang San (TCM)
Aloeswood 8

Tradition:

Tibetan Medicine

Source / Author:

* Here are 2 different amounts for each medicine according to different sources. The version of the right column is as listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia.

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Clears Heart Fire, nourishes the Heart, Calms the Nerves, Settles Wind, Resuscitates

Use:

1. Coma associated with Heart Fire
2. Wind affecting the Heart which causes Unhappiness, Palpitation
3. Qi stagnation causing Pain in the chest or Liver region
4. Wind disturbing the Spirit associated with poor Intelligence, retardation, unhappiness, outbursts of anger
5. Madness
6. Delirium
7. Angina Pectoris
8. Tachycardia
9. Coronary Heart Disease (especially with low blood pressure)
10. Trembling
11. Tinnitus
12. Dizziness
13. Stitching pain in the Breasts

Dose:

2–3 grams, 2–3 times daily with arm water, broth, or rice alcohol.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. A variation:
  A gar (Aloeswood) 100
  Dza ti (Nutmeg) 40
  Snying zho sha (Choerospondias) 65
  Cu gang (Tabasheer) 120
  Spos dkar (Frankincense)  60
  Ru rta (Costus) 100
  A ru (Chebula) 300
  Na ga ge sar (Silk Cotton tree) 65
2.  When taken with Garuda 5 it makes Ar brgyad khyung bsnan. This is used for Heart pain and inflammation, Tachycardia, confusion of Mind and for pricking pain in the upper body.
3. When taken with Antelope Horn 14 it is called A rgya. It is used for stabbing pains in the upper body, tachycardia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.
4. When Clove, Asafetida and Yak Heart is added it forms Eleven Holders of Life.
Similar Formula:
Aloeswood Clear Wind 8
Eleven Holders of Life

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