Bergenia, Yan Bai Cai 岩白菜 Yan Bai Cai (TCM)Ga tigs smug po ག་ཏིགས་སྨུག་པོ་ (Tibet) Bergenia purpurascensThe garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 20 (1881) Bergenia stracheyiCurtis, W., Botanical Magazine (1872) Bergenia root Yan Bai Cai(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Bergenia purpurascens (syn. B. delavayi, Saxifraga purpurascens, S. delavayi)B. purpurascens, B. ciliata, B. pacumbis are used in Tibet (Ga tigs smug po)B. stracheyi (Ga dur mchog ག་དུར་མཆོག་) of Tibetan Medicine appears to be used similarly. B. purpurascens is used in both TCM and Tibetan Medicine.B. ciliata has also been listed as a source in Tibetan Medicine. B. ciliata is used in Ayurveda and is called Pashanbheda. We have separated them as their uses are different. However, B. purpurascens and B. ciliata are probably synonymous, and therefore the medicines Yan Bai Cai (TCM), Ga tigs smug po (Tibet) and Pashanbheda (Ayurveda) are probably also synonymous. Parts used: Root; sometimes the whole herbFresh herb is used externally Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Sweet, astringent Uses: 1. Nourishes Blood, Settles Wind:-benefits Liver Blood and yin-Dizziness from deficiency-Deafness-Liver Heat and hot nerve disorders (Tibet)2. Benefits the Lungs, Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough-Cough, chest pain, shortness of…

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