Elsholtzia, Byi rug བྱི་རུག Byi rug, Phur nag (Tibet)Xiang Ru (E. splendens); Ban Bian Su (E. ciliata) (TCM) Elsholtzia ciliataSturm, J., Sturm, J.W., Deutschlands flora, 1845-1849 Elsholtzia ciliata(Photo by Leslie J. Mehrhoff) (Wikimedia) Elsholtzia splendens(Photo by Dalgial) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Elsholtzia spp. Several types are used in Tibetan Medicine, mostly based on the color of their flower: Black (Byi rug nag po བྱི་རུག་ནག་པོ ): E. ciliata Yellow (Byi rug ser po བྱི་རུག་སེར་པོ): E. eriostachya Purple (Byi rug smug po བྱི་རུག་སྨུག་པོ་): E. calycocarpa (syn. Elsholtzia densa); E. wallichii in Nepal. Wild (Byi rug rgod pa བྱི་རུག་ རྒོད་པ་): E. fruticosa Some sources have given different species for the several varieties. In TCM, E. splendens and E. ciliata are principally used (Xiang Ru) Parts used: Above-ground herb Temperature & Taste: Mildly Warm, dry. Pungent Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat: (TCM)-chills, fever, body aches, headache, with absence of sweating-Summer-heat conditions; exposure to Cold or Drafts during the Summer, especially if there is internal Damp2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine: (TCM, Tibet)-difficult Urination, Edema, Ascites (TCM)-especially useful for urinary disturbances occurring during an acute (exterior) attack (ie. Cold or Flu)-used in Tibetan Medicine for Phlegm-Damp disorders (Bad-Kan)3. Warms the Stomach: (TCM, Tibet)-gnawing abdominal pain, acute…

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