Hero 7, Dba bo bdun pa

Dba bo bdun pa དཔའ་བོ་བདུན་པ།
Hero 7

Tradition:

Tibetan

Source / Author:

Herb Name	Latin	Amount *
Dzin pa (Aconitum) prepared	Aconitum spp.
A ru (Chebula)	Terminalia chebula	50 grams ea.
Stag sha	Oxytropis spp.	20 grams ea.
Btsod (Madder)	Rubia cordifolia	3 grams
Gla rtsi (Musk)	Moschus	10 grams ea.
Gu gul (Bdellium)	Commiphora mukul
Mtshal (Cinnabar)	Mercuric sulphide

According to another source:

Herb Name	Latin	Amount *
A ru (Chebula)	Terminalia chebula
Ru rta (Costus)	Saussurea lappa
Shu dag (Calamus)	Acorus calamus
Bi sha (Aconitum) prepared	Aconitum ferox
Gu gul (Bdellium)	Commiphora mukul
Gla rtsi (Musk)	Moschus
Gi wam (Bezoar)	Calculus Bovis

Preparation:

Powder

Function:

Settles Wind, Moves Qi and Blood, Resists Poison, Easis Pain

Use:

1. Stabbing headache
2. shooting pain in the upper body
3. Throat inflammation and obstruction, Tonsillitis
4. Meningitis
5. Sinusitis
6. Acute Viral diseases
7. Arthritic and Rheumatic diseases
8. Skin diseases, eruptions, abscesses
9. Hemorrhoids
10. Worms
11. Can generally be used as Garuda 5, but is stronger to move Blood and resist Poison.

Dose:

1–2 grams

Cautions:

1. Avoid overdose
2. Not used in the very young or during Pregnancy

Modifications:

Note this is Garuda 5 with Myrrh and Bezoar added.
Garuda 5 uses Aconitum ferox. The source for the above formula was Russian, and listed A. balfouri. The latter is an accepted substitute for A. ferox.

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