Hypecoum, Par pa ta Hypecoum, Par pa ta པར་པ་ཏ Par pa ta (Tibetan Medicine)Xi Guo Jiao Hui Xiang (TCM) Hypecoum erectumV.L. Komarov, Flora of the U.S.S.R., Botanicheskii institut Akademii nauk SSSR, vol. 7 (?) Hypecoum erectum(Photo by Zinogre) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Hypecoum leptocarpumAccording to some Russian sources, H. erectum is also used. Parts used: Whole plant Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Epidemic and Infectious diseases with excess Heat (Bile); Typhoid Fever-Common Cold or Flu with Fever (TCM)-Fever due to Poison; General Antidote-Acute Sore Throat, Headache-diseases with excess Heat (Bile) and Toxin2. Clears Heat, Cools the Blood: -‘Blood Fever’ (Heat in the blood)-Pneumonia-Liver heat disorders, Hepatitis-Bleeding from excess Heat-Dermatitis and skin disease from Blood heat3. Settles Wind:-also used for Hypertension Dose: Powder: 1–3 grams Substitute: 1. FumitoryAccording to Russian sources the following herbs are also used as Par pa ta:2. Arabis hirsuta, A. pendula3. Leptopyrum fumarioides4. Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) Main Combinations: 1. Fever, Inflammation, Headache, Hypecoum with Picrorhiza, Swertia, Barberry (as in Swertia 8)2. Infectious Fever, Pestilential Swellings, Toothache, Hypecoum with Pterocephalus, Tabasheer, Safflower, Myrrh, Red Sandalwood, Bezoar, Shilajit (as in Pterocephalus 12)3. Chronic Fever, Compound Poison, Hypecoum with Triphala, Shilajit, Costus, Picrorhiza, Safflower…

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