Juniperus, Shug pa ཤུག་པ Himalayan JuniperShug pa (Tibetan) Cupressus torulosaDallimore, W., Bruce, A., A handbook of Coniferae, 1923 Juniperus recurva(Photo by MPF) (Wikimedia) Juniperus formosana(Photo by Daderot) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Juniperus spp.A number of species of Juniperus are used in Tibetan Medicine; the main types are: Shug pa  ཤུག་པ : J. recurva, J. sabina, J. pseudosabina (J. communis is reportedly used by Tibetans in Russia) Shug pa tsher can: (syn Shug tsher)  ཤུག་པ་ཚེར་ཅན : J. recurva, J. formosa, J. squamata, Juniperus communis var. saxatilis (Nepal) Rgya shug  རྒྱ་ཤུག : J. indica (syn. J. walliichiana), J. przewalskii; Cupressus torulosa (Nepal) Ci bai 刺柏 : J. formosana (used similarly in TCM) J. recurva is a primary species, for which there are a number of synonyms including: J. butanensis, J. canescens, J. incurva, J. nepalensis, J. religiosa, J. squamosa, Sabina recurva etc.Some species of Sabina and Cupressus are reportedly used including Cupressus tortulosa. Some species of Sabina are synonyms for Juniperus spp. For example, Sabina przewalskii is a synonym for Juniperus przewalskii.Related medicines: Shug ‘bru is the seed of J. indica (syn. J. walliichiana) Rgy shug gi’bru: fruits of J. przewalskii, Shing ma: wood of J. squamata or J. walliichiana Parts used: Fruit;…

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