Onosma, Bri mog, Ratanjot Onosma hookeri, O. multiramosum, O. echioides: Bri mog  འབྲི་མོག་ (Tibetan)Onosma echioides, O. hispidum: Ratanjot (Unani)Onosma echioides; Anchusa ex albido flora (Clusius), PseudoanchusaO. hookeri: Xi Hua Dian Zi Cao (TCM); Bri mog mchog  འབྲི་མོག་ མཆོག་ (Tibetan)O. hispidum: Cu Ying Mao Dian Zi Cao (TCM)O. paniculatum: Dian Zi Cao (TCM Onosma echioidesR. Dodonaeus [Dodoens], Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, 1583 Onosma echioidesSibthrop, J., Smith, J.E., Flora Graeca, 1813 Onosma echioides(Photo by Kenraiz) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Onosma spp.Onosma hookeri, O. multiramosum, O. echioides (syn. Anchusa echioides, Cerinthe echioides), O. hispidum (Ratanjot, Unani), O. paniculatumThere are a number of types and varieties of Bri mog used in Tibetan Medicine. In Nepal the following types are used:1. ‘bri mog che ba: Onosma bracteatum2. ‘bri mog ri skyes: Arnebia benthamii 3. ‘bri mog dkar po: Maharanga emodi Parts used: Root, root-bark Temperature & Taste: Cool in Tibetan and TCM (Warm in Unani), dry; Sweet, Bitter, Pungent“According to Galen its temperament is Hot and Dry while some other physicians hold an opposite opinion”. (Avicenna) Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Stops Cough: (Tibetan, TCM)-Cough, Bronchitis, Dyspnoea, Asthma from heat (Tibetan)-Hemoptysis-Pneumonia (TCM, Tibetan) 2. Clears Blood Heat, Stops Bleeding: (Unani, Tibetan, TCM)-Hemoptysis, vomiting of Blood from Blood…

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