Pedicularis, Lug Ru Pedicularis, Lug ru, ལུག་རུ Lug ru dkar po  ལུག་རུ་དཀར་པོ  Lug ru dmar po  ལུག་རུ་དམར་པོ   Lug ru smug po  ལུག་རུ་སྨུག་པོLug ru ser po  ལུག་རུསེར་པོ  Pedicularis siphonanthaK.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants (1918) Pedicularis megalanthaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine (1890) Pedicularis longiflora Pedicularis punctata (Photo by Krokus) (Wikimedia) (Photo by Vinayaraj) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Pedicularis spp.A number of species are used: White: Lug ru dkar po: P. hoffmeisteris; P. scullyana (in Nepal) Red: Lug ru dmar po: P. przewalskii, P. megalantha, P. pectinata Brown: Lug ru smug po: P. muscicola (Xian Sheng Ma Xian Hao), P. rhinanthoides, P. decorissima, P. oliveriana, P. siphonantha; P. trichoglossa Yellow: Lug ru ser po: P. longiflora, P. tenuirostris, P. bicornuta Lug ru ser po dman pa: P. oederi (in Nepal) Other species reportedly are used including P. punctata. Parts used: Whole plant, aerial partsRoot of M. muscicola is used in TCM, but rarely. Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: Lug ru dkar po:1. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:-joint pain2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:–DysuriaLug ru dmar po:1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-general antidote to poisons-acute Cough and Cold-Diarrhea, Dysentery2. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:-Joint pain, body achesLug ru smug po:1. Clears Stomach Heat:-Food Poisoning, Enteritis, Gastroenteritis-Diarrhea, Dysentery–Bad Kan…

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