Principle 8 (Gtso bo brgyad pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Gtso bo brgyad pa གཙོ་བོ་བརྒྱད་པ་
Principle 8
Tradition:
Tibetan
Source / Author:
| Herb Name | Latin | Amount * |
|---|---|---|
| Cu gang (Tabasheer) | Bambusa textiles | 250 grams |
| Gur gum (Safflower) | Carthamus tinctorius | 150 grams |
| Gi wan (Bezoar) | Bezoar | 1 gram |
| Tig Ta (Swertia) | Swertia chirata | 150 grams |
| Tsan dkar (Sandalwood) | Santalum album | 100 grams |
| Hong len (Picrorrhiza) | Picrorrhiza / Lagotis | 150 grams |
| Bong nga dkar po (White Aconite) | Aconitum heterophyllum | 150 grams |
| Ba Sha Ka (Adhatoda) | Adhatoda vasica | 150 grams |
Preparation:
Form Pills, or used as a Powder
Function:
Clears Heat, Stops Cough
Use:
Fever, cough, headache, bitter taste in mouth, stabbing pain under the ribs, thirst
“good in curing any new and old Fever without exception” (Men Tsee Kang)
“fresh and old Heat due to Blood and mkhris [Bile], heat ‘khrugs [Fever] and heat rims [Epidemic diseases] of the dense and hollow organs, especially in the Lungs and Liver”. (Amdo Compendium)
1. Fever (‘disturbed’ and ‘contagious’)
2. Chronic Fever
3. Lung Fever in Children
4. Heat-type Cough, shortness of Breath with salty or red-yellow sputum
5. Chronic Lung infection
6. Excess Thirst
7. Cholecystitis
8. Hepatitis
9. Blood heat; infection in the Blood
Dose:
2–3 grams twice daily
Cautions:
Not used in Cold or Phlegm disease.
Modifications:
1. Added to Garuda 5 it is called Gtso khyung. Used for severe Cough from Lung Heat, Lung Fever and Liver Fever.
2. Add an equal amount of Oxytropis Stag Sha to treat Measles. (Men Tsee Kang)
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