Psoralea, Bu Gu Zhi 补骨脂 ScurfpeaBakuchi, Bakuci, Somaraji (Ayurveda)Karpoogarisi, Karpokarici (Siddha)Babchi (Unani)Bu Gu Zhi (TCM)So ma ra dza  སོ་མ་ར་ཇ་ ; Ba gu ji  བ་གུ་ཇི་ (Tibet) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1803 Psoralea corylifolia(Photo by Biswarup Ganguly) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Psoralea corylifolia (syn. Cullen corylifolium) Note that in Tibetan Medicine, So ma ra dza is also used for Musk Mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus. Parts used: Seed Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter Classification: N. Tonic Uses: 1. Warms the Yang, Strengthens the Kidneys (TCM, Ayurveda):-Impotence, Premature Ejaculation; Aphrodisiac-frequent Urination; incomplete or dribbling urine; enuresis in children-coldness or cold pain of the lower back and limbs; chronic back pain-consolidates Essence-‘Improves Sight and Hearing’ (Da Ming)-‘Damaged and Decayed Bone Marrow’. (Ben Cao Gang Mu)-‘functions of the Ming Men, warms the Dan Tian’ (Li Shi Zhen)-‘Arthralgia and Numbness’ (Zhen Quan)-Uterine Bleeding-Threatened Miscarriage. (Ben Cao Gang Mu)2. Warms the Yang, Strengthens the Spleen (TCM, Ayurveda):-Chronic Diarrhea and chronic Indigestion from Cold Stomach and Spleen-Cold-Phlegm-Damp Abdominal pain-‘good for treating five overstrains and seven damages’ (Ben Cao Gang Mu)3. Clears Phlegm, Stops Wheezing:-Asthma from Wind and Phlegm (Ayurveda)-disorders of the Throat and Lungs (Tibet)4. Benefits Chronic Skin disease: (Ayurveda, Tibet, TCM)-despite being classed as hot, it is important for Blood-heat…

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