Selinum wallichianum, Tang kun ཏང་ཀུན་ Tang kun (Tibet)Mura (Root, Ayurveda)Mural (Siddha) Selinum wallichianum(Photo by Dinesh Valke) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Two main herbs supply Tang kun: Tang kun dkar po (‘Female’): Selinum wallichianum (syn. S. tenuifolium, S. candollei, Peucedanum wallichianum, Ligusticum coniifolium) Tang kun nag po (‘Male’): Sinolimprichtia alpina However, a number of species have been given, used in different areas where Tibetan Medicine is used: Peucedanum violaceum (Tang kun dkar po) Angelica sinensis (Dang Gui)(Tang kan) Cnidium dahuricum (Tang ku) Pleurospermum franchetianum; P. hookeri in Bhutan (Tang kun dkar po) Chaerophyllum reflexum Cimicifuga foetida (Tang kun nag po) Russian (Buryat) sources also list Cnidium dahuricum for Tang kun. Parts used: Root; Seed; Whole herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Sweet Classification: Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:-Fever (Ayurveda, Tibet)-acute Wind-Heat disorders-General Antidote to Poison-burning feeling of the body (Ayurveda)2. Moves Qi, Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:-Dizziness, Syncope, Fainting (Root, API)-Dyspnoea, Asthma (Root, API)-Colic, Gastritis, Intestinal pain-diseases from admixture of Wind-Phlegm (Tibet)-Tumors3. Clears Heart Fire:-Heat disorders of the Heart-also for Thirst (Ayurveda)4. Externally:-topically to Cuts and Wounds, and to stop bleeding Dose: Root or Seed Powder: 1–3 grams Substitute: 1. Tang kun and Indian Spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi) have…

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