SIX GOOD THINGS:   Bamboo manna,  Saffron,  Clove,  Nutmeg,  Cardomom (Elettaria cardomum),  Ka Ko La

Bamboo Manna      CHU GANG  Bambus Textilis                                   - Lungs
Saffron                   GUR GUM    Crocus Sativus: Carthamus Tinctoris   - Liver
Clove                      LI SHI                                                                         - Life channel
Nutmeg                  DZA TI           Mysterica Fragrans                              - Heart
Cardamon  (Small) SUG sMEL    Elletaria Cardomomum                        -  Kidney
Cardamon (Large)  KA KO LA     Amomum Subulatum                           -  Stomach and Spleen
 
 

TASTES AND POTENCY FOR THREE HUMOURS 
 

• SWEET    (Sugar, molasses) 
• SOUR       (matured chang)  Ginseng for Lung 
• SALTY      (rock salt)  (sea salt?) 
• OILY         (Aquilaria agollocha Roxb.) 
• HEAVY     (Black salt) 
• SMOOTH (Rubus idaeopsis Roche)

 

COMPOUNDING FOR HOT DISORDERS

2 types of compounding, General and Multiple:

King:       CHRYSOSPLENIUM CARVOSUM       Cooling for Tipa (great properties of cooling)
Queen:     CORYDALIS HENDERSONII                Fever of Tipa and Badkhen
Prince:     SOLMS LAUBACHIA 
Minister:  ERYSIMUM SP. HYPERCOUM SP.      Poisoning and disturbed fever
Public:     SWERTIA CHIRATA, PTEROCEPHALUS HOOKERIS, GENTIANA ROBUSTA, LAGOTIS SP.       Tipa fever

All the above in DECREASING strengths of cool property

MULTIPLE COMPOUNDING for Hot disorders

Heart   -   LAGOTIS KUNAWURENSIS/PICEROHIZA KUROOA
Liver    -   PTEROCEPHALUS HOOKERI
Spleen -   CORYDALIS HENDERSONNI
Lungs and Kidney - GENTIANA ROBUSTA 
all basic meds. for epidemic fevers

Vehicle for hot property is Water, unboiled or cold, not ice-cold

To be added to above for ep. Fevers:
CORYDALIS SP., THALICTRUM SP., HYPERCOUM SP.
 

COMPOUNDING FOR COLD DISORDERS

Basic mix for Cold disorders -
Heart  -    CLEMATIS SP. 
Liver  -    RHODEDENDHRON SP. 
Spleen  -  HIPPOHPAE RHAMNOIDES 
Lungs and Kidney -  CALCINATED CARBONATE 
 

13 different types of compounding - all contain 7 meds. :
RAPHANUS SATIVUS (Radish- dried is warm fresh is cold)
ALLIUM SP. (Wild garlic)
PIPER LONGUM (Long pepper) - to promote dig heat, add WHITE JAGGERY to mix

Vehicle for Cold disorders is warm boiled water

MULTIPLE COMPOUNDING for Cold Disorders (6 Root Drugs):

POLYGONATUM CIRRIFOLIUM, ASPARAGUS SP., MIRABILIS HIMABAICA, RAPHANUS SATIVUS, ANGELICA SP., ALLIUM CEPA, RANUNCULUS SP., CLEMATIS SP. ANEMONE RIVULARIS, URTICA SP.,  RHODEDENDHRON
 

COMBINING SAME TASTE AND POWER FOR MILD EFFECT :

Heart                          - MYSTERICA FRAGRANS (Nutmeg)
Spleen                        - AMOMUM SUBULATUM 
Kidney                       - ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM 
Liver                           - CARTHAMUS TINCTORIS (Saffron)
Stomach                     - PUNICA GRANATUM/PIPER LONGUM  -  increase the heat 
Lungs                         - BAMBUSA SP. (Chug wa) Bamboo manna, molasses, jaggery
Colon/Large Intestine - SASSUREA LAPPEA
Reproductive organs   - ORCHID SP.
Urinary Bladder          - TERRESTRIS
Serous fluid                - HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHIS, SHOREA ROBUSTA, CASSIA TORA
Nose                           - ANEMONE SP.
Tongue                       - ORCHID SP. 
Bodily Constituents    - TERMINALIA CHERUBALIA/MYROBALAN (King of Fruits contains all the 6 tastes all the 8 attributes to counteract Lung, Tipa and Badkhen) and                                 MINERAL EXUDATE plus MOLASSES and JAGGERY. 

Concentrated extract is milder.      To keep digestive heat - add Piper longum, cardomom and Pomegranate
 

FOOD - Pomegranate, Black Pepper and Cardamon can be added  to  to keep digestive heat. 
 

TWIST IN COMPOUNDING MEDICINES 13 and COMPOUNDING ALL INGREDIENTS FOR COLD       (Chart) 
Kidney - to basic mix, add PURIFIED CALCIUM 
Spleen  - to basic mix, add HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES 
Lungs   - to basic mix, add  PURIFIED CALCIUM 

13 different compounds.  4 medicines plus 3 = 7 

Compounding: PUNETICA/PIPER LONGUM - these two on top of meds. of Hot properties are too much. 

Keep in mind properties of various medicines and general concept of compounding - can make other mixes. Taste, potency and properties of herb - make up new compounds (herbs other than Tibetan). 
 

General aggregates for many cold diseases
4 Fruits:   ANISODUS LURIDUS, HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES, TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS (Urinary Bladder), MALVA VERTICILLATA(Chinese) + CALCINATED CALCITE (Ash) - + JAGGERY, in powder form with warm water.

TRULTHANG YOUDOU etc. Can be kept for longer if dried correctly.
Flowers: ACONITUM SP.
 
 

PRECIOUS PILLS 
Precious Pills - emergency cases. Good health tonic.
If  sick, once a week, if not sick, once a month.

THANGYO - post-stroke, high blood pressure, then stroke 
DRANGOR - Malignancies 
MANJOR - Liver and meat poisons 
MOON CRYSTAL - Chronic digestive problems (Full or New moon) 
TURQUOISE 25 - Liver, Hepatitis 
RATNA SAMPHEL - Nerves, neurosis, 20 days 
CORAL 25 - migraine, lying in bed for 6 months 

TONIC PRECIOUS PILLS

RINCHEN DRANGOR
RINCHEN MANGJOR CHENMO -Great Precious Accumulation Pill/Great Multi-Compound Pill.  Blood, bile, mucus and wind (all 3 humours). 'There is no ailment this pill cannot cure'. But predominantly Blood and Tipa disorders.  Restores life and energy. Mainly COOL.
RINCHEN TSOTRU DASHEL - Precious Purified Moon Crystal. Gold, silver, copper, brass, lead,bronze, detoxified. Gynachym foresti (Shitr), Sassaure lappa (Clarket) Commiphora mukul (Epgl.), Stryehonos Nux-vomica linn. (Houtt) and Eugenia Caryophyllata (thumb).   Many sacred substances and the precious Ngochu-tsothel are added.  Circulation of the blood. Heals stomach ulcer, liver ailments, helps severe pains and ailments caused by sudden changes in diet and climate.  Heals hidden fever and chronic ailments after a fever, when appetite is lost.  Helps people with a weak constitution. Hidden fever and chronic ailments after a fever.  Combats infection and inflammation. Inflammation of the chest, persistent cough with blood and phelgm, breathing problems. Combats water retention in the body. In one of good health, improves health and prolongs life, rejuvenating.  Basically COOL.
RINCHEN JUMAR - Coral, mother of pearl and lapis, Saffron, Nutmeg, Crocus sativus linn., Saxifraga pasumensis marg., Aquilaria agallocha roxb. (Eaglewood), acorns, calamus linn., and Terminalia cheb. retz. + musk. LUNG. Headaches, brain disorders, fainting spells and seizures. COOL nature of the coral combats toxic fever from nerve disorders and old fever ailment.   All nerve disorders which cause loss of body movements, stiffness of body and loss of memory. Good for healthy person once in a while to combat any ailment developed from nerve disorder.

MORE PRECIOUS PILLS

RINCHEN YU NYING 25 - Great Old Turquoise. Turquoise, coral and pearl - detoxified. Purified iron, asphaitum, Crocus sativus linn., muschus moschus moschiferous (musk). 3 Myrobalans without seeds, two types sandalwood, Equenia caryphllate (thumb), Saxicus pasumeniss marg. and Addatoda Vasica.   Detoxicating and of a COOL nature. A special pill.  Good for all liver ailments.   Cures liver pain, enlargements of the liver, loss of weight due to liver ailments and when there is destruction of the liver.  Relieves pressure on the upper part of the body, relieves stiff neck, headache due to blood pressure, nose bleeding, blood shot eyes, pain under the armpits, loss of appetite due to stomach disorder.   Also treats damaged liver caused by over-consumption of alcohol and food.
RINCHEN RATNA SAMPHEL - Precious Wish Fulfilling Jewel. Gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and load-stone, coral, turquioise, pearls, lapis and the Zi. Cloves, Bamboo manna, Nutmeg and Terminalia Cheb. retz. Terminalia Berlerica Roxb., and Embelica officinalis linn. (fruits).  This pill is an antidote.   Combats food poison, plant, insect and animal poisons, chemical poison and sunstroke.  Beneficial for all strokes and paralysis, for trembling and numbness in the body. Lameness and dislocated limbs. All types of nerve disorders. Deafness, loss of smell, loss of bodily sensation and loss of the control of saliva.  Controls high blood pressure. Heart ailments, Hypertension, Parkinsons. pulmonary TB, blood clots, ulcers in the body and primary cancer cases.  Extremely beneficial for relieving pain in advanced cancer patients and cures sudden ailments of spirits.
RINCHEN DANGJOR RILNAG CHENMO -The Great Precious Cold Compound Black Pill. 100 ingredients. Gold, silver, copper and iron, precious stone sapphire, emerald, turquoise,ruby and Crocus sativus L., Silicious concretion of Bamboo, Myristica fragrans Houtt, Phytolacea esculenta Van Houte, Seneciodianthus Franch, Delphinium brunonianum Royle, Oxytropis sp., Frittilaria delavayi Franch, Berberis aristata D.C., Myricaria bracteata Royle, Term. Cheb. retz.  All types of contagious fever and colic pains.  Removes debility, greying of hair and wrinkles, strengthens the bones. Beneficial in case of allegies, various types of arthritis, peptic ulcers, provides physical radiance and clarity of sense organs.  Purifies major organ systems of the body and assists in proper regulation of the body temperature.
RINCHEN NAG CHENMO - Great Cold Compound - Precious Black Pill. Badkhen sMugpo. Hepatic/gastro-intestinal disease, gastro-enteritis, arthritis.
RINCHEN TSA BYJOR - Great Hot. Gout, arthritis, cancer, internal abcess.
RINCHEN CHAGRIL - Great Iron.  Eyesight, Hepatic/gastro-intestinal.

PRAYER PILLS:  LOK MIG - WANG LA - DALI - 35 different ingredients 

PACIFIFICATION OF SPEC. MEDICINES 
Medicines and Acess. therapies - pacification and excavation - 10 different types, 5 practices 
1. Decoction
2. Powder
3. Pills 
4. Extracts 
5. Med. butter pills 
Precious Pills - emergency cases
Tipa problem - purgatives 

TASTE of medicine: 
1. Inherent and 
2. Post-digestive. 
When compounding, always bear this in mind. - DECOCTION is fast-acting,  is remedy most used  when ailment not ëripenedí, as with a fever, many different types of fever.  Feeling cold, pains in joints are symptoms of unripened fever.  Decoction will quicken developing fever, once fever is ripened, gives symptoms.  At that stage, give medicine for fever.   If fever medicine is given straight away it will lead to ëhiddení fever - will tend to a chronic condition. 

GOLDEN NEEDLE after  medicine, as a closing therapy.  At crown, once the  disease has responded, to close the aperture, once or twice. 

TASTES AND POTENCY FOR THREE HUMOURS 

TASTE of medicine: 
1. Inherent and 
2. Post-digestive. 
When compounding, always bear this in mind. - DECOCTION is fast-acting,  is remedy most used  when ailment not ëripenedí, as with a fever, many different types of fever.  Feeling cold, pains in joints are symptoms of unripened fever.  Decoction will quicken developing fever, once fever is ripened, gives symptoms.  At that stage, give medicine for fever.   If fever medicine is given straight away it will lead to ëhiddení fever - will tend to a chronic condition. 

Hot properties - cold drink. High blood pressure, caught cold, too much heat aggravates.  Cold person with fever, warm state.  With consumption of harmful diet and behaviour, decoction to counteract fever.  Yak meat, chilli, alchohol. Take appropriate med. decoction. 

TIME OF CONSUMPTION:  Different times acc. to med. texts: after lunch, after supper, before food and mid-term food. 
Time of consumption corresponds to time when problem humour is most aggravated e.g. Tipa - noon
 

MEDICINAL TASTES AND POWERS
 

SWEET (Sugar, molasses) 

SOUR  ( matured chang)  Ginseng for Lung 

SALTY ( rock salt)  (sea salt?) 

OILY (Aquilaria agollocha Roxb.) 

HEAVY (Black salt) 

SMOOTH (Rubus idaeopsis Roche) MEDICINAL TASTES AND POWERS 

POTENTIALS in descending order: 

Sweet       - Earth and Water
Sour         - Fire and Earth
Salty         -Water and Fire
Bitter        -Water and Air 
Hot           - Fire and Air
Astringent -Earth and Air

All are cosmo-physical different elements - EARTH, WATER, FIRE, SPACE AND AIR 
SWEET taste does not mean only sweet, means sweet is predominant, others may be present 

TASTE OF MEDICINE HAS GREATER EFFECT THAN OTHER ELEMENTS OF MEDICINE
 
 
 

Medicine - MEN NYI (Medicine No. 2) is very warm, other 2 safer  (1 and 3) I have 5 and  6 

Crag-pa - Diptheria 
Poel Log - acute stomach cramps 
Nga Log - body weakened due to cholera or gastro enteritis 
Lung - Pa - inflammation of muscle tissue