Tipa
Medicine
MEDICINES TO REMEDY : TIPA
2 types of medicine - sharp/quick and blunt/light/slow
DECOCTIONS      - good for Tipa, fastest-acting

Tastes:
SWEET             -   Vitis Vinifera Wall.
BITTER             -   Herpetospermum caudigerum Wall.  (Wild cucumber), Hermerocallis minor
ASTRINGENT  -  Terminala Bellerica, Carthamus Tinctoris linn. (Saffron)

Qualities:
COOL     - Cinnamom camphora  Nees et Eberm.
LIQUID  - Cassia fistula Linn. 
BLUNT   - Bambus textilis mcClure
THIN       - Pterospermum acerifolium
THICK    - Santalum album Linn.  (White sandalwood )

DECOCTIONS FOR TIPA 
Decoctions with Inula Racemosa Hook as main ingredient.  With Tinospora Cordifoilia as main ingredient. With Swertia Chirata as main ingredient. With Terminalia Chebula Retz.(Myrobalan), Terminalia Belerica roxb.,  Embelica Officinalis Gaertn., Iris germanica, Heart-leaved moonseed, 3 Myrobalan fruits and powders of Camphor, White Sandalwood, Saffron or Bamboo concretion as principal ingredients. 

POWDERS FOR TIPA 
Cinnamon camphora Nees et Eberm. as main ingredient. Santalum  album Linn as main ingredient. Cathamus tinctorius Linn as principal. ing.  Bambus textilis 
General purgatives, specific purgatives, drastic purgatives, mild purgatives 
Decoction has most effect, then paste, then pills 

MEDICINES FOR TIPA ORGANS
Liver              - CARTHAMUS TINCTORIS(Saffron), ZEERA NAGPO (Black Cumin) 
Gall Bladder  - SWERTIA CHIRATA 
Eyes              - LLOYD SP., SKYER KANDA - concentrate of Barberry Bark. 
Blood            - ADHATODA VASICA 
Digestion       - LALPID (Aijwain) TACHYSPERMUN ANMI SPRAGUE 
Inflammatory - COMMIPHORA MUKUL(Myrrh)

Specific Medicines:
for Bile disorders: 
Chiretta, Bitter Cucumber, Kurchi bark, white Aconite, Ixeris gracilis, Pyrola incarnata, Gentiana straminea and Indian Barberry.
for Blood disorders: 
red Sandalwood, Caragana jubata, Catechu tree, Picrorhiza, Vasaka (Malabar nut tree), Embelic Myrobalan, Corydalis edulis, Pterocephalus hookeri, Madder and bastard Teak.
for infectious Fevers:
bile of Elephant, bitter Cucumber, white Aconite, Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense), Fagonia cretica, Populus alba (tree), Primula sibirica (herb) common Fumitory and Gold Thread.

GENERAL COOLING MEDICINES
ERYSIMUM SP. (Gong thog pa)              - poisoning and disturbed fever
HYPECOUM SP. (Parpata)                        - infection and fever ass. with poisoning
SWERTIA CHIRATA (Tik ta)                   - Tipa fever
PTEROCEPHALUS SP. (Hong Len)         - inflamm. of the organs
GENTIANA ROBUSTA (Kyi che karpo)   - chronic Tipa fever

Groups of medicines having the same Taste:

Sweet Taste:
Liquorice, raisins, saffron, bamboo concretion, cassia pods, Polygonatum cirrifolium, Asparagus racemosus, Angelica, Sugar-candy, raw cane sugar (jaggery), honey, meat, butter

Bitter Taste:
Indian gentian, Aconitum balfouri, Picrorhixa kurroa, bitter curcumber, conessi (kurchi), musk, bille, Indian barberry, Malabar nut ree, Mineral Exudate, Gentiana straminea, Corydalis edulis

Astringent Taste:
White Sandalwood, Chebulic Myrobalan, Beleric Myrobalan, blue Utpala flower, (Nelumbo nucifera) Meadow Cranesbill, powdered pine-root (Padus Asiatica) acorns and Tibetan tamarisk

Camphor and wild rhubarb have a combination of tastes, from these one can research similar examples of taste combination.  Camphor is said to have a primary Bitter taste with a threefold combination of Bitter, Hot and Astringent.  Wild rubarb is said to have Sour, Sweet and Astringent tastes combined.
 

COMBINING SAME TASTE AND POWER FOR MILD EFFECT    (Chart) 
Add  ingredients to the main mix for mild effect 
Liver             - CARTHAMUS TINCTURIUS 
Gall Bladder - SWERTIA CHIRATA
Eyes              - LLOYD sp.
Blood            - ADHATODA VASICA
Bodily Constituents - TERMINALIA CHERUBALIA/MYROBALAN (King of Fruits contains all the 6 tastes all the 8 attributes to counteract Lung, Tipa and Badkhen). 

PROCEDURE FOR COMPOUNDING FOR HOT DISEASES    (Chart) 
Cooling - to counteract Hot disease: 
Battlefield - the (hot) diseases.  Soldiers - means to combat dis.  Horse - vehicle for medicines
King   - CHRYSOPLENIUM CARNOSUM (great properties of Cool) 
Queen - CONGELALIS HENDERSONII (fever/blood, problems with humourable factors, for a long time, second to King) 
Mixed with : condensed 2/3 spoons warm water - for unripened or hiddden fever (last two) CORYDALIS SP. 
Prince - PEGAEOPHUTON SCAPIFLORUM, DRACOCEPHALUM (fever, liver). 
Mixed with: snow melted water for extreme fever. SOLMS-LAUBACHIA,(Solo Karpo)Lungs and Liver inflammation.
Minister - SISYMBRIUM HETEROMOLLUM, HYPECOM LEPTOCARPUAN  (poison and disturbed  humours) ERYSIMUM SP. (Gong-thog-pa)
Public - SWERTIA CHIRATA, PLEROCEPHUS HOOKERI, LAGOTIS KUNAWERIYIS(these 2 toxic fever)
Mixed with: cold plain water for chronic fever 
Soldier - Plants of cooling power, plants of same property for use in controlling disease.
Mixed with: boiled cold water for milder/empty fever 

N.B.  No ice-cold water for fever, makes LUNG; Lung fans fire and increases fever. 
OILY food will counteract the fever, and the Lung which fans the fever 

SPECIFIC TREATMENT:
TIPA ëSwastikaí (dried)  CHIRATA/TIK TA. 
Clear channels Tipa:  Purgatives: DEN TA 5, TIK TA 7. 

TWIST IN  COMPOUNDING MEDICINES FOR HOT DISEASE 27   (Chart) 
All below are best medicines for curing Hot  diseases  : 

Heart    - to basic mix, add PICEROHIZA KUROOA 
Liver    -  to basic mix, add  PTEROCEPHALUS HOOKERI 
Spleen  - to basic mix, add  CORYDALIS HENDERSONII 
Lungs  -  to basic mix, add GENTIANA ROBUSTA 
Kidney - 27 different compounds  (To cool kidney, make use of basic 4 add 3 more, 7 in all) 

ZEERA KARPO (White Cumin)- dry, cooling, for bronchitis and pneumonia/where Badkhen is not applicable, fever has gone, body is weak, and fever stimulated by Lung 

Stimulants - COFFEE - light and  coarse in nature - bad for  High Blood Pressure or Heart, (good for BADKHEN - bad for Lung)
SUJA, - Salt increases blood pressure. Suja is ok taken occasionally, but everyday very bad for h.b.p., research shows. 
GREEN TEA, rolled and roasted is very good. 

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

PRECIOUS PILLS 

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 

SIX GOOD THINGS:

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

Badkhen

Lung

Tipa