Six excellent medicinals: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:00, 21 June 2020

The six excellent medicinals (Tib. སྨན་བཟང་པོ་དྲུག, men zangpo druk, Wyl. sman bzang po drug) are:

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-The '''six excellent substances''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bzang po drug'') are:
+The '''six excellent medicinals''' (Tib. སྨན་བཟང་པོ་དྲུག, ''men zangpo druk'', [[Wyl.]] ''sman bzang po drug'') are:
-*nutmeg,
+*[[Nutmeg]] (Skt. ''jāti''; Wyl. ''dz'a ti'')
-*bamboo manna,
+*[[Bamboo juice]] or tabasheer (Skt. ''vaṃśalocanā''; Wyl. ''cu gang'')
-*saffron,
+*[[Saffron]] (Skt. ''kuṅkuma''; Wyl. ''gur gum / gur kum'')
-*cloves,
+*[[Cloves]] (Skt. ''lavaṅga''; Wyl. ''li shi'')
-*cardamom, and
+*[[Cardamom]] or elettaria cardamomum (Skt. ''elā''; Wyl. ''sug smel'')
-*castor oil.
+*[[Black cardamom]] (Skt. ''kākoli''; Wyl. ''ka ko la'')
+[[Category:Six Excellent Medicinals]]
+[[Category: Tibetan Medicine]]
 [[Category:Enumerations]]
-[[Category:6-Six]]
+[[Category:06-Six]]