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(med) lit. 'Yoghurt beetle' <br>

'''zho sbur''' ni / dbur dus zho rnying ba nas [grub?] pa'i 'bu zhig gam snyam mo / bai sngon las / zho sbur zhes pa'i sbur chung ni chu ser la phan par bshad // ni / dbur dus zho rnying ba nas [grub?] pa'i 'bu zhig gam snyam mo / bai sngon las / zho sbur zhes pa'i sbur chung ni chu ser la phan par bshad // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 256) 

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_148) zho sbur. 'Jam-dpal (print p 256) zho sbur <br>

An obscure name, and none of the modern publications on Tibetan materia medica include the so-called “yogurt beetle”. 'Jampel Dorjé suggests that zhobur are worms that emerge when the summer curds become stale (Czaya 2019). The Medical Thangkas show some kind of beetle. <br>
[[User:Johannes Schmidt|Johannes Schmidt]] ([[User talk:Johannes Schmidt|talk]]) 14:54, 24 February 2024 (EST)