gser skud

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གསེར་སྐུད
cuscuta major chois., usnea diffracta vain., gold wire, gold thread [JV]

1) gold cord; 2) herb gser skud [IW]

(med) Lichens
Synonyms : na' ga phal, ze ngu (Shel gong). dngul skud : gangs ga sha ru dngul skud mchog, ngul skud mchog (Dawa 2009) shing bal, thung ba'i bal tog (Lama 2001 Dolpo)

gser skud glo mchin rtsa tshad sel / zhes par / blo gros rgyal pos / gser skud ni na' ga phal zhes sam / ze ngu zhes pa de'o gsungs / bai sngon du / 'khrungs dpe khungs ma dang ngo ma 'phrod kyang 'dra ba'i sgo nas btags ming ste / rkang phra mo ser po ro kha ba de'o / dkar po dngul skud du grags pa'i sbom pa zhig 'dug gsungs pa las / gang nas byung dbibs rgyu mtshan gang yang ma gsungs / kha cig thang shing shug pa rnams la bal ltar chags pa'i thang bal zer ba de 'dra ba la kha'i spang la chags pa dkar ser dmar gsum yong la shing gi thang ba la gyi bal la tshos dmar po 'byung la / khu bas khang pa'i zhal ba dang sa rtsi'i dam de las byed pa dang / de la 'ga' zhig [310] ri chos yang byed par snang / kho bo'i slob dpon ni la sman nang du sog ma 'dra la tshigs thag thung ba sbubs stong phyi ser po gser mdog 'ong canphra sbom sog ma tsam pa dang re gnyis sbom la stong lheb yong ba la mdzad par snang / de ni rgya nag sogs su brag ngos la skud chun dbyang ba ltar brgyad dgu re rlung gis bskod cing rtsa ba gcig pa las lo ma me tog gang yang med par 'dug go // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 309.4)
gser skud ni / shel dkar me long las / thang shing dang spang gi gad kha sogs kyi steng du skye ba rkang phra zhing skud pa 'dra la ro kha ba lo ma me tog med pa zhig ste / zhes dang / rigs gcig yang bai sngon las / dkar po dngul skud du grags pa spom pa zhig 'dug zhes pas glo mchin rtsar dug tshad rnams sel // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 172)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999 (Lethariella sernanderi). 'Jam-dpal (print p 172) gser skud. 'Phrin Las 1987 (28_043) dngul skud / nyang bran phu she re

gser skud
1. Lethariella cladonioides (Nyl.) Krog (Parmeliaceae) Hong xue cha, 'Red snow tea' (Wangyal 2020). Reported name spang tshan gser skud.
2. Usnea diffracta Vain. (Parmeliaceae) Old man's beard (Wangyal 2020)
3. Usnea longissima Ach. (Parmeliaceae) Old man's beard (Lama 2001 Dolpo)

dngul skud
1. Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Ach. ex Schaer (Icmadophilaceae ) White worm lichen (Dawa 2009). Reported name gangs ga sha ru, dngul skud mchog.
2. Parmelia saxatilis Ach. (Parmeliaceae) Salted shield lichen, Crottle ('Phrin Las 1987)
3. Saussurea graminifolia Wall. ex DC. (Asteraceae) (Dawa 2009). Reported name dga' ldan spu ja dngul skud dman pa. In the Lhasa sman rtis khang one identifies this plant with dga' ldan spu ja dngul skud dman pa, others consider it as a type of rtsa mkhris ba mo kha (Lactuca lessertiana) (Dawa 2009).

Further Parmelia lichen under rdo dreg in the Medicinal stone section.
In the Himalayas and SW China Yang & al. (2021) found 142 lichen species used as medicine and 42 species used as food, used with considerable overlap. Some are used in incense, for perfumes and other local uses. They concluded that due to low productivity and over-harvesting certain genera have reached already an endangered state.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 18:06, 11 March 2024 (EDT)