'bri mog

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'bri mog, a kind of medicinal herb [bittersweet, body heat neutral, curing lung diseases and bad blood. its red juice colors torma: soak in mar khra ??? with a little alcohol sm smug rtsi; [IW]

herb whose root makes purple dye, root used to make red color, onosma echioides [JV]

the red juice for coloring gtor ma the 'bri mog should be soaked in mar khra with a little alcohol. Syn smug rtsi [RY]

(med) Red dye plants (Borage family)
Synonyms : bhu' ta ke ra, 'byung po'i khrag, rtsi'i khrag, 'byung ba'i khrag, dong ral pa, ri tshos (Shel gong)
'bri mog glo ba'i nad sel khrag la phan / zhes par / dpag bsam ljon shing las / 'bri mog glo ba'i tshad pa sel / khrag tu skyugs pa gcod par byed / ces par ming / bhu' ta ke ra / 'byung po'i khrag / rtsi'i khrag / 'byung ba'i khrag / dong ral pa / ri tshos zer / 'khrungs dper / 'bri mog ces bya'i sman mchog ni / sa mkhregs gram pa dag las skye / lo ma skya la rab tu rtsub / me tog sngo dmar rtsa ba dmar / ro ni mngar la cung zad kha / nus pas glo nad khrag nad sel / zhes par / bye ma dkar 'jam rlan chung sar skyes pa rtsa ba phra [300] la rtsi mthug pa bzang / de las ldog pa ngan / 'di la rgod g.yungs gnyis 'byung ba'i snga ma de rgod pa yin / g.yung ba ni / rtsa ba shin tu phra la dmar ba byis mog ces bya ba de'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 299.4)

Illustrations : Dawa 2009. 'Jam-dpal (print p 164) 'bri mog, byi mog (412) 'bri mog, byi mog, bod 'bri mog

1. Onosma hookeri C.B.Clarke (Boraginaceae) (Wangyal 2020). It's dye is used in religious offerings in Tibet and known as dmar rtsi, red dye (Dawa 2009)
2. Arnebia benthamii (Wall. ex G.Don) I.M.Johnst. (Boraginaceae) (Lama 2001 Dolpo)
3. Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) I.M.Johnst. (Boraginaceae) (Boesi 2014 J&K)
4. Lithospermum erythrorhyzon Siebold & Zucc. (Boraginaceae) (Molvray 1988 G)
5. Lithospermum officinale L. (Boraginaceae) (Molvray 1988 H)
6. Onosma waddellii Duthie (Boraginaceae) (Wangyal 2020), reported name byis mog
7. Lawsonia inermis L. (Lythraceae) Henna plant (Molvray 1988 R). Sanskrit : madayantī (Dash 1989), medhinī, madayantikā, nakharajanī (Pandanus)

'bri mog comprises species of the borage family which contain a red dye in their roots. Henna, of a different family, gives an orange-red dye.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:16, 4 March 2024 (EST)