dkar po chig thub
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དཀར་པོ་ཆིག་ཐུབ
1) med. herb, sweet, astringent, cooling, by its power srin nad sel, dug nad sdud, gag lhog dang, pho ba'i glang thabs 'joms; 2) Thang khrom dkar po [IW]
kind of medicinal plant or its root used to kill worms, panacea, the white panacea, the Mahamudra teaching [JV]
n. of a medicinal plant. panacea, all- curing; 1) panacea, the white panacea; 2) a Mahamudra teaching; 3) n. of a medicinal plant [RY]
panacea, all-curing; 1) lit. "singly efficacious white [remedy] or "self-sufficient white [simple]" 2). n. of a medicinal plant. the white panacea; 3) a Mahamudra teaching [RY]
panacea, all- curing [IW]
(med 1) Ginseng
dkar po chig thub dug sdud gnyan srin 'joms / zhes pa dug sdud gsod sbyong [272] skabs gong gi ko tha lag len bzhin gtong ba dang / gnyan srin skabs sngar bshad gangs thang phrom che ba wa ta gtong ba yin la / chig thub ces pas chig rgyug las sdud sbyor gyi grogs la ma ltos pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 271.6)
dkar po chig thub ni / sman gyi khog 'bug ti zur mkhar bas mdzad zer ba'i ming don brda sprod du dkar po chig thub g.ya' la skye / lo ma khro ga pa dang 'dra / me tog gang bu thang phrom 'dra / sa las ma 'phags cog por skye / rtsa ba dkar po sug pa 'dra / zhes byung la yang / zur mkhar ba'i mes po'i zhal lung byang lugs gang la yang dug la ko tha / gnyan la 'dzin pa / srin la thang phrom du byed pa yin pas brda sprod zur mkhar bas mdzad pa min par gsal lo / der yang rkyang sel dang shel sgong rnams sman so so'i nus pa bstan pa zur du bris / bai sngon du / rtsa ba la phug skam po 'dra ba rkang phra ring la lo ljang srab leb zhig dang / sa las ma 'phags skye ba lo ma khug ge ba 'ong ba rigs gnyis par 'dod de / blo lngan brtags par bya / rgyud las / dkar po chig thub dug sdud gnyan srin 'joms // zhes so // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print 146)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (28_074) dkar po chig thub rigs gnyis / g.ya' la skye khams nas. Dawa 1999 (Soroseris sp)
1. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. (Araliaceae) Asian ginseng (Wangyal 2020). Synonym : ko tha.
2. Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen (Araliaceae) Chinese ginseng (Wangyal 2020). Reported name glang chen chig thub.
3. Panax pseudoginseng Wall. (Araliaceae) Nepal ginseng, Himalayan ginseng (Wangchuk 2016). Reported name bring gi ra dza.
4. Soroseris sp (Brassicaceae) (Dawa 1999)
According to the Be sngon, 'there is only one name for dkar po chig thub. Byang and Zur, the two different lineages of Tibetan medicine, identify dkar po chig thub ko tha as poison gathering dkar po chig thub, 'dzin pa (btsan dug, Aconitum - bong nga) as inflammation curing dkar po chig thub and thang phrom as pathogen destroying dkar po chig thub. The literal meaning of chig thub is one drug capable of curing many diseases (Dawa 1999). ko tha is a synonym for Panax ginseng, but also for an Iris groupe (gres ma ma ning).
(med 2) Anhydrite (Yeshi 2018). Synonyms : dkar po mdung rtse (Shel gong) rdo chig thub (Yeshi 2018)
smug po sbal rgyab pho sbal mo sbal gnyis / ... // dkar po sbal rgyab dkar po chig thub dang / smug po chig thub la sogs de dang 'dra / zhes pa'i dkar po sbal rgyab ni / rdo dkar po ngam 'thug pa tsam las dbyibs snga ma ji lta ba'o / 'di la mo sbal yod skad tsam las 'di 'dra zhes ngo sprod med pa zhig ba'i sngon du bshad kyang / rgyud rtsa 'grel du ma bshad pas sus kyang glengs pa ma thos so / dkar po chig thub ni / dkar po mdung rtse ste / sra mkhregs rtsa sbo ma rtse phra bcag na rgya khab gshibs pa ltar zhig cing rno ngar dang ldan pa / che la sna ring ba / kha dog dkar la mgul ris yod pa'o // smug po chig thub ni / ... // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 118.6)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (25_071) mdung rtse dkar po (25_076) dkar po chig thub tu kha gcig bzhed
Gypsum is the most common sulphate mineral, found as both massive material, including the alabaster variety; and clear crystals, the selenite variety. When the mineral contains water, it is called Gypsum, when it does not, it is called Anhydrite (Calcium sulfate [CaSO4]) (mindat.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 04:08, 28 February 2024 (EST)