zho sbur

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(med) lit. 'Yoghurt beetle'
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, pdf p 282)

Illustrations : 'Phrin Las 1987 (33_148) zho sbur. Jam-dpal (pdf p 282) zho sbur

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.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:54, 24 February 2024 (EST)