hong len

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CH ser tshos med. herb [IW]

(CH) ser tshos, med. herb [bitter, cooling, by its power dries bad blood, good for don snod kyi tsa ba &, 'khrugs tshad, rgyu gzer, syn: khra yi sder mo dang, ga bur zil gnon, bdud rtsi ka bhe ta, spu tse shel, bya rgan sug pa, ma ma ka la, 'tso byed, g.ya' rug pa, shing skyes, shing za ba] [IW]

lagotis brevituba maxim., epidendrum tesselatum, bitter medicinal root, picrorhiza kurroa, hellebore, medicinal root [JV]

(med) Lagotis species
Synonyms : bdud rtsi ka bhe ta, ma mo ka la, bya rgan sug pa, khra'i sder mo, spu tse shel, g.ya' rug ma, pa pur zil gnon (Shel gong) ma mo ka la,(Kletter 2001)

hong len khrag skem 'khrugs tshad don tshad sel / zhes pa la / lcags phreng las / hong len bsil la rtsub pas khong nad 'khru zhing 'joms / zhes dang / dpag bsam ljon shing las / hong len tsha ba rgyas pa sel / zhes dang / rang byung zhabs kyis / hong len khrag gi tshad pa sel / zhes par ming / bdud rtsi ka bhe ta / ma mo ka la / bya rgan sug pa / khri'i snger mo / spu tse shel / g.ya' rug ma / pa pur zil gnon rnams zer / 'di la rigs bzhi ste / mchog gyur gnyis ni / stod nas 'byung ba'i ldum rtsa dmar smug rul pa 'dra ba dang / skya sob sro lo 'dra ba de gnyis ka ro shin tu kha ba se / ltang rtse byas nas mgron pos 'gel 'ong ba de yin / de las dman pa bod khams gar yang skye ba pho mo rigs gnyis te / pho ldum rdza las skye ba ni / 'khrungs dper / hong len g.ya' shag rdza las skye / lo ma smug mthug snum pa la / me tog smug po 'brong lo 'dra / rtsa ba spu can gong brun 'dra / zhes pa dang / mo ldum spang las skye ba ni / 'dra dper / hong len mo zhes bya ba ni / na dang spang gi mtsho las skye / lo ma mthug gnyer 'phyangs pa la / me tog dkar po spyang mjug 'dra / rtsa ba gong mo'i ril ma 'dra / yan lag kha spu ring la mang / ro ni kha la nus pa bsil / khrug mkhris rgyas pa'i tsha ba 'joms / zhes dang / dpag bsam ljon shing las / hong len na spang las skye yis / glang thabs lhog pa gzer thung 'joms / tshad pa kun sel khyad par du / dug sel zhu rdzes snyoms pa yin / sman rnams kun la blon po 'dra / zhes gsungs so / rtogs brjod las / g.ya' gangs rdza mthon 'dzin pa'i g.ya' [292] rug ma / zangs lus g.yu lo mthong gi me tog mdzes / rkang pa lha bya'i bdud rtsis rma tshad sel / chu 'thud khrag mkhris 'khruhs sel gtso mo lags / zhes so // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 291.1)
hong len ni / spu tse shel / ga bur zil gnon zer / lo ma 'dab bzhi sbu can gyi rtsa ba ste / stod nas 'byung ba'i dmar smug rul ba 'dra dang / skye sob srol lo 'dra gnyis shin tu kha ba mchog / dman pa bod khams kyi g.ya' rdza la skye lo ma ral gri 'dra ba snum mthug me tog sngo smug god brun 'dra ba'i rtsa ba 'bu lta bu'i me tog yod med wo mo dang / spang la skye ba lo ma mthug gnyer 'phyangs pa yal ga kha spu ring mang me tog dkar po spyang mjug 'dra ba'i rtsa ba gong mo'i ril ma lta bu dang gnyis so // lcags phreng las / hong len bsil la rtsub pas khong nad 'khru zhing 'joms // zhes pas khrag 'khrugs don tshad sel // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 158)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999, 2009. 'Phrin Las 1987 (27_087) hong len mchog / hong len bod skye dman rigs gnyis / pho / mo / (34_018) hong len. 'Jam-dpal (print p 158) hong len

hong len mchog
1. Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong (Plantaginaceae) Kutki (nep.) (Kletter 2001). Substitute for Gentiana kurroo, rgya tig.
2. Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. (Plantaginaceae) Kutki (nep.) (Boesi 2006, 2014). Close to Picrorhiza kurroa, used as substitute for Gentiana kurroo, rgya tig.
hong len dman pa
1. Lagotis ramalana Batalin (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Wangyal 2020)
2. Lagotis cashmeriana (Royle ex Benth.) Rupr. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Dawa 2009)
3. Lagotis brevituba Maxim. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
4. Lagotis clarkei Hook.f. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Dawa 2009)
5. Lagotis glauca Gaertn. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
6. Lagotis integra W.W.Smith (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
hong len (without specification)
1. Lagotis kunawurensis (Royle ex Benth.) Rupr. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Dawa 1999)
2. Lagotis yunnanensis W.W.Sm. (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Wangyal 2020)
3. Lagotis alutacea W.W.Smith (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
4. Lagotis praecox W.W.Smith (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
5. Lagotis wardii W.W.Smith (Plantaginaceae) Lagotis (Kletter 2001)
6. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Lamiaceae) Skull cap (Molvray 1988 G,H,P). Cited from northern sources.

The Shel gong shel phreng distinguishes two superior and two inferior types : hong len mchog grows in SW Tibet, both are very bitter, but differ in their roots. One has dark red roots, the other soft, pale roots. hong len dman pa is subdivided in a male variety, pho, growing in screes and having dark, shiny leaves and dark flowers, and a female variety, mo, growing in moist meadows and having white flowers and thick, wrinkled leaves. The two main genera, Picrorhiza and Lagotis, are quite similar and grow in the same areas (Kletter 2001)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:55, 28 March 2024 (EDT)