gang ga chung
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གང་ག་ཆུང
med. herb [bitter, cooling, by its power dug tsad, rma tsad, tsa 'khru, tsa bas skrangs pa etc overcoming [IW]
med. herb [IW]
ajuga lupulina maxim., gentiana urnula h. smith, kind of flower which resembles chorten, antidote against poison and diarrhea [JV]
(med) Gentians
Synonyms : rgyal mtshan gang gA chung, gangs las skyes ba'i a bhisha, dkar po chig thub, la nas 'ong ba'i dar ya kan (Shel gong)
gang gA chung gis dug dang tshad 'khru gcod / ces par / rang byung pas / gang gA chung dang ga pur mtshungs / gsungs / ming / rgyal mtshan gang gA chung / gangs las skyes ba'i a bhisha / dkar po chig thub / la nas 'ong ba'i dar ya kan zer / 'khrungs dper / gang ga' chung zhes bya ba ni / khyi dang bud med mi 'gro sa'i / mtho ba'i g.ya' zhib rdza las skye / lo ma this tshe brtsegs pa yi / zur bzhi logs brgyad mchod rten brtsegs / de steng me tog dkar po la / sngo dang dmar ba'i mdangs 'od chags / dril bu gyen du kha bzed 'dra / rtsa ba rgyus pa 'dzings pa 'dra / zhes dang / dpag bsam ljon shing las / rgyal [316] mtshan gang chung zhes bya ba / zur bzhi logs brgyad rtse dang dgu / 'jam pa gangs dkar logs las skye / lo ma brtsegs pa 'dra ba yin / shin tu kha bas khrag mkhris sel / dug dang tsha ba'i nad kun 'joms / smug po khrag lam chad pa la / nga med sman pa sdug go zer / zhes dang / rtog brjod las / gangs can g.ya' shad skyes ba'i gang gA chung / zur logs mchod rten brtsegs pa'i rtse mo la / rab mdzes utpal dgod ba'i chun pos brgyan / tsha ba kun sel tsha 'khru dug nad 'joms / zhes bshad do // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 315.4)
Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Phrin Las 1987 (28_010) gang ga chung (34_047) gang ga chung. 'Jam-dpal (print p 178) gang gA chung
1. Gentiana urnula H.Sm. (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021)
2. Gentiana wardii W.W.Sm. (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021)
3. Gentiana pseudosquarrosa Harry Sm. (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021)
4. Gentiana phyllocalyx C.B.Clarke (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Chi 2021)
5. Gentiana depressa D.Don (Gentianaceae) Gentians (Molvray 1988 Me)
“It tastes bitter, has heat‑clearing and detoxifying effects, and cures blood diseases and Chiba disease. It grows in mountains at high altitudes and the roots are similar to tendons. The plants are fluffy and messy with overlapping leaves, which are similar to eight‑corner pagodas. The flowers are white and urceolate in shape” (Chi 2021)
The important genus Gentiana is mainly found in 3 succesif groups : gang ga chung , kyi lce and spang rgyan as well as tig ta and several individual names. A recent study identifies some 80 species of the Gentianeae tribe for spang rgyan, kyi lce, tig ta and gang ga chung (Chi 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10112383)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:03, 31 March 2024 (EDT)