rin chen ril bu
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རིན་ཆེན་རིལ་བུ
a special medicine made of precious gems, etc [RY]
(med) Precious Pills
zhi byed rgyal po rin chen sbyor sde bshad / thang phye ril bu lde gu sman mar sogs / yang yang bsten pas sman 'dred nad ma thon / zhi byed kun gyi log gnon rin po che / khrag mkhris bad rlung bzhi brgya rtsa bzhi nad / mgo dang byang khog yan lag rma rnams dang / dmu 'or mdze 'bras gag lhog gnyan nad dang / klu gnyan rgyal po la sogs 'byung po'i gdon / rin po che yis mi sel 'ga' yang med / nad gzhi med pa'i mi la bcud len 'gyur / (rgyud bzhi, phyi ma'i rgyud, rin po che sbyor ba'i sde tshan bstan pa'i le'u)
"Precious medicine, which is the king of all pacifying medicines, shall be explained.
By frequent reliance on decoctions, powders, pills, pastes, and medicinal butters, the body gets used to these medicines, and disorders remain untreated. In such cases, precious medicines, the most effective pacifying medicines, should be used.
Precious medicines treat all 404 disorders without exception, such as disorders of the blood; the tridoṣa, all kinds of wounds, whether of the head, torso, or limbs; chronic disorders such as first-degree to third-degree edemas, leprosy, and malign tumors; inflammatory disorders such as diphtheria and inflammation of the muscle tissues; and all disorders influenced by evil spirits. [Precious medicines] have a ‘rejuvenating effect’ when taken by a person not suffering from any disease."
The rGyud bzhi treats Precious Pills in the 11th chapter of the 4th tantra. This chapter is translated by Gehrke & Ploberger (2017) https://www.academia.edu/36419424/Jewels_in_Medicines_On_the_Processing_and_Efficacy_of_Precious_Pills_According_to_the_Four_Treatises
The potency of the ingredients can be amplified, when compounded mercury sulphide is incorporated, see mtshal thal.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 12:51, 31 October 2024 (EDT)