spra thog

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སྤྲ་ཐོག
medicinal herb [JV]

seed of the herb spra ba [IW]

(med) Edelweiss. Pearly everlasting
Synonyms : spra g.yung, su ga spra g.yung, spang tsam pa ka (Lama 2001 Dolpo)

spra thog rims dang rdo dug sel / zhes par / rang byung pas / spra ba che chung lug bal dang / rgyab skrangs khrag gcod snyoms pa yin / spro rgod pa yis rmen rnams 'dul / zhes gsungs pa'i spra ba la rgod g.yung gnyis dang spra chung gsum / rgod pa spra mgo mthug la me tog gi dbyibs can spra sna thung ba des rmen rnams 'byar gyis 'dul ba dang / spra g.yung spang dang na khar skye ba'i lo ldeb can me tog ser skya 'char ba des rims dang rdo la sbyar ba'i rdo dug la phan no // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 351.1)
spra ba'i tho gu ni / na ga sogs su skye / sngo skya spu can me tog ser skya / lo mas spra ba byas nas me btsa' btab pa yin no // shel sgong las / spra thog rims dang rdo dug sel // zhes gsungs // (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print 202)

Illustrations : Dawa 1999. 'Phrin Las 1987 (31_101) spra ba'i tho gu. 'Jam-dpal (print p 202, 430) spra ba'i tho gu

spra rgod
1. Leontopodium franchetii Beauverd (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Wangyal 2020)
2. Leontopodium dedekensi Beauverd (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Boesi 2006)
3. Leontopodium jacotianum Beauverd (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Lama 2001 Dolpo). Reported name spra ba thog dmar.
4. Leontopodium stracheyi C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl. (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Boesi 2006). Reported name spra ga dman pa.
5. Leontopodium leontopodioides Beauverd (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Kletter 2001)
6. Leontopodium palibinianum Beauverd (Asteraceae) Edelweiss (Kletter 2001)
7. Anaphalis xylorhiza Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Wangyal 2020). Reported name spra rgod rgyab skya.
8. Anaphalis triplinervis (Sims) C.B.Clarke (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Lama 2001 Dolpo)
9. Anaphalis tibetica Kitam. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Wangyal 2020). Reported name spra rgod chung ba.
spra g.yun
1. Anaphalis busua (Buch.-Ham.) DC. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Dawa 1999)
2. Anaphalis nepalensis (Spreng.) Hand.-Mazz. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Wangyal 2020). Reported name spra g.yung chung ba.
3. Anaphalis hancockii Maxim. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Wangyal 2020). Reported name spra g.yung lug bal ma.
4. Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Kletter 2001)
5. Anaphalis royleana DC. (Asteraceae) Pearly everlasting (Kletter 2001)

The Shel gong shel phreng discribes 3 types of spra thog : 1. spra rgod, the largest type with thick leaves covered with wooly hairs. 2. spra g.yung grows in meadows along streams and develops pale, yellow flowers. 3. spra chung is not detailed. Basically all species of Anaphalis and Leontopodium are used as spra thog (Kletter 2001). spra g.yung coincides with species having slender rhizomes, whereas spra rgod coincides with species having thick rhizomes.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:25, 7 April 2024 (EDT)