18th Century

Title
dri med shel gong shel phreng
Author Dilmar Geshe Tenzin Punthsok (De’u/Dil dmar dge bshes bstan ’dzin phun tshogs, born 1672); written in 1727
Reprint bod gzhung sman rtsi khang, Dharamsala 1994
Pages 22, 537p
Electronic Version 912 KB
Comments This is the best-known book on the indigenous Tibetan materia medica. Still today, it is considered the fundamental work on the topic, and both independent treatises, the shel gong and shel phreng are always published together. It enumerates 2,294 primary raw drugs of herbal and animal origin with their properties, action, indications for treatment, and toxicity. Thirteen plant categories were created according to their nature, origin, environment and the parts used, such as root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, or the whole plant.

Title
rin chen dngul chu sbyor sde phyogs bsdebs
Author Mipham (’Ju mi pham, bla sman o’rgyan bstan ’dzin, sde dge drun yid guru ’phel, kon sprul yon tan rgya mtsho)
Reprint Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA), Dharamsala 1986
Pages 442
Electronic Version to be completed
Comments Collected works on Mercury Formulations (Rasasiddhisastra) reproduced from rare manuscripts and sde dge woodblocks from the library of Late Dr. Jamyang Tashi, Dr. Tenzin Chodrak, and Dr. Lobsang Tashi. A compilation of texts on the formulation of the Tibetan precious pill Tsodru Dashel (rin chen dnul chu btso bkru zla sel).