Semkye Dungsel - The Precious Essence

The full name of this very special formula is "The Precious Essence which Removes the Mind of Sorrow" (Tibetan: Sems-kyi gdung-sel rinchen snying-po sha). We originally came across this medicine in the book Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry more than ten years ago and have tried ever since to secure a supply. Happily, we have finally found a doctor who makes it. Originally developed by the famous 8th century Tibetan physician-saint Yuthok Yontan Gonpo, who also compiled the Four Medical Tantras (rgyud bzhi). These texts comprise the basis of Tibetan Medicine. According to the text in which the recipe is found, Yuthok felt this prescription was of such great importance that he always kept some of it 'tucked in his collar', meaning that he kept it with him at all times. The authors of the above mentioned book met with HH Dudjom Rinpoche, at the time head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, to ask him which Tibetan herbal formulas were most important for W