Daknang 2 is a multi-herbal extract based on the classical Tibetan formula Agar 35.
In Tibetan medicine, Agar 35 is primarily used for disturbances of Wind (rLung, རླུང་), especially when Wind affects the heart, circulation, and mind.
Wind governs movement in the body and is closely associated with mental activity, emotions, breathing, circulation, and sleep. It can become disturbed through prolonged stress, excessive thinking, emotional strain, lack of rest, travel, irregular routines, and other forms of overexertion.
Agar 35 is considered a slightly cooling Wind-balancing formula.
This makes it particularly interesting for a pattern where Wind disturbance is accompanied by Blood or Heat in the upper body. Traditionally, this may present as a restless or overactive mind together with physical sensations such as palpitations, chest tension, headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth or difficulty settling into sleep.
At the same time, a person may experience coldness in the lower body or extremities, creating the characteristic Tibetan pattern of relative heat above and cold below.
Rather than addressing one isolated symptom, the traditional purpose of the formula is to bring these interconnected patterns back toward balance.
Agar 35 is also distinguished by several important groups of ingredients combined for specific purposes in Tibetan medicine.
It contains three types of Eaglewood — Eaglewood (ཨ་ག་རུ), Chinese Eaglewood (ཨར་སྐྱ་), and Red Eaglewood (ཨར་དམར་) — used to balance Wind (rLung), particularly when it affects the heart and Life-Channel and is associated with Heat.
White and Red Sandalwood (ཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ་དང་དམར་པོ་) form another important pair, used for different patterns of Heat and fever.
Frankincense (སྤོས་དཀར་) and Myrrh (གུ་གུལ་) are associated with the lymphatic system and the movement of accumulated impurities.
The formula includes Triphala — Chebulic Myrobalan (ཨ་རུ་ར), Beleric Myrobalan (བ་རུ་ར་), and Amla (སྐྱུ་རུ་ར་) — one of the fundamental three-fruit combinations of Tibetan medicine, used to balance the Three Humors and support healthy digestion and metabolism.
It also contains the Six Excellent Substances — Nutmeg (ཛཱ་ཏི་), Clove (ལི་ཤི་), Bamboo Pith (ཅུ་གང་), Safflower (གུར་ཀུམ་), Green Cardamom (སུག་སྨེལ་), and Black Cardamom (ཀ་ཀོ་ལ་) — a classical combination used to balance the Three Humors and support the six internal organs.
