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[[Image:Mu men.jpg|200px|thumb|Mumen]]
'''Lapis lazuli''' (Tib. མུ་མེན་, ''mumen'', [[Wyl.]] ''mu men'') — a precious stone used in [[Tibetan medicine]] and in [[Vajrayana]] practices. Some dictionaries identify ''mumen'' with sapphire, but that seems dubious.

According to the [[Great Tibetan Dictionary]] and Tibetan medicine, the taste is astringent, the post-digestive effect is cooling, and it has the ability to bring benefit when afflicted by poisoning, leprosy, diseases related to lymphatic fluid (''chu ser'') and skin disorders.

[[Category:Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category:Five Precious Substances]]
[[Category:Tibetan Medicine]]