List of Materia Medica of traditional medicine of the Dai
This is a list of Materia Medica of the traditional medicine of the Dai , in China especially in the Autonomous County of Xishuangbanna Dai Nationality and in and Jingpo Nationalities Autonomous County Dehong Dai of the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan live. The traditional materia medica of the Dai belong to one of the oldest traditional medical systems in China and they are reported on in palm leaf manuscripts that are 2,500 years old .
An important compilation is the Xishuangbanna Daiyao zhi (report on the materia medica of the Dai nationality in Xishuangbanna ), in which five hundred and twenty materia medica are listed.
The information is given in Dai written with Chinese characters, in Pinyin script and in Chinese abbreviations :
Overview
Sources: cintcm.com, tcm-resources.com
- Pahudia xylocarpa (Ma Ga He Han 麻 嘎 喝 罕 [Mianqie] (缅 茄))
- Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Ma Jing 麻 景 [Yaogu] (油 瓜))
- Mangifera indica (Ma Mang 缅 茄 麻 芒 [Mango] (芒果))
- Digitaria sanguinalis (Ya Yong 牙 勇 [Matang] (马唐))
- Dracontomelon dao (Ge Ma Kou La 哥 麻 口 拉 [Renmianguo] (人 面 果))
- (Ge Dan 哥丹 [Tangzong] (糖 棕))
- Cordyline fruticosa (Ya To Ma 牙 竹 麻 [Zhujiao] (朱 蕉))
- Dracaena cinnabari or Dracaena dracol (Mai Ga Sai 埋 嘎 筛 [Longxueshu] (龙 血 树))
Health notice
Some of the materia medica are toxic.
literature
- Xishuangbanna Daiyao zhi西双版纳 傣 药 志 (Report on the materia medica of the Dai nationality in Xishuangbanna)
- Yunnan minzuyao minglu云南 民族 药 名录 (Directory of the Materia Medica of the various nationalities in Yunnan)
Web links
- cintcm.com: The traditional Dai drugs - English
- tcm-resources.com: Minzuyao zhonglei - Chinese (PDF file)
- The Art and Science of Dai Medicine - English (Video)
- Dai Medicine - English
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chinese Beiyejing 贝叶 经
- ↑ cintcm.com: The traditional Dai drugs
- ↑ tcm-resources.com: Minzuyao zhonglei ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The traditional Dai drugs ( English ) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ 民族 药 种类 ( Chinese , Microsoft DOC) TCM-Online Beijing. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2019.