List of Materia Medica of traditional Tibetan medicine
This is a list of Materia Medica of traditional Tibetan medicine . Traditional Tibetan medicine assimilated and synthesized the theories of traditional Chinese , traditional Indian and Arabic medicine and developed over a long period of practice over a thousand years of history.
Important works on the Tibetan materia medica are Sman dpyad zla ba'i rgyal po and Shel gong shel phreng .
The information is provided with Pinyin spelling and in Chinese abbreviations :
Overview
Sources: cintcm.com , tcm-resources.com
- Phlomis younghusbandii (Pángxièjiǎ 螃蟹 甲)
- Saxifraga stolonifera (Sǎngěng hǔěrcǎo 伞 梗 虎耳草)
- Oldenlandia auricularia (Ěrcǎo 耳 草)
- Delphinium brunonianum (Nángjù cuìquè 囊 距 翠 雀)
- Aconitum naviculare (Chuánxíng wūtóu 船形 乌头)
- Mirabilis himalaica (Xǐmǎlāyǎ zǐmòlì 喜马拉雅 紫茉莉)
- Veronica ciliata (Xiānmáo póponà 纤毛 婆婆 纳)
- Myricaria germanica (Shuǐbòzhī 水 柏枝)
- Pterocephalus hookeri (Yìshǒucǎo 翼 首 草)
- Meconopsis integrifolia (Máobàn lǜrónghāo 毛 瓣 绿 绒 蒿)
- (Lánshícǎo 蓝 石 草)
- Gentiana urnula (Wūnu lóngdǎn 乌 奴 龙胆)
- Radix anisodi tangutici (Shānlàngdàng 山 莨菪)
- Swertia pseudochinensis (Zhāngyácai 樟 牙 菜)
- Avena nuda (Qīngkē 青稞)
- Fel ursi (Xióngdǎn 熊胆)
- Yak - butter (Maoniu Suyou牦牛酥油)
- Tsampa (zānbā 糌粑)
Materia medica from the following plant families:
- Compositae菊 科
- Fabaceae豆科
- Ranunculaceae毛 莨 科
- Papaveraceae罂粟 科
- Apiaceae伞形 科
- Gentianaceae龙胆 科
- Rosaceae蔷薇 科
- Scrophulariaceae玄参 科
- Cruciferae十字花科
- Liliaceae百合 科
Materia medica from the following plant groups called sh ("genus") in Chinese :
- Meconopsis Vi 绿 绒 蒿 属
- Pedicularis L 马 先 蒿 属
- Corydalis edulis Maxim 紫 堇 属
- Primula L. 报春花 属
- Saxifraga L. 虎耳草 属
- Aconitum L. 乌头 属
- Delphinium L. 翠 雀 属
- Thalictrum L. 唐松 草 属,
- Hyoscyamus niger L. 莨菪 属
- Sophora L. 槐 属
- Gentiana L. 龙胆 属
- Berberis L. 小檗 属
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Rhubarb (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Dàhuáng 大黄)) in the three categories :
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upper (Jūn Mǔ Zhá 君 母 札)
- Rheum palmatum (Zhǎngyè dàhuáng 掌 叶 大黄)
- Rheum tanguticum (Tánggǔtè dàhuáng 唐古特 大黄)
- also
- Rheum emodi (Zàngbiān dàhuáng 藏 边 大黄)
- (Xǐmǎlāyǎ dàhuáng 喜马拉雅 大黄)
- (Tǎhuáng 塔 黄)
- (Xīzàng dàhuáng 西藏 大黄)
- (Bōyè dàhuáng 波 叶 大黄) (in Qinghai and Gansu)
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middle (Qū shí zhá 曲 什札)
- Rheum spiciform (Suìhuā dàhuáng 穗 花 大黄)
- Rheum scaberrimum (Qísuì dàhuáng 歧 穗 大黄)
- (Chángsuì dàhuáng 长 穗 大黄)
- (Wǎngmài dàhuáng 网 脉 大黄)
- (Xīnyè dàhuáng 心 叶 大黄)
- Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex chalepensis (Hóngmài dàhuáng 红 脉 大黄)
- (Luǎn yè dàhuáng 卵 叶 大黄)
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lower (Qū mǎ zhá 曲 玛札)
- Xiǎo dàhuáng 小 大黄
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upper (Jūn Mǔ Zhá 君 母 札)
- Carum carvi (Zàng huíxiāng 藏 茴香)
- Radix anisodi tangutici (Shānlàngdàng 山 莨菪)
- (Zàng dángshēn 藏 党参)
- Hookeri Clarke var. Longiflorum (Zàng zǐcǎo 藏 紫草)
- Saussurea medusa (Shǔimǔ xuěliánhuā 水母 雪 莲花)
- Rhodiola sacra (Tánggǔtè hóngjǐng tiān 唐古特 红景天)
- Kān bāsè bǎo堪 巴 色 宝 ( Artemisia adamsii [Āshìhāo 阿 氏 蒿])
- Qū Mǎ Zī 曲 玛孜 ( Pyrethrum tatsienense [Dājiànjú 打 箭 菊])
- Dá Mǎ 达玛 (Nínghuā dùjuān 凝 花 杜鹃)
- 'Wild ox heart' (yěniúxīn 野牛 心)
- Aquila chrysaetos kamtschatica (Tūjiù - 秃鹫)
- Lacca (Zǐcǎoróng 紫草 茸)
- Laccifer lacca (Zǐjiāochóng 紫胶 虫)
Health notice
Some of the materia medica are toxic.
See also
- Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
- Sumpa Yeshe Peljor
- Deumar Tendzin Phüntshog
- List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China (Zangyiyao)
literature
- Zàngyào biāozhǔn藏药 标准
Web links
- The traditional Tibetan drugs cintcm.com (English)
- Minzuyao zhonglei (PDF) tcm-resources.com (Chinese)
- Zangyi fazhan shi (PDF) cmfd.csmu.edu.tw (Chinese)
- tibmedcouncil.org (PDF; 280 kB)
- Chronological Medical Texts List
- Traditional Tibetan Medicine-Flower of the Snowland tibetinfor.com
References and comments
- ↑ The traditional Tibetan drugs cintcm.com.
- ↑ 月 王 药 诊 - Yue wang yao zhen = Sman dpyad zla ba ʼ i rgyal po (= Zang chuan yi yao jing dian cong shu ). Shanghai 2012, ISBN 978-7-5478-0929-7 (Chinese).
- ↑ 晶 珠 本草 - Jing zhu ben cao = Shel gong shel phreng . Shanghai 2012, ISBN 978-7-5478-1018-7 (Chinese).
