The Origin And Pharmacology Of The "Eight Branches Of The Medical Classics" Of Ayurveda

Ayurveda,the oldest medical system recorded in India,has a history of more than 6000 years,and its earliest medical literature appeared in 4500 B.C.,and this medical system is still used by Indians.Ayurveda has a great influence on Tibetan medicine.As early as the zantopp period of Tubo,there were historical records of various classical Sanskrit classics for the translation of Ayurveda,and the ancient India medical experts were invited to advance the development of the early Tibetan medicine.Ayurveda affects almost all medical systems in the northern and southern hemispheres,so it is also known as the "mother of medical care",and its most representative medical masterpiece is the eight branched of medical classics.As one of the sources of the four classics of Tibetan medicine,eight branched of medicalclassics has a profound influence on its development.There are a lot of researchers on the similarities and differences between the two classics,but there are still three problems in the following aspects and need to be further clarified:When is the period of formation of the eight branches of the medical classics?What is the relationship between the four classics and the historical period?2.What is the central point of the eight branched of medical classics?3.As the two classical core theories,what are the similarities and differences?These problems are not only related to the historical origin of the theory of Tibetan medicine and pharmacy,but also on the clinical application of the theory of Tibetan medicine and pharmacy.Therefore,this research is innovative,which has important guiding significance for the research and application of Tibetan medicine theory.For this reason,during the study of doctoral graduate students,I studied the manuscript of the eight branches of the medical classics and the eight pieces of the medical classics in detail on the moonlight,and the manuscript of the original Sanskrit written in the original text,combined with the expert consultation,field investigation and the search for relevant documents(including Tibetan,Chinese,English and Sanskrit).Compared with the four medical classics of the classic medical works of Tibet,I draws the following conclusions:1.Through the analysis of the social background of the eight branches of medical classics,the historical traceability between the two classics is analyzed,and the formation period of the eight branches of the medical classics is derived;2.The key points of the theory of the eight branches of medical classics and the connection between this view and the four medical codes are obtained by using the key words and sentences of the two classics;3.By the analysis and comparison of the theory of medicinalproperties of the two classics and their clinical applications,and the similarities and differences of the theory and clinical application of the eight branched of medical classics and the four classics of Tibetan medicine.The specific research contents are summarized as follows three points.First,the four classics of Tibetan medicine originated from Yu yunyun Dan Gong to study the eight branches of medical classics in India,and the period of the formation of the eight branches of the medical classics was the Mahayana teacher of the six hundred years after the death of Ma Ming Bodhisattva.In the period of the formation of the eight branches of medical classics,it is necessary to search for proofs of the medical data of ancient India and Ayurveda,and to consider the social background of ancient India in the period of the theoretical system.The author of the eight branched of medical classics is the master of Ma Ming Bodhisattva and Ma Ming Bodhisattva for the six hundred years after the death of the Mahayana teacher,the Sanskrit name a dampness bound sand,there are Ma Ming monks,Ma Ming Shi,and other names,also known as the best fame.The works of Ma Ming Bodhisattva and the eight notes of the medical classics,as well as the eight detailed interpretation of the moonlight in the medical classics by his disciples,were written in Sanskrit.In Eleventh Century,Renqing Sanbu,a major translator,translated these classics into Tibetan,which played a great role in promoting the Tibetan medicine.Ayurveda was born in ancient India and naturally associated with various philosophical schools and religious doctrines that existed in the society at that time.Although many of them were related to social,human and soul content,she was not a philosophy or religion,but a relatively independent subject.With modern science and archaeology to test and verify the social and cultural level and the developed degree of India when the author wrote the classics at that time,the formation period of the eight branches of the medical classics should be the Mahayana teacher of the six hundred years after the death of Ma Ming Bodhisattva.The new and old Yuti Cloud Dan Gun Bbu,which appeared in the history of Tibet,went to India to study all the medical classics related to the eight branches of medical classics.After returning to Tibet,they began to write the famous medical classics of the ancient books of the four medical classics of Tibet.After the emergence of the four classics of Tibetan medicine,the research,dissemination,teaching and utilization of India's traditional medical classics "eight classics of medicine" have lagged behind.Second,the core viewpoint of the eight branches of medical classics is how people can not get sick and how to prolong their life,which coincides with the health care view of the four classics of Tibetan medicine.With the spread of Buddhism to the East,Ayurveda also spread to the East,and had a huge impact on Tibetan medicine and traditional Chinese medicine."Ayurveda" is Sanskrit,and Chinese is generally translated into "Ayurveda" or "life Vedic Medicine".We can take this word apart to see that "Ayus" refers to life,and "Veda" refers to knowledge or wisdom,which means "the science of life",or the knowledge of life or longevity,or the living guidance based on this knowledge,which we call "longevity"."The secret for a long life".Ayurvedic medicine considered that human body and mind should keep balance with the outside world.Only by constantly adjusting themselves can they adapt to the everlasting environment,thus maintaining the overall health,so the health activities must be in accordance with the laws of nature.This is basically consistent with the view of health care in the four classics of Tibetan medicine.Therefore,the core viewpoint of the eight branched of medical classics is how people can not be sick and how to prolong their lives.Nowadays,with the rapid development of material culture,people also hope to improve their quality of life and prolong their life span through health care.While looking forward to longevity,scientists are also constantly exploring the secret of longevity.The viewpoint of the eight branched of medical classics on disease prevention and life extension also provides some references for the theory of health care and health care in Tibetan medicine.Third,there are great differences in the basic theory of pharmacology between the eight branches of medical classics and the four classics of Tibetan medicine,which are mainly embodied in three aspects of properties,taste and efficacy of the medcine.The difference in theory leads to the difference in clinical use.It can be seen from the early literature that the doctors of Ayurveda have a deep understanding of the efficacy of plants and can be regarded as the founder of modern pharmacology.In the four classics of Tibetan medicine,the classical part of India medicine(the theoretical system of pharmacology,processing,processing and other theoretical systems and practical operations)is one of the theoretical sources of the theoretical development of Tibetan medicine.The theoretical basis of pharmacology of "the eight branched of medical classics" is very profound.It reveals the interrelation and mutual influence between the three aspects of drug properties,taste and efficacy.Through the study of woodcut version,hand copy copy and printed edition,I compared two medical codes about drug property.It is thought that the eight branches of medical classics and the four classics of Tibetan medicine have great differences in pharmacology,which are concentrated in three aspects:the properties,the taste and the efficacy of the medicine.The difference of medicinal taste is mainly reflected in the different arrangement of medicinal herbs,which leads to great differences in clinical effects.There are differences in the description of drugs properties,and their medical connotation is different.The number of drug efficacy and the elements contained are not exactly the same.The four classics of Tibetan medicine contains only local medicine efficacy and eight elements,while the eight branches of the medical classics contains two kinds of drug efficacy and ten elements in the whole and the local drug efficacy,and increase the two elements of cold and heat compared with the four classics of Tibetan medicine.In clinical application,the four classics of Tibetan medicine subdivided the eight major elements into the seventeenth major elements,while the eight branches of the medical classics divided the ten major elements into twenty major elements.Based on one kind of effect,a kind of pathogenic factor could be restrained.In response to the twenty factors,the eight branches of the medical classics were compared with the four classics of Tibetan medicine.It's more comprehensive.