Traditional Tibetan medical theory

The Tree

Traditional Tibetan medical theory holds that the body exists in the "Long " (gas) (tree shown in blue), "Red Bus"(Fire) (red tree), "Bacon"(soil and water) (tree diagram Yellow), three major factors; diet subtle, meat, blood, fat, bone, bone marrow, refined seven material basis; stool, urine, sweat three excreta.

Three major factors that govern the material basis of seven and three changes in the operation of waste. "Long” Lord of gas and blood, physical activity, five senses, food, transportation and reproductive functions such as decomposition; "Tripe’s germinal energy, mediation color temperature, digestion and hunger control, courage, wisdom, etc.; "Bacon" transport liquid, Mediation too fat, in charge of taste, such as sleep and personality.

Tibetan traditional medicine, believing that people are sick because of the environment, climate, and daily needs of three major factors of imbalance and in vivo. The diagnostic method is also used Wang smell it, especially the emphasis on the first morning urine and fur changes. Fever and the disease are divided into two major categories of poor blood circulation, and patients were divided into "long “type, "Tripartite and "bacon” type.

Tibetan oral drug treatment and external treatment of two points. Oral medication taken to "cool the heat”,” cold temperature of the person” principle. External treatment with moxibustion, bloodletting, cupping, heat butter to stop bleeding, highland barley wine and other bad patching traumatic lesion. A variety of drugs commonly used drug is prepared by the medicine, a total of over 1,400 specialty part for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Diagnosis

Tibetan medicine and traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis methods have many similarities, but also has its own characteristics. TM’s look, smell, and asked, cutting, Tibetan medicine have. However, more emphasis on Tibetan urinary clinic, required to collect the morning to get up to do after the first specimen of urine, the urine to be placed in the mixing bowl, and then observe the color of urine, foam, odor, floating debris, sediment and other substances applied after Changes, to determine the disease.

Treatment

Tibetan medicine is also used in various forms of treatment, in addition to medication, there are points bleeding, puncture of ascites, air deposition needle pulling cataract, catheterization, fumigation treatment, oil therapy. These methods are still clinical value.