title: [Decipherment and annotation of a manuscript of Tibetan medicine in Dunhuang scroll (Part II)-on prescription].
abstract: A manuscript of Tibetan medicine, P. t.1054, written on 4 pattra-leaf-like rectangular papers connected together, is collected in the Volume 10 ofDunhuang Tibetan Manuscripts Preserved in France Scroll. The contents on the front pages of the whole set is on pulse-taking of Tibetan medicine, and the back pages, on prescriptions containing 5 recipes of cathartics and medicinal oils, are included in 16 lines on the remainedScrolldealing with its ingredients, processing method, function and indications which can be differentiated into 5 units. There are altogether 30 drugs applied, including plants, animals and mineral. Among them, almost half are transliterated from foreign languages, and some of them are titled with India, Han region, etc. for distinguishing its producing area and breeds. It is preliminarily probative that this wholeScrollis translated-edited from certain part of an Indian formulary.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Hospital for Tibetan Medicine, China Tibetology Research Centre, Beijing, 100029.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049691:History, Medieval; D007802:Language; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D038861:Medicine, Tibetan Traditional / Q000266:history*; D028321:Plant Preparations
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations