title: [Textual research on Han-Chinese formulae collected in Tubo medical manuscript unearthed in 'Bum-pa-Che Tower].
abstract: A Tibetan manuscript with title ofSman-dpyad gces-pa grub-pa kun-'dus-pain theCollection of Practiced Medical Quintessence, was found in the basement of a Buddhist tower named 'Bum-pa-chein Lhokha (Shannan), Tibet. It contains a purgative recipe of TCM with its title "Powder of Han Region" and several ingredients in Chinese transliteration. Based upon the rule of medieval Chinese system of pronunciation with reference of related texts and studies, a textual research identifies it as a kind ofMaren(seed of Cannabis sativa L. ) wan in TCM. Although no identical formulae of its kind has been found in extant literature of TCM prior to the Song Dynasty(960 AD), yet its ingredients, pharmaceutical preparation and efficacy are very similar to theModified maren wan, the variant formulae ofMaren waninWai tai mi yao(Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) of the Tang Dynasty.
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: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Nong
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049691:History, Medieval; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*
keywords: Manuscript of ’Bum-pa-che; Medical formula of the Han region; The class of the formula of Cannabis sativa seeds; Tubo medical books