藏医妊娠生理及胚胎学初探

Study on Pregnancy and Embryology in Tibetan Medicine

就藏医古文献中有关月经、受孕过程、胚胎发育及孕产期卫生四个方面内容进行研究，并与中医有关内容进行了适当比较，指出：藏汉医学对妊娠生理及胚胎的认识有一些共同点，但在月经产生的机理、胚胎发育过程的观察与认识方面，藏医似乎更具特色。藏医不但用文字详细记载胎儿在３８周逐周的发育形状，而且用彩色图谱的形式，生动描绘出人体胚胎发育所经历的鱼→龟→猪三个阶段。这是中医所没有的。藏医对妊娠生理及胚胎发育有其独到的认识。

The author has studied the materials on menstruation, gestational course, embryonic development and hygiene during pregnancy recorded in ancient Tibetan medical literatures, and compared them with that in Han medicine,generally known as TCM. The article points out that Tibetan and Han medicine share some common views in pregnancy and embryology, but, in the aspects of observation and knowledge in menstruationand embryology, Tibetan medicine seems more unique. Tibetan medicine not only recorded foetal shape week by week for 38 weeks, but also presented them in color pictures to illustrate the “fish-tortois-pig” stages in its course of embryonic development which is absent in Han medicine. Tibetan medicine is very creative in its knowledge on pregnant physiology and embryology.