唐以前祝由术在医疗中的应用

Medical application of the art of supplication before the Tang dynasty

唐以前（包括唐）的出土文献、传世古医籍、宗教文献中，都有关于祝由术治疗疾病的丰富记载。“医巫分家”之后，祝由术仍然被用于疾病的治疗和预防，涉及到内、外、妇、儿、五官、传染等临床各科。究其原因，一方面是因为某些疾病在古人看来是因鬼神、虫兽等作祟；另一方面，一些疾病使用其他方法治疗罔效，而祝由术却有一定的疗效，而为时人所接受。

Ample materials on diseases treated with supplication were seen on excavated texts, medical works from ancient time, and religious works before the Tang dynasty （including Tang dynasty）. Since the breaking up of witchcraft from medicine, there are still supplication applied in the treatment and prevention of diseases, including those of internal medicine, external medicine, women＇s and children＇s diseases, disease of the sense organs, and infections. There are dual reasons for this phenomena, one being the diseases caused by spirit and ghostss ; and the other being certain effectiveness of this art on some diseases not cured by other regular treatments, hence, its acceptance by secular people.