摘要
There isawell-knownproverbthathas spread across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau:"One cannot be a doctor unless he or she reads out the Four Medical Classics"This particular monographwas formed at the end of the 8th century and isa foundational work for traditional Tibetan medicine and pharmacology.It is actually of such high status that one could consider it on par with the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor.It is the most systematic,comprehensive,and essential set of theories concerning traditional Tibetan medicine and pharmacology.
