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A Study of diagnosis theory in Tibetan Medicine

  • The Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
  • Abbr : JKMC
  • 2003, 16(2), pp.187~204
  • Publisher : 대한한의학원전학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

Kim, Ki Wook 1 Park Hyun-Gook 1

1동국대학교

ABSTRACT

Historically, Tibetan Medicine is not a spontaneous medicine, but an artificial medicine. And many theories come form various culture area. But that was encouraged by the Tibet government, as a result Tibetan Medicine had constructed characteristic systems that differ from Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine. However most of Korean people have thought that medicine is made of Western Medicine and Oriental Medicine, and they had overlooked various medical systems. Therefore we would introduce Tibetan Medicine into Korean people. This research is made of Tibetan Medicine in diagnosis theory. The results of this study are as Follows: Tibetan Medicine have used visual inspection(望診), palpation (切診), interrogation (問診) and listening(聞診) to diagnosis patient, inspection and palpation are similar to Oriental Medicine. Particularly, urine inspections are characteristic method, it is precise and various. 1. Urine inspections are used to decide Han(寒)and Re(熱). And it usually carried out in following clause: 1) color, 2) odor, 3) steam, 4) bubbles, 5) cream, 6) sediment, 7) condition of transformation 2. The palpation positions and arrangement. are similar to Oriental Medicine. The follow are comparison between Tibetan Medicine and Oriental Medicine. 1) Chong(衝) is similar to Cun(寸), left Chong has a close relation to Xin(心) and Xiao-Chang(小腸), right Chong has a close relation to Fei(肺) and Da-Clnng(大腸) 2) Gan(甘) is similar to Guan(關), left Gan has a close relation to Pi(脾) and Wei(胃), right Gan has a close relation to Gan(肝) and Dan(膽). 3) Qia(恰) is similar to Che(尺), left Qia has a close relation to Shen(腎) and San-Mu-Xiu(三木休), right Qia has a close relation to Shen(腎) and Pang-Guang(膀胱).

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