The main theories of Tibetan medicine

The theory of Tibetan medicine is that there are three major factors in the human body: "Lung" (qi) (blue color in the tree diagram), "Chiba" (fire) (red color in the tree diagram), and "Pei Gen" (earth and water) ( (yellow in the tree diagram)) three major factors; seven material bases of dietary essence, meat, blood, fat, bone, bone marrow, and essence; and three types of excretions: stool, urine, and sweat. The three factors govern the operation of the seven material bases and the three excretory substances. The "Lung" is responsible for qi and blood, limb movement, sensation of the five senses, transportation and decomposition of food, and reproductive function, etc.; the "Chiba" generates heat, regulates body temperature and color, manages hunger and thirst, digestion, and boldness and wisdom, etc.; and the "Peigan "Bacon" transports fluids, regulates fatness and thinness, and is in charge of taste, sleep and character. It is believed that the cause of human illness lies in the environment, climate and the influence of diet and living and the imbalance of the three major factors in the body. Its diagnostic method also uses observation, smell and examination, paying particular attention to the changes in tongue coating and the first urination in the morning. The disease is categorized into two main types: heat and cold, and patients are classified into "Long", "Chiba" and "Bacon" types. The medication is divided into internal and external treatments. Internal medication is based on the principles of "cold for hot" and "warm for cold". External treatment includes moxibustion, bloodletting, cupping, hot ghee to stop bleeding, and barley wine dregs to apply to the traumatized area, etc. The common medicines are prepared from a variety of drugs. Commonly used medicines are prepared by a variety of drugs, *** more than 1,400 kinds of drugs, some of which are specialty products of the Tibetan plateau.