1.Jambaldorj, One Of The Mongolian Greatest Scholar’s Contribution To Inedtify Pharmaceutical Raw Material
Altanchuluu D ; Amarshaikhan D ; Seesegdorj S
Journal of Oriental Medicine 2016;10(1):41-44
Introduction: Nowadays, to correctly identify and use
pharmaceutical raw materials, furthermore, to
understand whether certain medicinal substances difference and to
know possibility of replacement of
foreign pharmaceutical materials with local pharmaceutical
materials is becoming a facing problem.
For those reasons, we took a textbook named “Beautiful eyes-
Uzesgelent nuden chimeg” as a research
material, knows as a masterpiece, composed by Jambaldorj,
Mongolian famous scholar, originally held in
Tibetan language. This textbook has names of pharmaceutical raw
materials in Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian
and Sanskrit languages, contained methods to identify overall 879
raw materials and its growing locations,
provided by 576 illustration figures. In our research, we used
historical anthropology, historical comparative
and hermeneutic methods.
Result:In the “Beautiful eyes –Uzesgelent nuden chimeg”, wooden
pharmaceutical raw materials were
classified into 1.Root 2.Scion 3.Wood 4.Branch 5. Shoot 6. Bark 7.
Pitch 8. Leaf9. Flower10.Seed and 98
species of raw materials used in medicine were explained in it. In
order to make it effective, appearance of
each raw material is illustrated by 2-5 figures, showing which parts
are used for medicine. From 98 species
of wooden raw materials, Jambaldorj had written 98 in Tibetan, 41
in Mongolian, 46 in Chinese, 42 in
Manchu and only 14 in Sanskrit language. On the other hand,
strength, growing locations and parts that used
in medicine of 40 species of pharmaceutical raw materials were all
described. By analyzing 27 objects that
Jambaldorj had criticized as a mistake, we determined 20 of them
were his right, 2 of them were inaccurate
and 5 of them were required further investigations.
Conclusion: Naiman toinJambaldorj’s work was valuable for
identifying and using raw materials in past, but
still valuable resource for research and correction. Thus, it is a
clear evidence to identify Mongolian
scholar’s contribution to traditional medicine.