[Explanation] The one-month "Dunhuang Mural Art Exhibition" was held at Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This time the exhibition is a high-definition copy of the Dunhuang Grottoes from the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, including many A rare picture of Dunhuang medical murals.
Wang Huihui, a graduate student of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, repeatedly looked at the "Teeth Wiping Diagram" and "The Diagram of Getting Medicine".
She said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, people used willow branches dipped in salt to brush their teeth, so it was said that "willow branches gargle their teeth", and the Dunhuang medical murals recorded this tooth cleaning habit.
[Concurrent] Wang Huihui, a graduate student of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The most important thing that we medical students deeply feel is that these three medical images, such as this (Teeth Wiping Picture), reflect that the ancestors used willow branches (soaked in salt) to brush their teeth, paying attention to hygiene, and it is also medical hygiene. Great progress in this regard.
[Explanation] Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stated that the exhibition will be held in the hope that teachers and students will pay attention to and study Dunhuang medicine, and promote the excavation of Dunhuang medical relics, so that the thousand-year-old prescription will benefit people today.
Dunhuang Medicine is a discipline concerning the sorting and research of Dunhuang scriptures, Dunhuang frescoes and other historical materials of Dunhuang cultural materials and medicine. In the Dunhuang scriptures, there are more than 130 volume numbers that record medical content.
Lin Xingyao, executive deputy director of the "Key Laboratory of Dunhuang Medicine and Translational Education of the Ministry of Education," said that Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine began to study Dunhuang medicine as early as the 1980s. The initial research began with documents. Researchers collected Dunhuang scriptures. , Microfilm began, looking for Dunhuang scriptures related to medicine.
[Concurrent] Lin Xingyao, Executive Deputy Director of "Key Laboratory of Dunhuang Medicine and Translational Education Ministry"
Among the Dunhuang scriptures, there are more than 130 volume numbers with medical-related content, some of which are relatively complete, some are incomplete, and even only a few dozen words.
Initially, the researchers sorted out the fragments of the only words and phrases, trying to interpret more medical content.
At the same time, in order to take advantage of Dunhuang Medical School's unique advantages, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine established Dunhuang Medical Research Institute in April 2008.
[Explanation] After several generations of research and collation, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has accumulated a series of research results on Dunhuang medicine, and formed a relatively complete theoretical system on this basis. At the same time, it learns from ancient medical prescriptions and medical records to explore and organize With unique methods of diagnosis, treatment and medication, Dunhuang Medicine also enters the classroom in the form of courses.
[Concurrent] Lin Xingyao, Executive Deputy Director of "Key Laboratory of Dunhuang Medicine and Translational Education Ministry"
At present, after several generations of continuous research, the research on Dunhuang medicine has achieved fruitful results. More than 20 books have been published, including the "Dunhuang Medical Research Dacheng" series, and characteristic diagnosis and treatment techniques such as Dunhuang Baihui moxibustion therapy have been developed. "Dunhuang Medicine" is a secondary discipline of master's degree, and the Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has established the first "Dunhuang Medical Specialty" in China.
[Explanation] It is reported that the Gansu authorities are also committed to the arrangement and clinical application of medical prescriptions in the Dunhuang medical murals. In the Dunhuang scriptures, "Dunhuang Zisu Jian", "Shenmiao Buxin Pill Recipe", "Dunhuang Daxiegan Decoction", etc. Hundreds of medical prescriptions are widely used in clinical practice.
Ai Qinglong Nanru Zhuoma Gaozhan reports from Lanzhou, Gansu
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]