Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.28

v1.c6.28

Jin dynasty and records the pathogenesis theory of Buddhist medicine. With translated classic/sutras as a medium of introduction, Buddhist medical theories appeared in traditional Chinese medicinal works. Tao Hongjing collected Ge Hong’s Zhou hou jiu zu fang (*Handbook of Prescription for Emergency*) and changed its name to *Hua Yang yin ju bu que zhou hou bai yi fang* (*Complements of Prescription for Emergency Written by the Hermit of Huayang*). The modification in the book’s name came from the theory of “four elements for human health and abnormality of one element for one hundred and one diseases.” Volume II of *Aversion to Wind in Zhu bing yuan hou lun* (*Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases*) written by Chao Yuanfang in the Sui Dynasty, places all the 404 kinds of diseases in sutras under the category of wind disease. Thus, there were 404 kinds of wind diseases. Chao Yuanfang then used the concept of five colours based on the theory of five elements to make it compatible with the theory of five winds. In his *Zhu bing yuan hou lun* (*Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases*), chapter X of volume XXVI entitled ‘The Parasitic Poison Diseases’ is devoted to “detoxification” and describes theories of “four elements for health” and “four abnormalities”. Sun Simiao of Tang Dynasty in the Preface of Volume I of his Bei ji qian jin yao fang (*Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency*), discusses Fourth Diagnosis adopting the theory of the sutra that “earth, water, fire and wind as well as harmony preserves humans.” He thus professed that, “Abnormality of one element will lead to 101 diseases” to “abnormality of one Qi will lead to 101 diseases.” Volume XXVII of Bei ji qian jin yao fang (*Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency*) mechanically applies the concept of 404 diseases to the theory of five viscera and changes “earth, fire, water and wind” into “cold, hot, wind in seven days" and "doctor king" coming from India's taixiang (fetal phases) theory, considerably influenced traditional Chinese medicine and Tibetan medical literature.