Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.18

v1.c6.s2.t4.18

*Supplement to Valuable Prescriptions* also collected medical mantras with Indian Tantric colour, such as “spell eliminating ghosts” in volume 13 and “method of forbidden order for harmonious family” in volume 30 of *Forbidden Sutra*, Part II, which showed that Sun Simiao absorbed knowledge of Indian medicine and religion. Although Jīvaka’s medical prescriptions under the pen of Sun Simiao has source factors of Indian medical science, they had not been pure Indian prescriptions. A lot of elements of traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist medicine had been added, which showed the tendency of combining Chinese medical science with Indian medical science in the Tang Dynasty.