Contents: Foreword. Preface. Preamble. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. Tibetan text : Kha-'Thor Rin-Chen Phun-Po. 3. English translation. 4. Glossary of the technical terms. 5. Trilingual word list. 6. Technical usages. 7. Botanical names corresponding to Tibetan and Sanskrit. Bibliography.

"Tibetan medical knowledge is primarily based on the old clinical experiences in the observation of the patients. In the Tibetan medical practice medicine is usually taken from the nature and used for a specific method of treatment. Yuthog's (Gyu-thog yon-tan mgon-po) Kha-'thor rin-chen phun-po bzugs-so suggested that it is an overall treatment of the lack of proper balance of these major elements namely wind(rlun), bile(mkhris), and phlegm(badkan). The text deals specially with the curative aspect of chronic diseases like piles or hemorrhoids gzan-'brum, kidney disease mkhal-nad, etc. and simultaneously it describes the measurement of various herbal ingredients used for different diseases and their doses, prevention of diseases, medicinal recipes, preparation of recipes, method of treatment and others.

This work will be of interest both scholars and general readers mostly in the field of Ayurvedic medicine. It is an alternative mode of treatment which is safe as well." (jacket)