From the preface: "In view of the present day popularity of Tibetan medicine among the people of Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, northern borders of India and in foreign countries, the need for a pharmacopoeia need no emphasis here. It will be a prelude to the preparation of a standard pharmacopoeia for single drugs and compound preparations used by Tibetan physicians. It will also provide information about the ingredients and methods of preparation of these recipes to persons who are not acquainted with the traditional Tibetan culture including medicine. Earlier, the author published a formulary of Tibetan medicine containing only 164 recipes. In the present work Pharmacopoeia of Tibetan Medicine, description of 205 recipes is provided. Pharmacopoeia is a book of standards. The problems and methods of standardization are high-lighted in the introduction.

"Thousands of recipes are described in Tibetan classics and used by Tibetan physicians in their practice. Only the selected and more popular ones are included in this volume. These are culled from authentic medical texts. Some of the these classical recipes have been amended by the physicians to make them more effective. Some recipes which are not mentioned in classics but popularly used by physicians are also included in this work."No. 8792

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