From the Root Tantra of Tibetan Medicine Chapter One and Two

This is a distillation of information found in Root Tantra of Tibetan Medicine:

In the centre (of the mandala) is the "City of Medicine" called Tanadhug (lit. beautiful to behold).

In this city there is a palace made of five different precious substances, and is decorated with various types of precious medicinal jewels.

These Medicinal jewels cure the 404 disorders of

Loong, Tripa, Baekan, and Dhenpa.

They act as Cool medicine against Hot,

And, Warm medicine against Cold disorders.

They eliminate the 1008 kinds of interfering forces,

And, fulfil all wishes and needs.

This city is surrounded by Saffron Meadows and filled with the fragrance of incense.

Medicinal stones and salts are found in the rocks.

At the Centre of the Inconceivable palace, on the jewel throne of Lapis Lazuli, is seated the Medicine Buddha, The Supreme Healer, King of Aquamarine Light.

This Medicine Buddha is in a meditative concentration called

"The King of Medicine," which alleviates the 404 disorders.

In this meditation, hundreds of thousands of coloured rays are emitted from his heart in all ten directions.

These rays eliminate all the disorders of the three mental poisons that originate from ignorance (i.e. Delusion, Aversion, Attachment), and then return back to its heart.

Then the Medicine Buddha emitted hundred of thousands of coloured rays to the ten directions from his tongue, eliminating the defects of negative speech of all sentient beings in the ten directions, and the rays then return to his tongue.

"How can one study the Tantras of the Quintessential Instructions on the Science of Healing?"

"Learn and understand the Four Tantras:

1.) The Root Tantra

2.) The Explanatory Tantra

3.) The Oral Instruction Tantra

4.) The Subsequent Tantra."

"Learn and understand the Eight Branches:

1.) The body as a whole

2.) Paediatric disorders

3.) Gynaecological disorders

4.) Disorders caused by evil spirits

5.) Wounds

6.) Disorders caused by toxic substances

7.) Geriatric disorders

8.) Infertility."

"Learn and Understand the Eleven Sections:

1.) The basic summary

2.) The formation of the body

3.) The pathology

4.) The behavioural regimens

5.) Dietary regimens

6.) Pharmacology

7.) Medical instruments

8.) The maintenance of health

9.) Diagnostic approaches

10.) Methods of healing

11.) The practising physician."

"Learn and understand the fifteen categories:

1.) Healing the three Nyepa

2.) Healing disorders of the visceral organs

3.) Healing hot disorders

4.) Healing disorders of the upper part of the body

5.) Healing disorders of vital and vessel organs

6.) Healing disorders of the genitals

7.) Healing unclassified disorders

8.) Healing disorders which simultaneously develop lesions

9.) Healing paediatric disorders

10.) Healing gynaecological disorders

11.) Healing disorders caused by evil spirits

12.) Healing wounds

13.) Healing toxicities

14.) Healing geriatric disorders

15.) Healing infertility."

"Learn and understand the four compendiums:

1.) Pulse and Urine examinatin

2.) Pacifying medications

3.) Evacuative therapies

4.) The mild and drastic external therapies."

"Learn and understand the 156 chapters:

These are the 6 Chapters of the Root Tantra:

1.) Basis of Discussion

2.) Enumeration on Chapters of Discussion

3.) Basis of Health and Disease

4.) Diagnosis

5.) Therapeutics

6.) Summary"

In the South lies a mountain called Bigje (lit. Penetrative)

Which is endowed with energy similar to the Sun

The medicines on this mountain are hot, sour and salty.

They have hot and sharp potencies, curing Cold disorders.

In the North lies a mountain called Gangchen (lit. Snow Capped),

Which is endowed with energy similar to that of the Moon.

The medicines have bitter sweet and astringent tastes

with cool and blunt potencies to cure hot disorders

In the East lies a mountain called Poenyedhen (lit. fragrant).

The Roots cure disorders of bone.

The Trunks cure disorders of muscle tissues.

The Branches cure disorders of channels and tendons.

The Bark cures disorders of Skin.

The Leaves cure disorders of Vessel Organs.

The Flowers cure disorders of Sense Organs.

The Fruits cure disorders of the VItal Organs.

In the West lies a mountain called Malaya (lit. Garlanded)

This mountain has five types of Chongshi (Calcite),

Five types of Drak Shhun,

Five types of medicinal water,

Five types of hot springs.