Atlas of Tibetan medicine is the rare pictorial artifact that belongs to art, culture and science of Central Asia’s and Tibet’s people. It features a complex of 76 sheets made in the form of thangka and written on the thin tailor-made linen canvas. Atlas of Tibetan medicine is the rare pictorial artifact that belongs to art, culture and science of Central Asia’s and Tibet’s people. It features a complex of 76 sheets made in the form of thangka and written on the thin tailor-made linen canvas.
The artifact contains illustrations for Tibetan medical tractate of the 17th century ‘Blue Beryl’ and is a part of the Buddhist doctrine. The Atlas’ sheets were the descriptive material for huvaraks (student monks). It was used for learning to gather herbs and prepare the medicaments as well as practicing bloodletting, needle therapy, the skill to use surgical instruments.
In 1999 the full set of Atlas of Tibetan medicine was exhibited for the first time at The Historical museum of Buryatia.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
