Indo-Tibetan medicine enshrined in Rgvud bzi which was originally composed in Sanskrit and still available in Tibetan is a veritable treasure of centuries of accumulated experience with rational fundamentals and scientifically analysable therapeutic measures meant for the preservation and promotion of Positive health, and prevention and cure of obstinate and otherwise incurable diseases.

The present effort is to give the Sanskrit equivalents on the basis of Ayurvedic texts like Vagbhta's Astanga-hrdaya of which both the original Sanskrit and Tibetan translation are available. On the basis of this equivalent terminology, the text of Rgyud bzi is rendered into English in a narrative form. In future, this will also help in restoring the original Sanskrit text, which, as the opening sentence of this translated text shows, was known as Amrta-hrdaya-astanga-guhyopa-desa-tantra.

This present encyclopaedia will be published in 15 volumes. The first part of this work is already published as the first volume of this series.
The first twelve chapters were published in Vol. 2 of this series. Chapter no. 13-21 were published in Vol. 3 of this series. The present Vol. 4 of this series comprises the remaining chapters no. 22-31.
Encyclopaedia of Tibetan Medicine Vol 4, Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, Sri Satguru Publications, Hardcover, 133 pp, $45.00

CONTENTS: Encyclopaedia of Tibetan Medicine Vol. 4
The present Vol. 4 of this series comprises chapters no. 22-31 from Bsad Pa'i rgyud (Skt.: Akhyata tantra).

• Chapter no. 22 deals with various types of surgical instruments.
• Chapter no. 23 deals with preventative medicine.
• Chapter nos. 24-25 deals with different methods of examination of a patient.
• Chapter no. 26 deals with the curability, palliability and incurability of diseases in various situations.
• Chapter nos. 27-31 deal with different modes of treatment.
• Chapter no. 31 deals with different aspects of the Physician who is considered to be the chief instrument of treatment.