藏医药是世代生活在雪域高原的藏族人民在与自然和各种疾病进行斗争的过程中积累形成的独具特色的医药学体系，是中国医学宝库中一颗璀璨的明珠。

Tibetan medicine, a unique medical system developed on the snow-covered highlands after generations of Tibetan people’s struggle against natural disasters and various diseases, is a bright pearl shining in the treasure-house of traditional Chinese medicine.

　   藏医药学的发展至少有2000多年的历史。据史料记载，西藏苯教创始人丹巴西绕，通过对自然界进行长期的观察和研究，总结出了世间万事万物的变化都是水、火、土、风四种元素相互作用的结果，四种元素影响着万物和人体的盛衰。这一理论奠定了藏医学理论的基础。

Tibetan medicine has a history of at least 2,000 years. According to historical records, Tonpa Shenrab, the founder of the Bon religion of Tibet, after a long-term observation and study on nature, came to a conclusion that all changes in the world were rooted in the interaction between water, fire, earth and wind, the four elements that exerted influence on the vicissitudes of everything and everybody. This idea laid a theoretical foundation for Tibetan medicine.

　   1200多年前，宇妥云丹贡布用毕生的精力完成了藏医巨著《四部医典》，把世代积累下来的藏医实践经验推向了一个理论化、系统化的高度，被很多研究者视为不可逾越的藏医学理论巅峰。

More than 1,200 years ago, Yuthog Yonten Gonpo spent a lifetime writing Four Medical Tantras, in which he theorized and systemized the medical practices accumulated through generations, making it a summit of Tibetan medical theories that cannot be surpassed in many researchers’ eyes.

　   这些色彩绚丽、内容庞杂的挂图是根据《四部医典》的内容绘制的。1000多年前，在没有任何透视技术的情况下，藏医就已经画出了世界上最早的人体胚胎发育图，展示了胎儿在母体中孕育成长的变化过程。据史料记载，藏医早在公元8世纪就可以进行复杂的外科手术，包括开颅术、胸外科手术等。

These wall charts of radiant colors and rich contents were drawn on the basis of Four Medical Tantras. Some 1,000 years ago, when X-ray technology hadn’t come into existence yet, Tibetan physicians had already drawn the earliest graphics of human embryonic development, showing the growing process of an embryo in its mother’s body. It is recorded that Tibetan surgeons were already able to operate complicated surgeries such as craniotomy and thoracic surgery in periods as early as the 8th century.