Who Did Ccompose the Dawai Gyalpo, the classic book of Tibetan Medicine

Manchey Dawai Gyalpo (sman dbyad zla ba’i rgyal po) or King of the
Moon, which is one of the outstanding treatises of Tibetan medicine, is attributed to works of multiple scholars. The book was firstly documented in the 8th century by Tibetan physicians named as Kyungpo Damtshug (wylie: kyung po dam tshugs) and Chokla Monbar (lcog la smon ‘bar), and a Chinese physician named Gyaphrug Garkhan (rgya phrug gar mkhan).
The documentation was mainly based on the indigenous healing knowledge of Tibet, and supplemented by essential medical knowledge of other systems. Later, Hashang Mahayana (hA shang ma hA ya na ) and Berotsana (be+e ro tsa na), a great translator of Tibet, re-edited the book.

This book contains hundred and three chapters, such as embryology, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic methods of urinalysis and pulse examination, remedial measures, treatment methods, and external therapies as well.

Note: translated from the Tibetan Dictionary of Traditional Tibetan Medicine

 1. Damdul, ed. Bod lugs gso rig tshig mdzod chen mo. ed. e.a. Dadhul. 2006, Peopel's minority publishing house: Beijing.