Four Hundred and Four Diseases

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Four Hundred and Four Diseases (nad bzhi brgya rtsa bzhi)

  • A traditional pathological classification, comprising one hundred and one diseases associated with an imbalance of wind or vital energy, one hundred and one diseases associated with an imbalance of phlegm, one hundred and one diseases associated with an imbalance of bile, and one hundred and one diseases associated with an imbalance of all three humours in conjunction. See also Tibetan Medical Paintings, Vol. 1, p. 165. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)