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SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON THEORETICAL ISSUES ABOUT NATURE OF CAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF VARIOUS DISEASES FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Background: An Essential and principal issue for Medical Science in general is to
diagnose and identify exact cause of given disease, and hence, to remove that particular
cause as means to healing. Then and then alone it will be a perfect medical treatment.
Unfortunately, there is tendency that we mistakenly put all of our efforts to only
removing some external characteristics those are not essential due to lack of certain
knowledge in some ways. That is to say, in case of having a clear theoretical
knowledge about main cause of any disease we would have great power and
opportunities for treatment. This enables us to strongly believe in some necessities for
doing some researches on illuminating above-mentioned issue through Traditional
Medicine, which considers mind as a main cause for human body and its various
conditions, theory about cause and conditions of various diseases.
Purpose: To do some clarifications on Traditional Medicine theory about causes of
diseases and compare with related explanations.
Objectives:
1. Putting light on how Traditional Medicine deal with causes of diseases by
investigating through its some root texts and their commentaries.
2. To do some comparative investigation on how Mahayana philosophy of
Buddhism deals with causes of diseases.
Results: Main root text, titled as 'Four Roots of Medical Science' of Traditional
Medicine, and its commentaries give elaborate accounts on mutual dependence of
human body and mind as well as root causes of various diseases. Thus, base of human
body is created by white and red drops of parents, whose bodies are made of five
elements, and mind continuum of previous life. When these three come together in one
base they become root cause for human body. If one of them is missing then it is not
possible to get human body. This is why source for causes of various diseases are
related to these three. Traditional Medicine classifies all diseases as related into body
and mind in general. Furthermore, Traditional Medicine classifies causes of body and
mind diseases into two categories called close and distant ones. Though, 'irrational
mind' plays as remote cause for both and this gives rise to three root contaminations
called attachment, anger and ignorance. While close cause of disease is the imbalance
of wind, bile and phlegm components of body those are generally in balance in the
healthy body due to three poisonous contaminations.
According to Mahayana teachings, ignorance is mind that does not know nature of all
things and further there are two types of ignorance. Ignorance that does not know
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selflessness is called 'Marig' while not knowing karma is called 'Dimug'. Due to
ignorance one perceives things mistakenly, creates doubts all the time, and hence, in
turn these generate contaminations. Logically, all actions are performed out of
ignorance and contaminations, and therefore, all types of diseases and sufferings are
originated depending on such actions.
According to 'Basics of Theory', brain is established when 'body sustaining channel'
goes up above to navel [1]. There it says, “Ignorance is depending on brain and hence
dullness and so on is depending on brain”. Furthermore, dullness is very close relative
for all improper minds, that is to say, condition for ripening of all types of
contaminations. According to “Reminding of Great Intention”, if one enjoys in sleeping
and dullness, then all faultiest elements of wind, bile and phlegm will be accumulated.
In turn these disturb the balance or health of body. If one take enjoyment in food out of
enjoyment in sleeping and dullness, then his or her stomach will be contaminated,
beauty of body will be degenerated and speech will be unclear. In general, whatever
mental factors those are not pacifying mind continuum is defilement or contamination.
For an instance, attachment is a strong desire towards whatever ignorant mind
perceives as desirable. It is just like oil absorbed in cloth is very difficult to remove.
While a type of mental factor seeks to harm towards sufferings such as other sentient
beings, pain and sharp weapons and so on is called anger. According to “Entering into
practice”, if one keeps anger all the time, ones mind will never be in peace and
happiness, and hence even cannot sleep well. A Strong anger can easily destroy ones
wealth and fame and so on.
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