[Research of Zhanbra Dorje's contribution on the development of Mongolian medicine].

Zhanbra Dorje, a famous Mongolian physician, is one of the top ten Mongolian scientists. He firstly presented the illustrations for 561 kinds of Mongolian materia medica in his book, Classic Canon of Mongolian Materia Medica, which was greatly helpful to the recognition, collection, using, learning, research and identification of Mongolian materia medica. In this book, he annotated the name of Mongolian materia medica by four kinds of languages, which contributed significantly to the academic and cultural exchanges among Mongolian, Tibetan, Han and Manchu medicine. He also cleared up the confusion of the name of Mongolian materia medica, which led to the irrational use of materia medica, and improved the qualities and clinical effects of Mongolian patent medicine. In addition, he pointed out 82 acu-points and their locations for moxibustion with relevant indications, which promoted actively to the maturity and systematization of Mongolian traditional therapeutics.