古代彝医史料琐谈

彝族是我国古老的少数民族之一，早在４０００年前的母系社会就已经开始了原始的医药活动，在长期与疾病作斗争的过程中，彝族先民积累了丰富的医药知识，如针刺、药酒、草药等，并逐渐形成了以八方、八角、以及阴阳（雌雄）观为核心内容的传统的　医药理论体系。长期的地域封闭，使　彝医药很少与外界医学交流，以致至今仍保留有许多本民族医学固有的特色，从而为我们研究少数民族医药学的起源与发展提供了很好的素材。

FRAGMENTARY MATARIALS OF HISTORY OF YI-NATIONALITY MEDICINE

Early in the matriarchal society 4000 years ago, medical activities of the Yi-nationality had already begun. Through long process of struggle against diseases. the ancestor of Yi-nationality accumulated a huge wealth of medical knowlege, including acupuncture , medicinal wine and herbs, from which the theory of "Ba Fang" (eight-direction) "Ba Jiao" (eight-corner) and Yin-yang system were formed, and became the core of rationale of Yi-medicine. Due to geographical reasons, Yi-medicine was isolated and scarcely communicated with the outside world. Hence, so far it preserves much of its own features and thus, it offers excellent materials for the studies on the provenance and development of the medicine of Chinese minorities.