Embryology

Question 1

Three main causes of conception

Answer 1

Union of non-defective ཁུ (semen) of the father and ཁྲག (ovum) from the mother along with the consciousness of a being སེམས (sems)

Question 2

Nature of semen and ovum affected by རླུང (loong) disorders

Answer 2

རྩུབ (coarse)
ནག (darkish)
རོ (taste) བསྐ་ལ (astringent)

Question 3

Nature of semen and ovum affected by མཀྲིས་པས (tipa) disorders

Answer 3

རོ (taste) སྐྱུར (sour)
མདོག (color) སེར
དྲི་མ (smell) མནས (malodorous)

Question 4

Nature of semen and ovum affected by བད་ཀན (pakan) disorders

Answer 4

སྐྱ (pale)
འབྱར (sticky)
རོ་ (taste) མངར (sweet)
བསིལ་བ་སྟེ (cool natured) (?)

Question 5

Nature of semen that is non-defective

Answer 5

White in color, heavy in nature, sweet in taste and abundant in quality.

Question 6

Nature of blood (ovum) that is non-defective

Answer 6

Resembles tsoe sap (dye) and hare blood (red and fresh); easily cleaned with washing

Question 7

Menstruation happens to women of what ages?

Answer 7

Twelve to fifty years of age.

Question 8

The signs of menstruation

Answer 8

Feeling of general weakness, pale look, tenderness in the breasts and lower back, swelling of the eyelids and pelvis, and an increase in sexual desire.

Question 9

If conception happens on the odd day after menstruation, what sex will the child be?

Answer 9

male

Question 10

If conception happens on an even day after menstruation, what sex will the child be?

Answer 10

female

Question 11

The birth of a child of non-human form or a human form with physical deformities is due to what?

Answer 11

“Harmful influences” (provocation.)

Question 12

The signs of conception include…

Answer 12

Retention of reproductive fluids (non-menstruation?), feeling of sexual contentment, then lethargy and heaviness of the body.

Question 13

Semen contributes what parts to a child’s form?

Answer 13

Formation of skeletal tittues, the brain and spinal cord.

Question 14

Ovum/blood from the mother contributes to what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 14

Formation of muscle tissues, blood and vital and vessel organs.

Question 15

The functional properties of the element Earth forms what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 15

Flesh, bone, nose and sense of smell.

Question 16

The functional properties of the element Water forms what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 16

Blood, the tongue, the sense of taste and the body fluids.

Question 17

The functional properties of the element Fire forms what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 17

heat, complexion, the eye and visual sense.

Question 18

The functional properties of the element Air forms what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 18

respiration, formation of the skin and the sense of touch.

Question 19

The functional properties of the element Space forms what parts of a child’s form?

Answer 19

various channels in the body, the ear and the sense of hearing.

Question 20

Signs of imminent delivery

Answer 20

Feeling of lethargy,
dilation of the cervix,
heaviness in the lower part of the body,
sudden pain in the pelvic and lower back regions,
recurrent pain in the lower abdominal and genital regions,
complete dilation of the cervix,
excessive urination and
the onset of uncontrollable labor pain.