Study Report on Mongolian Traditional Medicine

Mitsunori Seino; Hideaki Shiren; Noriko Maruyama; Haruka Inokuma; Toshimune Namba; Takuji Yoshida; Masaki Yamada

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Study Report on Mongolian Traditional Medicine

VernacularTitle:Study Report on Mongolian Traditional Medicine
Author: Mitsunori SEINO ¹ ; Hideaki SHIREN ² ; Noriko MARUYAMA ¹ ; Haruka INOKUMA ¹ ; Toshimune NAMBA ¹ ; Takuji YOSHIDA ¹ ; Masaki YAMADA ¹
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1. Seino Acupuncture and Orthopedics Clinic
2. Juntendo University Medical Department
Keywords: Mongolian medicine; acupuncture treatment; moxibustion treatment; Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences; Mongolian traditional medicine
From:Kampo Medicine 2017;68(3):236-244
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: History of Mongolian medicine could be traced back to 2000 years ago. Mongolian traditional medicine has been built over many years. We traveled Mongolia to visit a hospital and a private clinic where traditional Mongolian medicine is in practice, and visited National University of Medical Sciences. In this paper, we report the current status of traditional medicine in Mongolia. We visited Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences and conversed with the president, vicepresident, and director of the traditional medical department. We visited a clinic where Mongolian traditional medicine is performed and a hospital where mainly traditional therapies and practical development are carried out. In the hospital, they mainly provide acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, cupping therapy, herbal therapy, and thermotherapy. It cannot be denied that moxibustion treatment came from Mongolia, because it is also said that ‘the north' in “Huangdi Neijing Suwen” chapter 12 means Mongolia. However, as there is a background once traditional medicine has been kept away from the national health care system, it is difficult to find a specific medical practice for Mongolian medicine as far as we have viewed the present status of medical practice in Mongolia. Considering that the cultural exchange with Japan is being carried out in many other fields, we expect that a number of new facts will come to light in the near future.