Background: Problems related to sleep affect approximately 23-56% of the world’s population. In Mongolia, the prevalence of non-organic sleep disorders is estimated at 27.9%, among which 42.2% of the population have poor sleep quality. Long-term insomnia can have a negative impact on an individual’s normal work and life, increasing the risk of various health problems. Severe insomnia can reduce work efficiency and concentration, thereby causing serious harm. Traditional medicine has a long history of treating insomnia. However, there are currently no systematic studies on insomnia based on ancient traditional medical books. Goal: Based on the ancient medical literature of traditional medicine, identify the underlying diseases that cause insomnia and compare their symptoms. Materials and Methods: We adopted the checklist method to list the relevant information of insomnia from the literature, providing a prerequisite for further analysis and the issue of syndrome differentiation of insomnia was analyzed by using comparison methods.
The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences at its meeting on June 24, 2025 (No. 04), and ethical clearance was granted for the conduct of this study. Results: The research materials we selected did not describe insomnia as a dedicated chapter, but mentioned the content related to insomnia in the form of disease symptoms, such as terms like ”sleeplessness”, ”reduced sleep” and ”light sleep”. We explore the underlying diseases of insomnia based on the above symptoms related to insomnia and analyze the syndrome differentiation of insomnia. Exploring the underlying disease of insomnia:
1. Insomnia caused by diseases resulting from Wind include Wind delirium, palpitations, bone marrow Wind, heart Wind, lung Wind, Wind-induced diabetes, Wind tsbs.
2. Insomnia caused by diseases resulting from Bile include heat Bile, heart Bile, liver sdembu, deficiency heat, Invisible heat and epidemic heat.
3. Other diseases include mugpo spreads to the heart, heart chuser, trichomoniasis and childhood evil spirit disease.
We also compared the symptoms of the underlying diseases that cause insomnia and listed their similarities and differences. Conclusion The underlying etiologies of insomnia were categorized into Wind, Bile, Mugpo, yellow fluid, parasitic and evil spirit disorders. Accordingly, effective management of insomnia requires differentiation based on the primary disease and an individualized treatment approach that integrates both etiological and symptomatic therapies.

Background: A comparative study of classical medical texts within Traditional Medicine provides a vital framework for uncovering the origins, development, transmission, and historical significance of healing traditions. This approach highlights a specific culture’s contribution to medical knowledge and reflects the intricate interplay of religion, culture, and philosophical thought embedded in those eras. Aim: To conduct a comparative analysis of the depictions of the “Medicinal Mandala” as described in the first chapter of the “Root Tantra” section in the two classical medical sources Sorig Bumshi and Gyudshi. Materials and Methods: This research examines two foundational Tibetan medical texts—Sorig Bumshi and Gyudshi—using theme-based classification and content analysis methodologies grounded in textual source criticism. Results: The findings confirm that Sorig Bumshi, a Bönpo medical text from the ancient Zhangzhung civilization, was composed earlier. The great translator Byaruzana translated it from the Zhangzhung language, after which Yuthok Yönten Gönpo and collaborators edited, revised, and systematized the text to form Gyudshi, embedding it in Buddhist epistemological frameworks. Conclusions 1. The medicinal mandala of Gyudshi—structured around a central "beautiful medicinal city" surrounded by four directional mountains—demonstrates a refined adaptation of the more expansive, sacred mandala depicted in Sorig Bumshi, which is centered on Olmo Lung Ring, a Bönpo pure land rich in symbolic geography. 2. The numerical values recorded in both texts—particularly the recurring use of 360 and 404—suggest different paradigms in medical theory. Sorig Bumshi embeds these numbers within a Bön cosmological and ritual context (e.g., 360 deities, mountains, and healing lakes), while Gyudshi reinterprets them under Buddhist causal reasoning (e.g., 404 diseases derived from wind, bile, phlegm, and karma). This transformation reflects a shift from Bön to Buddhist medical epistemology through selective integration and doctrinal refinement.

Background: Khamba Nomyn Khan Luvsandanzanjantsan’s “Man ngag bdud rtsi zegs ma” sutra was the main research material for doctors, researchers, and students of traditional medicine. The book “Man ngag bdud rtsi zegs ma” has 18 pages of the sutra and is one of the five main books in the traditional medicine of Khamba Nomyn Khan. He summarized his experience and lessons learned in differential treatment of fever, some of the most common diseases in women, and medical care for 22 diseases such as wind, bile, and phlegm, measles, mumps, gonorrhea, edema, cold, and so on. We have studied the medical treatment of colds from these treatments. Luvsandanzanjantsan was not only a famous scientist who penetrated many fields of knowledge but also expanded the research work of Mongolian medicine and became the first Mongolian doctor to study medicine, which is based on Tibetan medicine, based on the Indian Ayurvedic medicine in Outer or Khalkh Mongol. Our research, on the one hand, analyzes the versified translation of Luvsandanzanjantsang’s “Man ngag bdud rtsi zegs ma,” and on the other hand, explains the importance of theory and practice in the book with the example of medicine for treating gnyan rims, which means in modern medicine as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Aim: To explain the theoretical and practical significance of Lamyn Gegeen LuvsandanZanjantsan’s “Drops of Healing Nectar” (poetic translation) by using the example of a medicine for treating the common cold. Materials and Methods: Analysis refers to breaking down or separating components of an object or phenomenon selected for study. Through analytical reasoning, each essential characteristic of the object becomes more apparent within its constituent parts. Analysis is a necessary cognitive and logical process that accompanies the act of examining an object in detail. Using this approach, the study analyzed and interpreted the medicinal applications for treating the common cold described in Lamyn Gegeen LuvsandanZanjantsan’s “Drops of Healing Nectar.” The results of the analysis were synthesized using the analysis–synthesis method. Results: The main material of this study, “Drops of Healing Nectar” by LuvsandanZanjantsan, served as a key reference for medical students of the time. The text made the study of “The Root of Therapeutics” from the classical Indian and Tibetan medical work “The Four Tantras of Medicine” more accessible and comprehensible.⁵ Conclusion The “Drops of Healing Nectar,” an 18-page treatise written by Khamba Nomun Khan LuvsandanZanjantsan, includes treatment methods for 22 diseases such as disorders of wind (rlung), bile (mkhris-pa), phlegm (bad-kan), blood, edema, fever, inflammation, and organ-specific ailments. Drawing not only from his own experience but also from numerous authoritative Indian and Tibetan medical texts, this work compiles the most reliable treatment methods known at the time.

Introduction: In traditional medicine, theories concerning the causes of disease have historically developed in close association with Buddhist philosophical thought. This interrelationship is consistently reflected in the works of prominent physicians and scholars from India, Tibet, and Mongolia. Öösöö törsön ukhaan nert khanii tuuj by Undur Gegeen Zanabazar presents disease causation through symbolic and narrative expressions. A comparative examination of this work alongside classical medical treatises provides a conceptual framework for understanding the integration of philosophical doctrine and medical theory. Goal: The objective of this study is to comparatively examine the concept of disease causation articulated in Öösöö törsön ukhaan nert khanii tuuj and the explanations presented in the classical texts Four Medical Tantras and Altan Khadmal. Materials and Methods: The primary materials for this study consist of Öösöö törsön ukhaan nert khanii tuuj by Undur Gegeen Zanabazar and foundational classical texts of traditional medicine. The research employs an integrated methodological approach combining source criticism, hermeneutic analysis, comparative methods, and analysis–synthesis. Key terms, semantic meanings, and symbolic narratives within the selected sources were systematically analyzed and compared. Results The results demonstrate that the symbolic depictions of ignorance, anger, and desire in Öösöö törsön ukhaan nert khanii tuuj are conceptually consistent with the theory of distant (root) causes of disease as described in classical traditional medical texts. While classical medical texts articulate disease causation through structured philosophical and logical frameworks, the narrative form of the tuuj conveys equivalent theoretical content through imagery and symbolism, thereby enhancing conceptual accessibility.
These findings suggest that Undur Gegeen Zanabazar’s teachings constitute a comprehensive intellectual system integrating Buddhist philosophy, religious doctrine, and the theoretical foundations of traditional medicine. Symbolic narrative thus emerges as a coherent and effective mode for transmitting medical knowledge within the broader traditional epistemological context.

: In our country, burnt occupies a high percentage among the unexpected injuries depending on the living conditions.
Children and adults who have recovered after treatment in the burn unit may need further treatment, such as surgery to release the burn scar especially, on the movable joint of the body. It requires a lot of money. Therefore, in order to accelerate healing and solve their economic difficulties, ingredients that have been used in traditional medicine but have been proven to be effective in the past century and not used in the field of health today, should be selected from ancient medical scriptures and books and confirmed by clinical trials and introduced into the clinic. I have chosen this topic for research work. Research materials and methodology: The experimental research work was carried out based on the laboratory of the Institute of Traditional Medicine Technology and the standard methodology of modern pharmaceutical science, and according to the standard methodology of pharmacology, 2.5*2.0*2.5cm sized burn wounds were administered to white Wistar rats weighing 180-200g.
On days 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 after the formation of the pathological model, and histological analysis of the wound healing area was performed, and the healing rate of the wound area was evaluated by mathematical calculations, and the process was confirmed by photographs. Result: By planimetry, the size of the burn wound was reduced by 2 times in the X1 treatment group compared to the control group on the 28th day. According to the results of histological analysis, inflammatory cells and hyper proliferation of fibroblast cells in the dermis layer of the rats in the untreated control group were reduced, and the bundles of collagen fibers were relatively orderly. Conclusion According to the size of the wound healing area and the histological analysis results, it was found in our research that among the tested groups, the inflammatory, granulation, and regeneration stages of the wound healing in the Version 1 group were relatively active or in a short time, and they regenerated the skin tissue.

Background: The following ancient medical book currently known to us is relatively detailed about ring srel. Herein: a handwritten sutra by Darmo maaramba Luvsanchoidog called “legs bshad be ed’u dkar po’i ‘phreng ba zhes bya ba bzhugs so”. However, there is no academic research on the medicinal use of this supreme precious medicine ring srel in Mongolia. Therefore, we have chosen this topic to make it possible to use the written medical scriptures and woodblock books written about ring srel for research and training, especially to explain and interpret the supreme precious medicine in detail. Purpose: We will study the facts about ring srel in Darmo maaramba Luvsanchoidog’s “ legs bshad be ed’u dkar po’i ‘phreng ba zhes bya ba bzhugs so” manuscript, enrich it with information about ring srel in other ancient medical books, and explain some words. Conclusion Supreme precious medicine is a word that means ring srel in Tibetan, a relic in English or whitish, pill-like stuff from cremation residues, and sharil or chandar (cremains) in Mongolian. There are four categories of ring srel: Body ring srel, hair, and nails ring srel, mustard seed-like ring srel and dharma body ring srel. There are five colors of the ring srel: white from bones, red from flesh, blue from yellow water, gold from skin so on. If we distinguish each of its uses, from the medical point of view: Demons and evil spirits, all diseases can not be attacked and not harmed, and from the ritual point of view: it is said that everything you wish to do by keeping it on your body and wearing it on your body will come true.

Introduction: In “Bencao gangmu” (李时珍本草纲目 Compendium of Materia Medica) written by Li Shizhen in 1590 mentioned that “Khublai’s Fundamental Principles of food and Drink” (忽必烈飲膳正要) instead of “Fundamental Principles of Food and Drink” by Khusekhui. “Compendium of Materia Medica” is an encyclopedic work on traditional Chinese materia medica before the 16th century. It was compiled and written by Li Shizhen (1518-1593), a medical expert of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The compendium is the most complete and comprehensive medical book ever written in the history of Traditional Chinese medicine. It has been translated, totally and partially, in more than 20 foreign languages, including Japanese, Korean, Latin, French, German, English, Russian, etc. It has been reprinted over 100 times in the past 400 years and is still used by scientists, professionals, and practitionars of the fields as a monumental reference work. Why was famous herbalist Li Shizhen highlighted “Khublai’s Fundamental Principles of Food and Drink”?. Based on the “Bencao gangmu”, the title of the book was “Fundamental Principles of Food and Drink”, but its popular name was “Khublai’s Fundamental Principles of Food and Drink”. Methods: We used following study methods; manuscripts, primary source methods, hermeneutic method, analysis-synthesis method. Results: According to the general content of the foreword by Minister Yuji and Khusihui (Husihui), the “Fundamental Principles of the Food and Drink” is not a newly developed work. Khublai Khan provided the motivation and basis for compiling this book. Conclusion “Fundamental Principles of the Food and Drink” is based on the use of herbal medicine and food that was founded by Khublai Khan and evaluated and selected and the actual consumption of the food and drink of eight Mongolian Khans from Khublai (1260-1294) to Zayat Khan (1328-1332). Before Husehui’s book “Fundamental Principles of the Food and Drink” was published, some information related to Mongolian food and drink can be found in the “ Secret history of the Mongols”.

Background: Diseases of the digestive system are one of the leading causes of global morbidity, and liver disease is the leading cause, accounting for 52.34% of 100,000 population in Asian countries. In Mongolia, cirrhosis accounted for 32.4% of all liver diseases in 2019.
In traditional medical treatment, liver cirrhosis is included in the scope of chronic diseases and compared with liver’s smug po disease for treatment. In this study, we aimed to clarify the mechanism of action of Tumrinn talkh-7, which is widely used in the treatment of liver diseases, especially in the treatment of liver diseases. Materials and methods: In our study, we used the book named “Oral Instruction Tantra” as main reference material and for research methods, we used the checklist method to list relevant information about the pathogenesis of liver smug po and Tumriin Talkh-7 traditional drug from the literature, so as to provide preconditions for further analysis. The pathogenesis of liver smug po and the action mechanism of Tumriin Talkh-7 were analyzed by theoretical analysis methods and the analysis-synthesis method was used to summarize the analysis results. Results: Due to the hot conditions, the blood heat will increase occur. Due to the cold conditions, food absorption is impaired bad blood is formed in the liver. This is how Smug po disease occurs. Tumriin talkh-7 traditional drugs should be analyzed in relation to the transformation of liver smug po disease.
Iron dust is treating heat liver smug po removed.
Calcitu-CaCO3 is clear phlegm heat.
Dracocephallum foetidum Bge. is cures stomach and liver heat.
Inula helenium L. is equable and cures all liver Smug po diseases.
Saussurea lappa L. is sharp, warm nature, regulating wind-blood disorder.
Trogopterus xanthipes mine Edwards is treating old liver disease.
Carthamus tinctorius L. is saffron cures all liver diseases. Conclusions Pathological blood caused by cold and heat factors leads to liver smug po disease. Tumriin Talkh-7 is a cold drug with the effect of treating hot liver smug po disease.

“Tanjur” is the greatest sutra written on thick Chinese muutuu paper with red nature dust paint size 22,7 x 71,8 cm and has 107839 pages. It is the largest collection of ten great and small sciences (philosophy, technology, logic, medicine, philology, astrology, model dance, poetics, Abhidarma, and composition) created by ancient Indian and Tibetan scientists and panditas. The Mongolian dust paint printed Tanjur had been translated from Tibetan into Mongolian by over 200 translators under the supervision of reincarnated Janjaa Rolbiidorj and Shireet Luvsandambiinyam between 1741 and 1742 and had been printed in Beijing between 1742 and 1749.
To print “Mongolian Tanjur” from blocks, 2160.9 ounces of silver were used. The “Mongolian Tanjur” contains 8 Indian Ayurvedic medical books. As a result of this research, we have briefly explained each of the 8 Ayurvedic medical books. Namely:
1. “One Hundred Medical Preparations” composed by Nagarjuna Acharya,
2. “Medical Advice for Longevity” composed by Nagarjuna Acharya,
3. “Ritual Ava Medicine” composed by Nagarjuna Acharya,
4. “Essence of Eight Branches” written by master Vagbhata,
5. “An Explanation of Medical Practices called “The Essence of the Eight Branches” written by master Vagbhata,
6. “A Commentary on the Essence of the Eight Branches called Rays of Moonlight on the Meaning of the Words” written by the Kashmiri Candranandana,
7. “Lexicon of Medical Terms from the Commentary on the Essence of Eight Branches” written by the Kashmiri Candranandana and
8.“A powerful healer to treats all diseases and promotes physical strength” written by Sivadasa.
Ayurveda is perceived as one of the most ancient and well-documented systems of medicine, equally relevant in modern times. Its holistic approach, whether for healthy individuals or diseased ones, remains unparalleled. Prevention of disease and promotion of health are the main objectives of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is an ancient medicine system of the Indian subcontinent. It is said to have originated in India about 5000 years back. The word Ayurveda is a conjugation of two Sanskrit words, “ayus,” meaning “life,” and “Veda,” meaning “science,” thus, it literally means the 'science of life. Unlike other medicinal systems, Ayurveda focuses more on healthy living than the treatment of diseases.

Background: In 2011-2020, WHO approved the Global Strategy for Traditional Medicine. The strategy states that "The trend of using traditional medicine and alternative medicine as a source and resource for health care is expanding worldwide."
In this regard, it is important to develop a policy and methodology to develop a proper combination of traditional and modern medicine. Also, there are demands to study and solve the problems of ensuring the safe, effective, quality, availability, and appropriate use of medicines and treatments. Purpose: Finding traditional medicinal recipes containing the herb Veronica incana L from the ancient Mongolian medical books written by famous Mongolian scientists Jambalchoizhidanzanperenlei, Luvsandorj, and Jigmeddanzanjamts. Research materials and methods:
1. Research materials: Jambalchoijidanzanperenlei. gso rig bstan bcos mtha' dag gi snying po rnams phyogs gcig tu bsdus pa man ngag rin chen 'byung gnas bzhugs so. Wooden printing block with Tibetan script. Luvsandorj. sman sbyar tshad kyi skor rnams che long tsam phyogs gcig tu bkod ba kun phan bdud rtsi'i snying bo zhes bya ba bzhugs so). Wooden printing block with Tibetan script. Jigmeddanzanjamts. rgya badmkhas grub du ma'i gzhung lugs dam pa gong ma rnams kyi man ngag zhal shes lag len myong grub gnad don gnyen po ngo sprod mdzub tshugs dmar khrid kyi bkod pa mthong ba don gsal dga' byed snying po'i rnam gsal bzhugs so. Wooden printing block with Tibetan script.
2. Research methods: Methods of textual analysis for ancient books and checklist methods were used in the study. Conclusion Medicinal recipes containing the herb Veronica Incana L were sampled from the ancient medical books surveyed. There are 6 recipes in the book of Jambalchojidanzanperenlei, 3 recipes in the book of Luvsandorj, and 2 in the book of Jigmeddanzanjamts, a total of 11 ingredients. In general, these ancient medical books had a significant impact on the development of traditional Mongolian medicinal prescriptions. Therefore, even today, these works are still important in the theory of pharmaceutical composition and the practice of drug therapy.