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Brief Introduction to Medicine of Ethnic Minority Groups
Chinese medicine is not only medicine of Han people,
but also medicine of other ethnic groups. The ethnic minority groups --
including Tibetan, Mongol, Uygur, Korean, Zhuang, Dai, Yi, Miao, Lahu, Oroqen,
and so on --, living under different geographical locations and cultures, create
medicines with their own characteristics.
These medicines' current status differs because of the ethnic groups'
different histories and cultures. Some ethnic groups not only have lots of
treatment methods in medicine, but also have many theories. Other ethnic groups
retain a few books scattered among the people; these books need to be sorted
out. And there are still some ethnic groups who transmit their medicine orally.
Some ethnic minority groups adopt the medicine of Han and medicine from other
countries when forming their own medicine. For instance, Tibetan medicine adopts
contents of Han and ancient Indian medicine, while Mongolian medicine takes in
contents of Han, Tibetan, and Russian medicine and so on.
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