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@#Choijamts,the Buddhist image-maker and gelon of the Niislel Khuree (Capital Camp), lived during the last period of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote a book “Gsorig zhungmangbsduspa›ibdudrtsi›isnyingpotshagrangzug rnguselba›ingomtshardga› stongtermdzodzhesbyababzhugs so” in short ngomtshardga› stongtermdzod. This is the comprehensive book about Traditional Mongolian medicine in Tibetan language and written by Mongolian scholar. In his book, the general diagnostic methods of traditional medicine consists of 3 parts: interrogation, pulse diagnosis, and analyzing patient’s urine. The diagnostic method in pediatrics in traditional medicine is based on the general method but different in some ways in consistence with the classification of diseases in children. For instance, there are 3 diagnostic methods in “Ngo mtshardga› stongtermdzod” are as follows:</br> 1. Inquire the symptoms of children from parents and examine the children’s faces</br> 2. Research the method of examining ear veins, identify its scientific nature, and open up possibility to use it in training</br> 3. Define the content and characteristics of methods of examining hot and cold quality of child’s ear by touching, and checking color and shape of veins and include these in curriculum of universities that offers traditional medicine program.</br> There are a number of interesting approaches to the diagnostic of children›s illnesses in the scope of the Sutra of “Ngo mtshardga› stongtermdzod”. In the future, there is a need for detailed study of each of these methods and input it into the curriculum,and teaching for medical students are essential.
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@#Choijamts, the Buddhist image-maker and dge long of the Niislel Khuree (Capital Camp), lived during the last period of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote a book “Gso rig gzhung mang bsdus pa’i bdud rtsi’i snying po tsha grang zug rngu sel ba’i ngo mtshar dga’ ston gter mdzod zhes bya ba bzhugs so” in short ngo mtshar dga’ ston gter mdzod. This is the comprehensive book about Traditional Mongolian medicine in Tibetan language and written by Mongolian scholar. </br> In the chapter 126, Choijamts mentioned a special treatment hi calls “Mongol cure.” In this chapter, patients have a bath with boiled, hot, and warm essences with ingredients of distilled whey, mare’s milk, vodka, tea, salt, salt-marsh, and Artemisia absinthium. Artemisia was use in order to cure kidneys, bad blood, and bile, hands, and legs to become numb, rheumatism, and bam-scurvy. Also it was mentioned that it is very good to cure tsagaan huyan (chronic of nerves) diseases and other radiculopathy. Careful preparations of that cure are vital before the Mongol cure-whey treatment begins. </br> Choijamts classified 30 commonly occurring diseases out of 64 wind diseases plus 47 bile’s diseases into warm and cold diseases. Also he divided phlegm into own root and other’s root. Then he classified further 6 common diseases out of 41 own root diseases and other’s root diseases as ulcer (bor uvchin) and chronic phlegm (badgan) disease in respiratory organ. Also he taught that ulcer is warm disease and phlegm is cold disease. In addition, he healed 30 wind diseases with 3 different medicines. </br> In addition, he mentioned that what kind of prescription is more effective to the diseases based on his own experience. Specifically, he describes how to choose the most popular prescription and how to prescribe the prescriptions in terms of weather and body temperament.