1Mongolian and Korean Oriental Medical Centre, Mongolia
2National University of Inner Mongolia, China
3Achtan Elite" Hospital
4Chinese and Mongolian Hospital, Inner Mongolia, China
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Moxibustion although nowadays adopted in other countries, is a curative method which was unique to Mongolia. It is well-suited to our continental, cold and changeable climate and to nomadic living conditions. A very ancient report on Mongolian Traditional Medicine was noted in the "Huang Di Neijing" the book of Traditional Chinese Medicine written more than 2000 years ago. According to this book, moxibustion came from beyond the north of China. North of China is Mongolian territory and it is known to have very cold climate, people who eat dairy products and who live in the open, meaning nomadic people or the dwellers within felt walls, ac=cording to another text. Another interesting fact is brought to light in the fifth chapter of the Root Tantra of "The Secret Oral Tradition of the Eight Branches of the Science of Healing" (Four Medical Tantras in all), collected by Yuthog Yontan Gonpo the elder (First great Tibetan doctor). He noted that "Mongolian moxa cauterisation (Khorji-Meza) was a treatment for disorderly khii otherwise wind"1. Mongolian moxa consists ofFoeniculum vulgare tied up in felt, after which it is immersed in hot oil and applied points of the body associated with the wind. These historical facts testify that moxibustion therapy was first invented and used by Mongolian people, and was then introduced to China over 2000 years ago. It follows then, that Mongolian moxibustion was the precursor of both Chinese and Tibetan moxibustion treatment.
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