Tibetan medicine (Tibetan external treatment)

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Tibetan medicine external treatment refers to a method of using instruments or external medicines to treat physical diseases. Tibetan medicine external treatments include bloodletting, rubbing, body rubbing, fire moxibustion and moxibustion, cupping, compress (hot and cold compress), decoction fumigation, puncture, medicinal bath, etc. According to the different methods, they are divided into three types: warm, strong, and fierce. The mild treatment methods include compress, medicinal bath therapy, and rubbing therapy; the stronger treatment methods include bloodletting, moxibustion, and puncture; the fierce external treatment methods include excision, cutting, enucleation, and extraction. The representative therapies in Tibetan medicine external treatment are: Tibetan medicine "bloodletting therapy" is a traditional treatment method that performs venous incision and blood conduction to achieve the purpose of treatment; "fire moxibustion" is a treatment method that uses the heat of fire and the effect of drugs to calm the disease and cold diseases at the site of onset, and achieves the eradication of cold and some heat diseases, mainly regulating qi and activating blood circulation; Tibetan medicine "gold needle therapy" is a treatment method that uses sharp instruments such as metal needles and knives to pierce certain acupuncture points and parts of the human body to remove fluid accumulation, pus, lumps, foreign bodies and pathogenic factors in the body. Under the impact of modern culture, many prescriptions and clinical experiences of Tibetan medicine have been lost or are on the verge of being lost, and Tibetan medicine external treatment is no exception. Many experiences of old Tibetan doctors are completely passed on orally, and the inheritance chain is very fragile. It is urgent to systematically organize and explore this ancient medical tradition.

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