Secret: Kazakh medicine with a long history

Kazakh culture can be said to be grassland culture. In the rich and vast territory, the magical nature provides Kazakhs with various rich resources, especially in medicine. In this specific geographical environment, the Kazakh people who are brave in exploration are looking for ways to prevent diseases and protect health, and have also made great contributions to the history of Chinese medicine. Next, let me reveal the secret for you: Kazakh medicine with a long history.

Thousands of years of nomadic life have enabled Kazaks to accumulate rich experience in disease prevention and treatment; Through the continuous efforts of doctors from generation to generation, Kazakhs have finally created their own national medicine, which has made great contributions to the survival and development of their own nation.

Kazakhs are cross-border nomads, distributed in western China and Central Asia, while Chinese Kazakhs are mainly distributed in Yili, Tacheng and Altay in Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Thousands of years of nomadic life have enabled Kazaks to accumulate rich experience in disease prevention and treatment; Through the continuous efforts of doctors from generation to generation, Kazakhs have finally created their own national medicine, which has made great contributions to the survival and development of their own nation.

Kazakh medicine has a long history, which can be traced back to Hippocrates, the father of western medicine (460-373 BC). Hippocrates once lived in Serbian tribes and absorbed the civilization of Serbian people, who were also deeply influenced by Hippocrates. At that time, Serbs were one of the ethnic origins of Kazakhs, and Kazakh folk doctors are still commemorating and remembering Hippocrates.

Like other peoples who believe in Islam, Kazakh medicine has been influenced by the Pharmacopoeia of Ibn-Sīna (Avicenna) (980 ~ 1037), an Arab physician who lit the lamp of the Western Renaissance. In addition, he was influenced by Zhouyi in medical theory and had extensive exchanges with other ethnic medicine including Han medicine in medical technology.

Kazak medicine has its own unique theoretical system, and allert's Tugel theory (six elements theory) is the core of his medical theory. The six elements are natural attributes and the material basis of the universe. Kazakh medicine uses the theory of six elements (heaven, earth, light, darkness, cold and heat) to explain cosmic phenomena, guide medical theory and medical activities, and explain human physiology, anatomy, pathology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, drug properties, disease prevention and dietary principles.

The cycle and rise and fall of the six elements contributed to the germination, growth and rise and fall of all things; The mutual endowment, mutual transformation, interdependence and mutual restriction of the six elements lead to the origin, change and end of matter and life; The antagonistic relationship between the six elements constitutes the balance of ten substances in the human body, such as temperature, cold, elasticity, softness, exercise, sobriety, absorption, excretion, dryness and dampness. The imbalance of scales is the root cause of diseases.