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Mongolian Healing

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Knowledge, Transmission and Practice Across Inner Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvLi Narangoa,Natasha Fijn,Benedikte V. Lindskog

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Mongolian Healing: Knowledge, Transmission and Practice Across Inner Asia explores the rich and diverse medicinal healing practices by Mongolian communities across Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Kalmykia.This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to examine knowledge systems and practises related to healing therapies, including nomadic healing, ritual practises including shamanic healing, water as a source for healing in the landscape and the art of Mongolian bonesetting. The second part of the book delves into the institutionalization of Mongolian medicine across Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, tracing its adaptation and its continuing presence in both urban and rural contexts, within contemporary healthcare systems, such as the hospital, laboratory and clinic. Through a Mongolian-oriented lens, this volume sheds light on the resilience and adaptability of Mongolian healing and medical traditions in the face of social, political and cultural transformations across history. Combining historical, anthropological and medical perspectives, it offers the first comprehensive account of how these practices have continued to thrive and adapt, bridging ancient knowledge with contemporary applications. As a part of broader Asian medical traditions, this volume is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners and anyone interested in the dynamic interplay of ancient wisdom and ongoing innovation across Inner Asia.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-13
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHealth, Medicine, and Science in Asia
Antal sidor296
FörlagAmsterdam University Press
ISBN9789463729697

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Acknowledgements viiTerminology and Spelling ixList of Contributors xiList of Figures xiiiList of Maps xvList of Tables xviIntroduction: Mongolian Healing and Medicine: The Transfer of Different Modes of Medicinal Knowledge 1LI NARANGOA, NATASHA FIJN AND BENEDIKTE V. LINDSKOGPART IMongol Healing and Curative Practices 271 Dom Healing Practices 29BOLD SHARAV2 Spiritual Curative Practices (Dom): Translation of a Manuscript 43JONATHAN RATCLIFFE, NATASHA FIJN AND LI NARANGOA3 Nomadic Healing: Multispecies Prevention and Treatment 56NATASHA FIJN4 Healing Waters in Mongolia 76BENEDIKTE V. LINDSKOG5 Healing in Kalmykia, South-West Russia 89BAASANJAV TERBISH6 From Shamanic Bonesetters to Doctors of Mongolian Medicine 105LI NARANGOA AND LI ALTANJULAPART IIFormalising and Institutionalising Mongolian Medicine 1337 Institutional Development of Mongolian Medicine 135LI NARANGOA8 Formal and Non-formal Medical Education in Inner Mongolia 163LI NARANGOA9 Village Doctors as Part of the History of Mongolian Medicine 188SAIJIRAHU BUYANCHUGLA10 Compounding Rules of Complex Mongolian Medicine Prescriptions 208MINGHAI FU, SHUYIN BAO, XIAOPING JI, HONGZHEN YU AND WULIJI AO11 Medicinal Socialities: Kinship and Knowledge Transmission Between Mongolian Veterinarians and Herders 227NATASHA FIJNAfterword 248Geoffrey SamuelBibliography 262Index 284