Abudouwubuer Aji
01 · Lineage & Regional School
He collated his father Turdi Aji's diagnostic and therapeutic theories and his experience with clinical prescriptions, and published the monographs Uyghur Medical Heritage and Commonly Used Compound Formulas in Uyghur Medicine. Within the regional tradition and school record of Uyghur Medicine in Hetiandi, Xinjiang: The Uyghur population totals more than eight million, mainly distributed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The Muniziqi-Musili decoction comes from the Ilaj (treatment) doctrine of Uyghur medicine and is an indispensable step before the treatment of diseases of humoral temperament imbalance. Uyghur medicine is rooted in the vast land of the Western Regions; over several centuries the Uyghur people, struggling against illness in their long life of production, have continuously refined a relatively complete and distinctive traditional medical theory system. Its treatment principle is to adjust the temperament and balance the humors; since pathogenic humors must first mature before they can be cleared, this sequence is the basis for the separation of the Muniziqi and Musili medicinals. The prescribed medicinals are first soaked in cold or hot water for several hours, then heated and boiled into a decoction for oral administration; the method is simple yet everywhere accords with the theory of the humors, and is therefore applicable to all diseases of humoral temperament imbalance discussed in Uyghur medicine.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
Male, Uyghur ethnicity, born in October 1941 in Hotan City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He is a national representative bearer of Uyghur Medicine, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, in respect of the Muniziqi Musili Tangyao making craftsmanship. He is skilled in treating rheumatism, vitiligo, acne, pruritus and other skin diseases; hyperlipidaemia, cerebral infarction, increased blood viscosity, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases; and abdominal distension, distending abdominal pain, gastric headache and toothache caused by qi deficiency. He has published several dozen articles, including Experience in the Uyghur Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension. He has repeatedly attended international and domestic academic conferences on Uyghur medicine and presented papers there. Within the documented technical tradition of Uyghur Medicine in Hetiandi, Xinjiang: Uyghur medicine is the traditional medicine of the Uyghur people. Uyghur medicine is rooted in the vast land of the Western Regions; over several centuries the Uyghur people, struggling against illness in their long life of production, have summed up the essence of Uyghur medicine and continuously refined a relatively complete and distinctive traditional medical theory system. The treatment principle of Uyghur medicine — adjusting the temperament and balancing the humors — is the fundamental principle of clinical treatment. The Muniziqi decoction (a maturing agent for pathogenic humors) — Musili decoction therapy is one of the treatment methods in the 'Ilaj' (treatment) doctrine of Uyghur medicine, referring to a treatment method applied first, before treating diseases of humoral temperament imbalance, in order to bring the pathogenic humors to maturity. Muniziqi decoction (maturing agent for pathogenic humors) — Musili decoction (clearing agent for pathogenic humors): the medicinals in the prescription are soaked in cold (or hot) water for several hours, then heated and boiled into a decoction and taken orally. Uyghur medicine is applied mainly among the Uyghur people, and is also used by the Han, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, and Hui peoples, among others. The Uyghur technique for preparing the Muniziqi-Musili decoction is simple and convenient to use, and is suited to the treatment of all diseases of humoral temperament imbalance in Uyghur medicine. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Munizzi: the maturing agent": Munizzi is the maturing agent applied before the purgative step so that the pathogenic humour is made ready for removal. "Musili: the evacuating agent": Musili evacuates the matured humour, showing that Uighur medicine tempers the physiology before expelling the excess. "Soaking for hours then decocting": The drugs are soaked for hours in cool or hot water, then decocted and taken orally; insufficient soaking leaves the medicine unreleased. "Adjusting temperament and balancing humours": Adjusting temperament and balancing humours is the root principle, and the decoction method arranges sequence and combination accordingly.
Munizzi: the maturing agent
Munizzi is the maturing agent applied before the purgative step so that the pathogenic humour is made ready for removal.
Musili: the evacuating agent
Musili evacuates the matured humour, showing that Uighur medicine tempers the physiology before expelling the excess.
Soaking for hours then decocting
The drugs are soaked for hours in cool or hot water, then decocted and taken orally; insufficient soaking leaves the medicine unreleased.
Adjusting temperament and balancing humours
Adjusting temperament and balancing humours is the root principle, and the decoction method arranges sequence and combination accordingly.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
Since 1976 he worked in clinical Uyghur medicine at the Hotan Prefecture Uyghur Medical Hospital, and was repeatedly named an advanced worker and an outstanding department head by the hospital.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
The Muniziqi-Musili decoction comes from the Ilaj (treatment) doctrine of Uyghur medicine and is an indispensable step before the treatment of diseases of humoral temperament imbalance. Uyghur medicine is rooted in the vast land of the Western Regions; over several centuries the Uyghur people, struggling against illness in their long life of production, have continuously refined a relatively complete and distinctive traditional medical theory system. Its treatment principle is to adjust the temperament and balance the humors; since pathogenic humors must first mature before they can be cleared, this sequence is the basis for the separation of the Muniziqi and Musili medicinals. The prescribed medicinals are first soaked in cold or hot water for several hours, then heated and boiled into a decoction for oral administration; the method is simple yet everywhere accords with the theory of the humors, and is therefore applicable to all diseases of humoral temperament imbalance discussed in Uyghur medicine.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abudouwubuer Aji | Hetiandi, Xinjiang | 04-1954 | This page |
| Aibibula Yusufu | Xinjiangweiwueryixuegaodengzhuankexuexiao | 04-1955 | Other regional school |
| Abudoukelimu Abudouremu | Shache, Xinjiang | 05-2966 | Other regional school |
| Wusiman Yasheng | Tulufan, Xinjiang | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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