Nimaciren

01-0221Tibetan MedicineTraditional MedicineTibetBatch 1 (2007)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Nimaciren studied under Cuoru Cailang, a twelfth-generation master of the Northern School mercury refining technique of Tibetan medicine. Through years of painstaking study, he fully mastered the mercury refining technique. He organized relevant personnel of the college to adopt the mercury refining technique and produced the first batches of Zuotai, the core ingredient for compounding precious Tibetan medicines, laying the foundation for the pharmaceutical technology of the college's Tibetan medicine factory and for its production of various medicinals.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Tibetan ethnicity, born in 1959 in Lhasa, Tibet. He currently serves as president of the Tibetan Medical College of Tibet, holds a master's degree in Tibetan medicine, and is a doctoral supervisor. The mercury refining technique of Tibetan medicine has a history of more than a thousand years and is the core technology in the preparation of Tibetan medicinals. Nimaciren has also engaged in teaching and research on Tibetan medicine and has published numerous academic papers, such as Renti Xingshi zhi Tu (The Diagram of the Human Form). He has written several monographs, including Zangyi Shuci Cidian (A Dictionary of Numerals in Tibetan Medicine), Fanwen Wuzhong Pinhe Duben (A Reader of Five Sanskrit Compounds), and Zangyao Shuiyin Xilian Fa (The Mercury Refining Method of Tibetan Medicine). He led the development of Tibetan medicines for treating hepatitis A and hepatitis B, which were included in projects 206 and 209 of the National Spark Program. He conducted in-depth research on more than twenty kinds of diabetes cases described in ancient Tibetan medical classics and developed a series of new medicines. Nimaciren carefully collected and organized 260 secret prescriptions of Tibetan medicine left behind by the late Tibetan medicine master Cuoru Cailang, promoting the transmission and development of Tibetan medical science.

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of Tibetan Medicine (the Lhasa Northern School mercury refining technique of Tibetan medicine), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Nimaciren · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Tibetan Medicine
Item code: Ⅸ-9
Category: Traditional Medicine
Region: Tibet
Born: 1959.08.15
Batch: Batch 1 (2007)

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