Wuerali Saitaerhan
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Combining family transmission with formal professional study, he has mastered Kazakh medicine and has a thorough command of the Kazakh medical therapy for frostbite. Within the regional tradition and school record of Kazakh Medicine in Aleitaidi, Xinjiang: This group of medical techniques is distributed in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and is also transmitted in other areas inhabited by Kazakh people, including Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Tacheng Prefecture, Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami Prefecture, Mori Kazakh Autonomous County in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County in Gansu Province, roughly coinciding with the distribution of Altay's winter pastures. Transmission relies mainly on family transmission and master-apprentice transmission; the lineage has already reached four generations, and the techniques have been passed beyond the lineage to four physicians at Altay Prefecture Hospital, while the local Kazakh medical hospital has established special facilities for treatment and transmission. The founding physicians of Kazakh medicine created the six-element theory as early as the centuries BC, analysing the relations of mutual opposition and unity and of connection between heaven, earth, the sun, the moon, water and fire, which constitute the most basic root of Kazakh traditional medicine. The theory was later adopted and expounded in the medical masterpiece "Chipager Bayan" (Chinese translation: "Record of Medicine") by the famous Kazakh physician Uta Boyidak, forming a systematic and standardised body of theory. The clinical experience accumulated on this framework -- comprising three categories, the Braw medicinal bath and steaming therapy, the Wotash bone-setting technique and the frostbite therapy -- was forced out of life on the grassland pastures with its years of wind, snow, cold and heat: the medicinal bath works through sweating to dispel cold, bone setting answers to falls from horses among the herders, and the frostbite therapy is an indispensable method in an environment of minus thirty to forty degrees Celsius.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
Male, of Kazakh ethnicity, born in October 1956, a native of Altay City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Over a career of forty years he has stood fast in the Altay pastoral areas, where winter temperatures fall to minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius, serving the herdsmen and curing numerous frostbitten herdsmen with traditional therapies. While making his rounds he has consistently visited folk healers and studied their cases of folk diagnosis and treatment, accumulating rich clinical experience. For many years he has gathered medicinal herbs in the mountains, and he is thoroughly familiar with their medicinal properties and processing methods. Within the documented technical tradition of Kazakh Medicine in Aleitaidi, Xinjiang: Kazakh medicine (the Braw medicinal bath and steaming therapy, the Wotash bone-setting technique and the frostbite therapy) is distributed in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and is also transmitted in other areas inhabited by Kazakh people, including Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Tacheng Prefecture, Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami Prefecture, Mori Kazakh Autonomous County in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County in Gansu Province. The founding physicians of Kazakh medicine created the "six elements" theory as early as the centuries BC, analysing and explaining the mutual opposition and unity and the connections existing among heaven, earth, the sun, the moon, water and fire, which gradually came to constitute the most basic root of Kazakh traditional medicine. This theory became the theoretical foundation for the development of Kazakh medicine, holding that life is maintained through the mutual coordination of the six great substances of the natural world. It was later adopted and expounded in the medical masterpiece "Chipager Bayan" (Chinese translation: "Record of Medicine") by the famous Kazakh physician Uta Boyidak, forming a systematic and standardised theory of medicine; and on the basis of clinical practice, rich experience of treatment and prevention was accumulated, including the Braw medicinal bath and steaming therapy, the Wotash bone-setting technique and the frostbite therapy. Kazakh medicine is not only fairly effective against common and frequently occurring diseases, but also has curative effects on some special conditions. The Kazakh medical record "Chipager Bayan" contains relevant records of Kazakh medicine, documenting in all 728 botanical drugs, 318 animal drugs and 60 mineral drugs, along with 4,577 prescriptions. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Bulawu herbal bath and steam": The Bulawu bath combines immersion and steaming; the fourth-generation inheritor also applied the infant oil bath Mayisila'u in clinic. "Wotashi bone-setting": Wotashi bone-setting treats pastoral falls and sprains; the eighth-generation inheritor became a local bone-setter through constant practice. "Frostbite treatment": Frostbite treatment answers the Altai pastoral winter; the inheritor has served herders at minus thirty to forty degrees for forty years. "The six-element theory": The six-element theory reads the unity and opposition of heaven, earth, sun, moon, water and fire, forming the root of Kazakh medicine.
Bulawu herbal bath and steam
The Bulawu bath combines immersion and steaming; the fourth-generation inheritor also applied the infant oil bath Mayisila'u in clinic.
Wotashi bone-setting
Wotashi bone-setting treats pastoral falls and sprains; the eighth-generation inheritor became a local bone-setter through constant practice.
Frostbite treatment
Frostbite treatment answers the Altai pastoral winter; the inheritor has served herders at minus thirty to forty degrees for forty years.
The six-element theory
The six-element theory reads the unity and opposition of heaven, earth, sun, moon, water and fire, forming the root of Kazakh medicine.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
He is a national representative bearer of Kazakh Medicine (the Bulawu medicated bath and fumigation therapy, the Wotashi bone-setting technique and the frostbite therapy), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His lineage of mentorship now extends through four generations; he has trained a large number of bearers and has also taught four physicians at the Altay Prefecture Hospital.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
The founding physicians of Kazakh medicine created the six-element theory as early as the centuries BC, analysing the relations of mutual opposition and unity and of connection between heaven, earth, the sun, the moon, water and fire, which constitute the most basic root of Kazakh traditional medicine. The theory was later adopted and expounded in the medical masterpiece "Chipager Bayan" (Chinese translation: "Record of Medicine") by the famous Kazakh physician Uta Boyidak, forming a systematic and standardised body of theory. The clinical experience accumulated on this framework -- comprising three categories, the Braw medicinal bath and steaming therapy, the Wotash bone-setting technique and the frostbite therapy -- was forced out of life on the grassland pastures with its years of wind, snow, cold and heat: the medicinal bath works through sweating to dispel cold, bone setting answers to falls from horses among the herders, and the frostbite therapy is an indispensable method in an environment of minus thirty to forty degrees Celsius.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuerali Saitaerhan | Aleitaidi, Xinjiang | 05-2967 | This page |
| Bahetibieke Humaerhaji | Aleitaidi, Xinjiang | 05-2969 | Same declared area |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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