Uyghur Medicine
01 · Historical Records
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 · Core Techniques & Process
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.
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.
Use beyond the Uighur community
Beside Uighur patients, Han, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tajik and Hui people also use these remedies across Xinjiang.
Abu Duwupul Aji in clinic and research
Born in Hotan in 1941, Abu Duwupul Aji has worked at the regional Uighur hospital since 1976 and published on hypertension in Uighur medicine.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
The Uyghur population totals more than eight million, mainly distributed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Other submitting regions for the same item: Uyghur Medicine · Uyghur Medicine · Uyghur Medicine · Uyghur Medicine · Uyghur Medicine.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
Abudouwubuer Aji (recorded in the official file of the associated inheritor): male, of Uyghur ethnicity, born in October 1941, a native of Hotan City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. He is a representative inheritor of Uyghur Medicine (Muniziqi-Musili decoction preparation technique), a project of the fourth national-level batch of intangible cultural heritage. He specializes in the treatment of various skin diseases such as rheumatism, vitiligo, acne, and pruritus, of cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia, cerebral infarction, increased blood viscosity, and hypertension, and of gastric distension, abdominal distension and pain, gastric headache, and toothache caused by qi deficiency. He has published dozens of articles, including 'Experience in the Uyghur Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension.' He has participated many times in international and domestic academic conferences on Uyghur medicine and presented papers. Since 1976, he has worked in Uyghur medical clinical practice at the Hotan Prefecture Uyghur Medicine Hospital, and has been repeatedly named an advanced worker and an outstanding department director by the hospital.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
- Abudouwubuer Aji 04-1954
- Aibibula Yusufu 04-1955
- Abudoukelimu Abudouremu 05-2966
- Wusiman Yasheng
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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