The origins of Uyghur medicine: Debates and perspectives

Abdukadir, Amir; Dubrovin, D. I.; Amat, Nurmahamat; Liu, Wenxian; Hasim, Ayshamgul; Aikemu, Anwar; Mamtimin, Batur; Upur, Halmurat

doi:10.1016/j.jtcms.2016.03.003

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“…For instance, a linguistic policy challenge that notably paralleled Ontario's situation has been reported in China among Uyghur indigenous medicine practitioners, who have long practiced in the Taklamakan desert region of northeastern China. 19 Uyghur doctors are regulated by the Chinese government and receive state reimbursement for their private and hospital-based services. 1 Since 2000, Uyghur practitioners are required to complete professional licensure examinations in Mandarin, China's politically dominant language.…”

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Statutory Regulation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Practices: The Need for Distinct Policy Making Guidelines

Ijaz

Boon

2018

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the increased statutory regulation of traditional and complementary medicine practitioners and practices, currently implemented in about half of nations surveyed. According to recent WHO data, however, the absence of policy guidelines in this area represents a significant barrier to implementation of such professional regulations. This commentary reviews several key challenges that distinguish the statutory regulation of traditional medicine practitioners and practices from biomedical professional regulation, providing a foundation for the development of policy making parameters in this area. Foremost in this regard are the ongoing impacts of the European colonial encounter, which reinforce biomedicine's disproportionate political dominance across the globe despite traditional medicine's ongoing widespread use (particularly in the global South). In this light, the authors discuss the conceptual and historical underpinnings of contemporary professional regulatory structures, the tensions between institutional and informal traditional medicine training pathways, and the policy challenges presented by the prospect of standardizing internally diverse indigenous healing approaches. Epistemic and evidentiary tensions, as well as the policy complexities surrounding the intersection of cultural and clinical considerations, present additional challenges to regulators. Conceptualizing professional regulation as an intellectual property claim under the law, the authors further consider what it means to protect traditional knowledge and prevent misappropriation in this context. Overall, the authors propose that innovative professional regulatory approaches are needed in this area to address safety, quality of care, and accessibility as key public interest concerns, while prioritizing the redress of historical inequities, protection of diverse indigenous knowledges, and delivery of care to underserved populations.

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Section: Healthcare's Culturally Situated Hybrid Charactermentioning

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Statutory Regulation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Practices: The Need for Distinct Policy Making Guidelines

Ijaz

Boon

2018

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…Uighur medicine (UM) is the most important part of the traditional Chinese medicine which has already existed for thousands of years [ 18 ]. Hilit theory is the core of the UM; it claims that human body is composed of four kinds of Hilits: Sapra, Kan, Sawda, and Balgham (phlegm).…”

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Research on Establishment of Abnormal Phlegmatic Syndrome with Premature Ovarian Failure Rat Model and Effects of Balgham Munziq Treatment

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Tuerhong

Keremu

et al. 2018

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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This study aimed to establish and explore the biological basis of abnormal phlegmatic syndrome with premature ovarian failure (POF) model in rats based on the Uighur medicine (UM) in the first place and investigate the effects of unique herbal medicine, Balgham Munziq (BMq). Mature female Wistar rats were fed with spinach and coriander in cold and humid condition for approximately 20 weeks until abnormal phlegmatic syndrome (APS) model was established. When APS model was confirmed by Uighur medical experts, APS with POF disease rats were subdivided into APS with POF disease model group and APS with POF disease treated with BMq group; the rest of them were subdivided into APS model group and APS treated with BMq group. The results show that biological characteristics of animals in the course of modeling period were in accordance with clinical features of abnormal phlegmatic syndrome (APS) in Uighur medicine. Herbal medicine BMq not only reverted reproductive hormone levels disorders but also improved the function of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and regulated secretion of monoamine neurotransmitters. APS is most likely to cause pathological changes of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and lead to the occurrence of POF and BMq is effective in the treatment of APS with POF disease.

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On the Rise and Fall of Turkish Civilisations in Turkistan

Kasim

2020

Karadeniz Uluslararası Bilimsel Dergi

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Türkler, siyasi ve askeri alanda binlerce yıl dünya tarihinde çok etkili bir geçmişe sahip olmuş, medeniyet ve bilim açısından da oldukça başarılı bir süreçten geçmiştir. Ancak bu tüm Türkler için aynı derecede değerlendirilemez. Bozkır medeniyetine sahip Türkler geniş imparatorluklar kurmayı başarmışsa da medeniyet, bilim ve teknolojik gelişmeler açısından bostan (kent) medeniyetine sahip Türkler gibi başarılar elde edememiştir. Bu iki farklı yaşam tarzı ve medeniyet binlerce yıl paralel olarak mevcut olmuş ve bunlar arasındaki mücadele kesintisiz süregelmiştir. Türk medeniyetinin yükselmesi ve düşüşündeki asıl önemli unsurun literatürde yaygın olan dış faktörler değil Türklerin kendi içindeki ve iki farklı yaşam tarzı arasındaki mücadelelerin hiç bitmeden devam etmesidir. Türk tarihinde büyük medeni gelişmeler ve bilimsel ilerlemelerin genelde bostan medeniyetine sahip olan Türklerin üstünlük kazandığı zamanlarda ortaya çıktığı ve Türkistan’da son çöküşün yabancı sömürüne maruz kalmadan çok önce bozkırların bu coğrafyalarda üstünlük kazandığı 16. yüzyılın başlarında ortaya çıkmaya başladığı anlaşılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, ilk olarak bostan ve bozkır medeniyetlerinin özellikleri ve Türklerin toplumsal hayatındaki etkileri değerlendirilmiştir. Daha sonra, bostan medeniyetinde ortaya çıkan medeni gelişmeler, bilgi ve teknoloji alanındaki büyük başarılar ve bunların elde edilmesi için gösterilen stratejik adımlar ele alınmıştır. Son olarak, bozkırların bostan medeniyeti üzerindeki siyasi ve askeri başarısının ve onu izleyen zihniyet değişikliğinin Türk medeniyetinin gerilemesi ve çökmesine nasıl yol açtığı incelenmiştir.

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The origins of Uyghur medicine: Debates and perspectives

Cited by 3 publications

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Statutory Regulation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Practices: The Need for Distinct Policy Making Guidelines

Statutory Regulation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Practices: The Need for Distinct Policy Making Guidelines

Research on Establishment of Abnormal Phlegmatic Syndrome with Premature Ovarian Failure Rat Model and Effects of Balgham Munziq Treatment

On the Rise and Fall of Turkish Civilisations in Turkistan

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