Zhuang Medicine

A Brief Introduction of Zhuang Medicine
The Zhuang or Chuang nationality has the largest population among Chinese minorities. Its medicine had been gradually formed since the Tang Dynasty when some of the books then wrote down prescriptions on detoxification presented by people in this region. Medical books categorized this medicine as "Ling Nan medicine", which symbolized the formation of the Zhuang medicine as well as medicines of other minorities in south China. The Zhuang medicine made some development in the Ming and Qing dynasty (1368 A.D.¡ª¡ª1911 A.D.). During this period, it was recorded in the book, Compendium of Materia Medica (or Ben Cao Gang Mu) written by Li Shi Zhen and other books produced locally. In addition, there appeared some medical institutions and experts then.

The Zhuang Medicine was passed on orally without written record through its development. There are many prescriptions of Zhuang medicine scattering in the public. These prescriptions become a part of the Chinese medicine.

Features of Zhuang Medicine
The Zhuang medicine is not a fully developed system, part of which coming from native Zhuang medicine and part of which from the public. The Zhuang region is located in the sub tropical area with plenty of animals and plants. People there are said to eat wild animals such as mountain poultry, snake, and mouse. Therefore wild animals are used as ingredients of drugs.

Zhuang medicine is said to excel at detoxification. Zhuang drugs can cure many kinds of poisons, such as snake poison, insect poison, food poisoning, etc. The Zhuang can produce extraordinary good snake antidote. Zhuang people believe that any poison can be cured with certain antidote. It is also their belief that the poisons itself, when used in appropriate amount, can cure diseases.

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