They also make astrological calculations. Treatments can involve non-medicinal therapy such as acupuncture, moxibustion, manipulation, massage, bloodletting, scarifying treatment, exorcism, mantra and meditation. Photography was not permitted in the factory because of the sterile conditions in which the work is undertaken. The Centre is presently translating treatises on traditional medicine from Tibetan into Mongolian. It is also compiling data, for publication, of indigenous Mongolian herbs.
Future plans involve training doctors to run MA and PhD courses in traditional medicine.
The teaching staff are medical doctors, scientists and Buddhist monks. Entry is competitive for students aged 18 -24 who take entrance examinations in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. The Institute has international links with India, China, Japan, USA, Switzerland, Austria and Russia. 120,000 were prescribed either Mongolian or European medicines available from the hospital s pharmacy. Then I followed my guide in through the tent door and set foot in the dim temple of the tantra cult.