China News Service, Beijing, March 8 (Reporter Zhu Fangfang) Mingyitsomo, who was born in the Qiangtang grassland in northern Tibet, was influenced by his parents since he was a child and started studying Tibetan medicine at the age of 13. In an interview with China News Service at the Fourth Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a professor at the Tibetan Medicine Department of Tibet University of Tibetan Medicine said that with the integration of Tibetan medicine into the modern university education system, more and more women are joining the cause of Tibetan medicine.
According to her observation, currently women account for about half of Tibetan doctors.
In early 2005, Mingyitsomu embarked on the road of studying abroad after practicing medicine in Tibet for many years. She studied for a PhD in Medical Anthropology at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. During her PhD, she also applied for a Master of Public Health at the University of Sheffield. She later completed postdoctoral research in medical anthropology at the University of Oxford in the UK and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, becoming the first female dual postdoctoral fellow in medical anthropology in Tibet.
She has been paying attention to the development of women in the field of Tibetan medicine for a long time. "Women have resilience and compassion. These are very important qualities for those engaged in Tibetan medicine. Let us bring these strengths to the world." Mingyitsomo said.
Recalling the situation before studying abroad, Mingyitsomu said: "I visited more than 60 villages in Tibet at that time. The conditions at the grassroots level were not as good as they are now. The purpose of going there was to change the public health conditions at the grassroots level. I felt that I needed to strengthen my studies." In order to facilitate clinical research after returning to China, she also systematically studied evidence-based medicine and served as a visiting scholar at the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford.
"The research conditions and research environment abroad were better at that time, but when I come back, I want to at least be able to take a leading role, help the younger generation of Tibetan doctors, teach some research methods, and at the same time provide public health guidance and health services to grassroots farmers and herdsmen, and promote the formulation of international standards for Tibetan medicine." Mingyitsomo said this about her consideration of returning to Tibet after studying abroad for more than ten years.
In recent years, she has served as a core member to promote the "Tibetan Medicine Bath Method" to be selected into the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Mingyitsomo said that studying abroad has broadened international horizons and built an integrated knowledge system. At the same time, it has played a certain role in mastering medical research methods, improving the level of Tibetan medicine research, and standardizing the international standards of Tibetan medicine. (over)
