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  2. Traditional Siberian medicine - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Siberian medicine revolves around many different methods of treatment for different conditions and ailments. Early forms of Siberian medicine included herbal and topical treatments that would be ingested in the forms of tea or pastes applied directly to the skin. [ 1 ]

  3. Shilajit - Wikipedia

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    Shilajit or mumijo, Mohave lava tube, 2018. Shilajit (Sanskrit: शिलाजीत; lit. ' conqueror of mountain ', 'conqueror of the rocks'), salajeet (Urdu: سلاجیت), mumijo or mumlayi or mumie [1] is an organic-mineral product of predominantly biological origin, formed at high altitudes of stony mountains, in sheltered crevices and cave.

  4. Eleutherococcus senticosus - Wikipedia

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    Eleutherococcus senticosus leaves. Eleutherococcus senticosus is a species of small, woody shrub in the family Araliaceae native to Northeastern Asia. [1] [3] It may be colloquially called devil's bush, [4] Siberian ginseng, taiga root, [5] eleuthero, ciwujia, Devil's shrub, shigoka, touch-me-not, wild pepper, or kan jang. [6]

  5. Shamanism in Siberia - Wikipedia

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    Maria Czaplicka points out that Siberian languages use words for male shamans from diverse roots, but the words for female shaman are almost all from the same root. She connects this with the theory that women's practice of shamanism was established earlier than men's, that "shamans were originally female."

  6. Regional forms of shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Among the Siberian Chukchis peoples, a shaman is interpreted as someone who is possessed by a spirit, who demands that someone assume the shamanic role for their people. Among the Buryat, there is a ritual known as shanar [ 30 ] whereby a candidate is consecrated as shaman by another, already-established shaman.

  7. History of Siberia - Wikipedia

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    A number of Siberian-based companies extended their businesses of various consumer products to meta-regional and an All-Russian level. Various Siberian artists and industries, have created communities that are not centralized in Moscow anymore, like the Idea [47] (annual low-budged ads festival), Golden Capital [48] (annual prize in architecture).

  8. Buryats - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Buryat medicine emphasises the use of mineral and thermal springs for healing. A balanced diet (of meat, offal, plants and herbs) and proper nutrition were recommended to cure illness. The use of herbs for medical purposes was minimal because of the lack of vegetation in the semi-deserts and dry steppes.

  9. Herbal tonic - Wikipedia

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    Eleutherococcus senticosus commonly known as Siberian Ginseng is one of the first plants defined as an adaptogen and used in herbal tonics in 1960 Soviet Russia. Throughout modern history tonic herbs were continued to be used globally, entering new cultures and becoming common practice for some. [ 8 ]