Event II. The development of Eastern medicine in Russia in the 20th century. The contribution of scientists of the Saint Petersburg-Leningrad school

The article presents the history of the development of traditional oriental medicine in Russia and USSR in the 20th century. Information about Eastern medicine obtained in the 20th century thanks to the employees and doctors of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing has been repeatedly analyzed and rethought. A great contribution to the understanding of Eastern methods of treatment was the translation of Zhud-shi made by P.A. Badmaev. At the beginning of the 20th century, V.V. Korsakov and Ya.A. Violin defended dissertations on Chinese medicine at the Military Medical Academy. In 1948, the outstanding Soviet scientist E.S. Vyazmensky created and defended his dissertation “Chinese Medicine. Its History and Theory in a Brief Essay.” This fundamental work influenced the further development of oriental medicine in the USSR. Having reworked it, the founder of the Gorky School of Reflexology V.G. Vogralik published the book “Essays on Chinese Medicine” by two authors. A contribution to the popularization of Eastern methods of treatment and disease prevention was made by the physician D.N. Stoyanovsky. Close cooperation Working partnership between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China in the 1950s contributed to the development of traditional oriental medicine in the USSR. Doctors who studied the theory and practice of zhen-jiu in Beijing became leading researchers and founders of schools of acupuncture in their homeland. The foundation of the Leningrad School of Reflexology was laid by E.D. Tykochinskaya. Her endeavors were continued by A.T. Kachan, N.N. Bogdanov at the Leningrad State Institute for Advanced Medical Studies; V.V. Shapkin, M.M. Odinak — at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy; R.A. Aleksandrova, Yu.D. Ignatov, Yu.N. Vasiliev, D.A. Dubrovin — at the 1st Leningrad Medical Institute; G.A. Suslova — at the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute. In 1997, reflexology was approved as a separate specialty by order of the Russian Ministry of Health.