Epic of Manas as a source of studying folk medicine of the Kyrgyz people

This article identifies the types of traditional medicine based on the largest monument of Kyrgyz folklore - the Epic of Manas. The epic Manas, the world’s largest epic, the “encyclopedia of the life of the Kyrgyz people”, provides valuable information about traditional medicine. Traditional Kyrgyz knowledge divides diseases into two types: “cold” and “hot” diseases and methods of treatment. The article defines the types of traditional medicine and their representatives according to the Epic of Manas, i. e. the classification of traditional medicine into religious, empirical and rational types is given. Representatives of these species and their characteristic methods and methods of treatment are also described. The names, properties of medicinal herbs and methods of treatment in the form of decoctions and tinctures, mentioned in the Epic of Manas, are disclosed. The role and significance in the life of the people are shown in detail, as well as methods of treatment of various diseases by Kyrgyz healers - tabyp.