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    ;wereunderplacedunderthecontrolof ;agranaryheadedbytWOserfselected ;bytheirpeers.Serfsinvolvedinthe ;laborweregivenregularremuneration. ;ThoseshortoffoodcouldalSOborrow ;sometramthegranary,too,butata ;highinterestrateofl0percent(therate ;wentto14.3percentforthoseoutside ;themanor).

    ;ThissystemuniquetOthemanor ;itselfservedtOboostfarming.However, ;QambaTuwang’Sbrotherthoughtdif-

    ;ferentlyandthedifferenceledtOcon—

    ;flicts.endingdivisionofthelandand ;WellpreservedXoizaikangatthefootofthePotalaPalace

    ;leavinghisbrotherinchargeofthe ;manor.Hedidn’treturntOmanagethe

    ;manoruntilhisbrotherdiedlater.HOW—

    ;ever,hehadalreadybecomeamanager ;inthePotalapalaceinLhasa,andthis ;positionkepthimbusyworkingforthe ;PotalaPalaceandtheGaxagGovern—

    ;ment.Hewentbacktothemanoronly ;everytwoyears,orso

    ;QamqenQambaTuwangwaswell

    ;Fromthenon,hedevelopeda

    ;stronginterestinTibetanmedicineand, ;throughstudyandpractice,gained ;muchknowledgeandability.

    ;OnMay5,l897.thel3thDalai

    ;LamamadeZekangOambaTuwang

    ;hisprivatemedicaldoctorandcharged ;himwiththetaskoftrainingdisciples, ;Withinashortperiodoftime.hehad ;succe~tedintrainingsixdisciples, ;CHINA’STIBETNO.3.2004

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    ;I2ZDAREAs嗝

;Aportraitdrawnbyfolkpainters,withYutogYandaininthecenterandZekang

    ;QambaTuwangintheleft.

    ;includingGendainNyiangzhawith ;WuduiZhayaMonasteryandQenrao ;NorbufromShannan.Ofthesix.Lhun—

    ;zhubZhabafromDagyilingMonastery ;wasthemostoutstandin~andlaterwas ;appointedtheprivatedoctorofGaloon ;LamaOambaDainda.

    ;Inl9l6whentheLhasaTibetan

    ;MedicineCalendaringCenterwas ;founded,ZekangQambaTuwangand ;hisdiscipleQenraoNOrbUweremade ;CHINA,S11BETNO.3.2004

    ;itschiefs.Givenhishighprestigein ;medicalcircles,ZekangQamba ;Tuwangworkedveryefficiently.He ;waseveninchargeofoverseeingthe ;dissertationsofhisstudents. ;Seein~lackofCarCfornCW—bom

    ;babiesandtheirmothers.resultingin ;manynew—bornbabiesdyingsoonafter ;theirbirth,ZekangQambaTuwangpro—

    ;ducedabookonthediseaseschildren ;suffered,anddevelopedeightkindsof ;QenraoNorbu,studentofZekang ;QambaTuwang,wasthefirstpresident ;oftheTibetanMedicineHospitalofthe ;TibetAutonomousRegion.

    ;medicinesforchildrenWhichweredis—

    ;tributedamong96manors.Inaddition, ;heinitiatedaclassonhealthybirthsin ;thecenter.

    ;ZekangQambaTuwangwasalSO

    ;goodatdevelopingTibetanmedicines. ;Tibetanmedicaldoctorscherisheda ;kindofmedicinepreparedwithspecial—

    ;lYprocessedmercury,Whichproved ;alSOtohavecurativeeffectsforpoison—

    ;ingandsomeOtherillnesses.Inl92l, ;heproducedthemedicine,anddevel—

    ;opedRenqenChangjor,Renqen

    ;Mangiorandotherpreciousdrugs. ;Later,hepassedthesecrettoQenrao

;NorbUandRenzinLhunzhub.

    ;Duringthetwilightofhislife, ;ZekangQambaTuwanglivedin

    ;Xoizaikang.whichwaswherethelocal ;governmentwaslocated.Southofit ;WastheformerTibetanArmyHead—

    ;quarters;totheleftwastheXOiSutra ;PrintingHouse,andtotherighttheX0i ;QingkeWinery.Itwasathree—story

    ;buildingcoveringanareaof700square ;metersusedtopreservethetentsthe ;DalaiLamausedwhentraveling. ;ZekangQambaTuwangpassed

    ;awayinl922inNorbuLingka.

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