She Ethnic Minority

　　-- She Medicine

　　Most She people live in the mountain areas of southeast China, which belongs to subtropical moist monsoon climate and is suitable for growing of medical plants. Because of different soils as well as landform, climates, vegetation and land utilization, there are many kinds of soils in this area, such as red earth, yellow soil, purple soil, alluvial soil, dust storm soil and saline soil.

　　On account of different geographic, climate and soil conditions, there is a large variety of the She medicine and a rich resource. There are all together 308 kinds of medical herbs, and rich resources of animal and mineral medicines as well.

　　-- She Iatrology

　　The She people have been living in the mountain areas for a long time and they always fight against diseases. Using various medical therapies they have accumulated rich experiences on treating patients by using proper treatments suitable to the social environment, geographic and climate conditions and living habits. It has the same origin as Chinese traditional medicine. The She doctors treat the patients by herbs, acupuncture, cupping or scrapping, which have a good curative effect.