[Progress on external treatment of orthopaedics and traumatology by Mongolian medicine]

Mongolian medicine external treatment, which called five kinds of treatment in ancient time, is a kind of external treatment including fire moxibustion, poultice, soaking and other therapies. The therapy was gradually developed and perfected in the course of Mongolian people's long-term struggle against diseases, which has characteristics of small trauma and suitable for long-term application. In this paper, the research progress of external treatment of orthopedic diseases in Mongolian medicine in recent years was summarized, and it was concluded that external treatment of orthopedic diseases in Mongolian medicine had distinct characteristics and accurate efficacy. However, there are still deficiencies in the standardization of clinical operation and the study of the mechanism of therapeutic action, which need further research and improvement.