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Born in 1932 in Yashkul’, Nimya is a Torghut man of the Ik Tsookhr clan. He is a bone-setter and receives patients daily who are usually local people, although some come from as far away as Astrakhan’. He does not cure internal illnesses nor uses medicinal herbs. His expertise is setting dislocated bones and curing headaches and head injuries by massaging. Nimya uses goat’s butter to soften his hands before massage. Another method of curing headaches is to hold a freshly cooked, hot sheep’s head over the head of a patient. If the patient does not have a serious head injury, this method is quite effective. During treatment Nimya also reads prayers in Kalmyk, rings a bell and turns a small prayer wheel in order to calm down his patients. After treatment, the injured joints have to be bandaged with a cloth soaked in salt water.Nimya is a religious man himself. He goes to a Buddhist temple. His uncle was also a monk and a famous bone-setter. It is he who taught Nimya how to cure and mass
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