Dr. Limusishiden is from rural Tughuan Mongghul Village, Huzhu Mongghul (Tu) Autonomous County, Haidong District, Qinghai Province, PR China. After graduating from Qinghai Medical College in 1993, he has worked at Qinghai University Affiliated Medical College. Annually, he is visited by many Huzhu Mongghul who seek his assistance in obtaining medical treatment for a variety of illnesses. This situation, plus Dr. Limusishiden's own intimate awareness of health issues in rural Mongghul areas, led him to realize that teaching basic medical knowledge to Mongghul is urgent. The Canada Fund's generous support has made possible this book and the televised program that the book accompanies. The contents of this book include the Mongghul traditional view of medicine, what a disease is, how people become ill, how to treat illness, the sterilization of needles and the skin prior to injections, testing for allergies to medicines, cysticercosis, hepatitis, roundworm disease, tuberculosis, apoplexy, tympanitis, causes of deafness, vaccinations, infant diarrhea and pneumonia, basic knowledge for women giving birth, common gynopathy, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, infertility, tracheitis, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcers and stomach cancer, hepatocirrhosis, arthritis, insecticide poisoning, SARS, Bird Flu, AIDS, and carbon monoxide poisoning. Causes, prevention, and treatment are presented for each illness.