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1) sheep * [2 animal of the 12 yr cycle]; 3) Aries [IW]

sheep, ram (1 of khyim bcu gnyis), 1 of 12 dus tshod, sequence [JV]

sheep [RY]

1) sheep; 3) Aries [IW]

(med) Sheep or mouflon, Ovis aries (Yeshi 2017, Phrin Las 1987). lug sha / mar / 'o ma / rus / klad pa / rkang / mgo / mkhris pa / khrag / ske'i tog skong po / ril ma, Sheep flesh, butter, milk, bone, brain, feet, head, gall, blood, dung and neck. lug thug gi rwa / chu dang 'bras bu / lug thong pa dang tsher mo'i mgo / mkhal / mchin pa / tshang ra'i sha rus / sha / bal / don lnga / lto tshil / gzhang / rlig pa / lce / ol gong / rmen bu / nam tshong / brang / ltag pa / gung rtsib / mjug thung / mig / rkang / bzhag / nywa bzhi / khrag / dang ga'i bal, Ram's horn, urine, testes, kidneys, liver and five hollow viscera, tongue, thyroid, rib, hip bone and flesh, eye and marrow, skin, anus, throat, clavicle, four calves' back portion and chest (Phrin Las 1987).
Domestic sheep live worldwide in association with humans. The first domesticated sheep resided mainly in the Middle East and Central Asia but since then have been introduced everywhere, ranging from temperate mountain forests to desert conditions (animaldiversity.org).
It is possible that the high importance of goats, sheep, and horses for human medicine corresponds to the economic model based on pastoralism in Central Asia and Tibet. Earliest agriculture was based on millets (broomcorn and foxtail) and was accompanied by a pig-based economic system. This early economy, which likely originated in western China, was later replaced by a better adapted system, similar to those identified in Central Asia. The later system was based on crops such as wheat, barley, peas, and millets, as well as sheep and goat pastoralism. A transition toward pastoralism took place in Central Asia in a period between approximately 800 B.C.E and 400 C.E. Sheep, goats, and horses provided men with what they needed for their daily life, as well as in cases of sickness. In contrast to this, the absence of yaks, otherwise seen as the very symbol of Tibetanness, is noticeable. Yaks play a minor role for diet, drugs, and applications. “yaks are generally thought to characterize Tibetan nomadic production, however, in much of western Tibet (=Tsang) sheep and goats are more important Economically”. Livestock was a pillar of human health care; Tibetan medicine would not exist without it (Czaya 2019). Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)