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In this study, we aimed to explore the treatment parents and guardians seek when their children have suffered a concussion. (2) Methods: In this study, we used an online questionnaire. The study participants (n = 400) were randomly selected parents and guardians. The definition of bariachi is an advanced practitioner of baria\u00a0zasal, which covers most of the massage therapy techniques mentioned in this study. (3) Results: In total, 72% of the parents and guardians went to a bariachi when their children suffered a concussion, while only 10.3% chose western medical hospitals. When asked what they did after the initial treatment was not effective, 47.8% of the participants responded that they went to the bariachi. Based on the days of treatment result, 11.8% reported on the beneficial effects of the treatment appearing in one day, and 60.3% in 1\u20133 days, which shows that the participants suffered a healing effect of the baria\u00a0zasal shortly after application to their children. In the regression analysis, visiting a Bariachi was independent of age, gender, or even religion. (4) Conclusions: Although Western medicine is highly developed in Mongolia, the baria zasal of TMM has not lost its appeal in treating concussion. This suggests that baria zasal could be a unique method of concussion treatment even today. This also suggests that the techniques of Baria zasal should be further studied, and as in modern medicine.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicines10010005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,2]],"date-time":"2023-01-02T03:50:32Z","timestamp":1672631432000},"page":"5","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Use of Traditional Mongolian Medicine in Children with Concussion"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Orgilbayar","family":"Ganbat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"International School of Mongolian Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia"},{"name":"School of Nursing, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13270, Mongolia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2514-0248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oyuntugs","family":"Byambasukh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tserendagva","family":"Dalkh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International School of Mongolian Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Byambasuren","family":"Dagvajantsan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13270, Mongolia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2325967116662458","DOI":"10.1177\/2325967116662458","article-title":"The rise of concussions in the adolescent population","volume":"4","author":"Zhang","year":"2016","journal-title":"Orthop. 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