Monthly Archives: September 2014
People in Tibetan Medicine – Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen
Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, is a leading Tibetan healthcare specialist and the first Buddhist monk to complete a doctorate in public health. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the Shang-Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine in Massachusetts and Adjunct Professor of Medicine in the University of Virginia’s Department of Medicine. (Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen) Early Education […]
People in Tibetan Medicine – Dr. Otsang Tsokchen
(Dr. Otsang Tsokchen) Dr. Otsang Tsokchen holds a medical (M.D.) degree in biomedicine and is one of the leading experts on Tibetan Medicine today. He is the founder and chair of Arura Tibetan Medical Group (ATMG), the largest Tibetan Medicine organization at the provincial level in P. R. China. ATMG has the highest standard of […]
People in Tibetan Medicine – Khempo Troru Tsenam
Khenpo Troru Tsenam (1928 – 2004) was one of the most outstanding Tibetan Medicine scholars of recent times. He was a highly-accomplished practitioner and lineage-holder within the Nyingma and Kagyudpa traditions, and was a lineage-holder of the Yuthok Nyinthig and all other Tibetan Medical teachings. Khenpo Trotsenam is famous for having faithfully preserved that aspect of […]
People in Tibetan Medicine – Yuthog Yonten Gonpo
According to recent academic research, some scholars believe that the elder Yuthog Yonten Gonpo does not exist, only one Yuthog Yunten Gonpo. But for the purpose of knowing who they is the founder of Tibetan Medicine is, I would like to introduce both of them. Yuthog Yonten Gonpo the elder (708-833 A.D.,) (Yuthog Yonten Gonpo […]
Brief history of Tibetan Medicine
The Tibetan Medicine, Sowa Rigba, is one of the ancient continuously applied healing system in the world, Tibetan medicine remains a vital and living tradition. This medical system has a detailed and complete explanation of the formation, development and the degeneration of human’s physical body. Origin: According to the traditional sources, the earliest theory of […]
Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan Medicine is known as Sowa Rigpa (གསོ་བ་རིག་པ་) in Tibetan language, meaning the knowledge and science of healing, which refers to the centuries-old traditional Tibetan Medical system. Sowa Rigpa is considered as one of the most essential of the ten Tibetan subjects of study. In Tibet, there are mainly ten subjects of study: Five major […]
Tibetan Medicine Today 