Chunga Lhamo and two of her friends participate in a horticulture training organized at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. The aim of the training is to help Tibetan doctors face the challenge of cultivating medicinal plants that are quickly disappearing from the Tibetan Plateau. One of these plants is the blue Himalayan poppy, a plant that also grows in Scotland. The three young Tibetan medical professionals participating greatly appreciate the training but are uncertain if the techniques they learned will work back home in Tibet.
EXCERPT FROM BLUE POPPY, A FILM BY SITAR ROSE (2009)
Lobsang Dhonden Soktsang lives in Edinburgh, has been practiced Tibetan Medicine in Asia for 20 years and in the UK since 2001. He was born into a family of renowned doctors in Eastern Tibet and is highly experienced in the field of Traditional Tibetan Medicine, having studied and practised over the past twenty years. He trained at the Central Medical Institute for Traditional Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, where he was awarded a First Class General Medical Degree. The MEN-RAMPA, (Tib.) or Masters Degree of Tibetan Medicine was awarded by the Institute of Tibetan Medicine at Dharmsala, India. After graduating, he went to work at the Lhasa Mentsi Khang Hospital, the premier centre of excellence of Traditional Tibetan Medicine. He is a founder member of the British Association of Traditional Tibetan Medicine.
Contact Information: Tara Trust, 12 Marchhall Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 5HL
Dr Tamdin is the first Tibetan doctor resident in the UK and currently practice in Arura Tibetan Medicine. She was graduated from the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute in Dharamsala, India, and has studied under the personal physicians of the Dalai Lama, the late Dr Tenzin Choedrak and the late Dr Kunga Gyurmey Nyerongshar. She has also studied under Dr Pasang Y. Arya. She also wrote book ‘Principles of Tibetan Medicine‘ includes: theory and practice of Tibetan medicine, historical background, diagnosis, treatments and therapies and tips for healthy diet and lifestyle.
Contact information: 17 Frating Crescent, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0DW.
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