PLANT EXPEDITION
Tibetan doctors and pharmacists prefer medicinal plants that are collected under the guidance of an experienced Tibetan doctor. This is the only way to ensure that the herbs are harvested at the right time and location as well as in the right mindset. In this short excerpt from Sitar Rose’s 2009 film Blue Poppy, Akong Rinpoche comments on the importance of visualization and mantra recitation during the process of collecting plants.
EXCERPT FROM BLUE POPPY, A FILM BY SITAR ROSE (2009)
Tibetan hospital in Yushu
Chunga Lhamo, a young woman attended the Tara Rokpa Medical School for Orphans, which Akong Rinpoche established in Yushu, Qinghai Province. She gives a brief introduction to the Tibetan hospital in Yushu.
As many doctors and pharmacists in Tibet, Chunga Lhamo is concerned about the fact that many species of medicinal herbs become more an more difficult to find, and that cultivation has so far only had limited success. She tells us about he future plan to travel to Scotland for a horticulture training at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens with the aim of trying to find better ways to cultivate medicinal plants in Tibet.
EXCERPT FROM BLUE POPPY, A FILM BY SITAR ROSE (2009)
Tibetan Medicine Today 