Tibetan Medicine in Europe – Italy

TME – Tibetan Medicine Education center is a non-profit organization located in Italy, dedicated to the transmission and preservation of traditional Tibetan medicine and its related sciences to the West. Its purpose is to not only teach the Tibetan medicine traditional concepts and salient characteristics, but also to share and be the witness of its contemporary practice and developments all around the world. It was founded in 2006 and is directed and led by Prof. Pasang Yonten Arya T. Sherpa.

The official website is very informational, where people can learn basic knowledge on Tibetan medicine, its history or practice, as well as on some related sciences. You can also read the TME newsletter articles that treat some aspects of this traditional art of healing and its adaptation to the modern world. In addition, there are detailed pdf documents that are available for free to download.

This organization offers a series of online courses on Tibetan medicine and its related sciences in depth with a direct teaching given by Prof. Pasang Y. Arya. Students not only can take online three-year Tibetan Medicine Program, but also advanced online courses and seminars, which especially focused on detailed pathologies and case reports. The three-year online program on Tibetan medicine covers the basics of Tibetan Medicine, etiology, diagnosis, preventive medicine, nutrition, materia medica, external and internal therapies, and pathology and treatments, as well as an in-person summer workshop with Dr. Arya in Switzerland.

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This online course was created in 2010 by the Tibetan Medicine Education Center (Switzerland) to fulfill the demand of international students who could not regularly receive instruction in Milan. Mainly aimed at health professionals and academic researchers, this course gathers students from all continents. The first class of students graduated in December 2013, and two other classes are currently following the course of study.

Source: http://www.tibetanmedicine-edu.org

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