Category Tibetan Medical Education
BOOKS ABOUT TIBETAN MEDICINE
Following are some resources for the study of Tibetan Medicine that are in the English language. There are numerous other small books available from the same publishers. Most of the Tibetan medical books published in English began to appear in the mid-1970’s, shortly after Tibetans began to tour the major Western cities to describe their dilemma. Several […]
Tibetan Medicine in the West – School of Tibetan Medicine, International Shang Shung Institute
If you are interested in Tibetan Medicine and would like to take the step further, become a qualified Tibetan Medicine Doctor, then there is a School of Tibetan Medicine located in 18 Schoolhouse Rd, Conway, MA 01341, where you can learn more about Tibetan Medicine. The School of Tibetan Medicine, Shang Shung Institute is founded by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, and is the first […]
Tibetan Medical Thangka – The Root of Physiology and Pathology
The main part of the root tantra, concerning the root of the natural physical condition and the humoural basis of disease pathology from which grow the two stems of unmodified physiology and pathological transformation. Tibetan concept of health and disease has been illustrated as a tree with two stems. (The Root of Physiology and Pathology) The […]
Tibetan Medical Thangka – The Root of Treatment
This picture shows the methods of treatment used in the Tibetan system of medicine. It contents 155 different pages with 127 different images and a complete list of all stems, branches and leaves. The root of treatment develops into four stems symbolising diet, behaviour, medication and external therapy. These treatments are generally used in combination depending on […]
The Fundamental Treatise – rGyud-bzhi (Four Tantras)
The Four Tantras (Gyushi, rGyu-bzhi རྒྱུད་བཞི་) are the fundamental medical treatise, the rGyud-bZhi, is comprised of four sections, usually known as the Four Tantras: The Root Tantra The Explanatory Tantra The Oral Instruction Tantra The Last/Subsequent Tantra （The Four Tantras； rGyu-bzhi； རྒྱུད་བཞི་) The Four Tantras is believed to have been created in the twelfth century and […]
Relationship between Tibetan Astrology and Tibetan Medicine
Unlike most medical systems, especially the modern-day and dominant allopathic school, traditional Tibetan Medicine is not only related to traditional Tibetan Astrology, but both these ancient systems are based on the same basic fundamentals of the five elements —Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. The following section tells more about this symbiotic relationship, the historical […]
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 