Tibetan Medicine:
Tibetan medicine is a complete medical system, it is one of the oldest surviving forms of ancient medicine and it has been in use for over 2500 years. It originated in the Bon era of Tibet. For many centuries Tibetan medicine has been successfully practised in Tibet, Mongolia, Buddhist regions of Russia and Central Asia, and the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Ladakh and Northern India.
It is called gSo-ba rig-pa or the science of healing and it is based on the four medical tantras called rGyud-bzhi; these are the root tantra, explanatory tantra, instructional tantra and the subsequent tantra. The root tantra which contains six chapters gives an overall view of the rGyud-bzhi; the explanatory tantra contains thirty one chapters which explain and describe in detail the human body, including embryology, anatomy and physiology; the instructional tantra which contains ninety two chapters deals with the causes, symptoms and treatment of many different kinds of diseases; the subsequent tantra contains twenty five chapters which deal with diagnosis and pharmacology. In addition to the four tantras there are two concluding chapters which condense all the preceding information. This gives a total of 156 chapters with 5900 verses.
To be a fully qualified Tibetan physician we have to study these four medical tantras for a minimum of seven years. The first four years are spent studying the Tibetan medical texts where we have to memorise around forty specific chapters, one month each year is also spent collecting herbs in the Himalayas. Continue reading this article here.....
The above exert is from Arura Tibetan Medicine.com - Below are additional resources to learn more about Tibetan Medicine.
Tibetan medicine is a complete medical system, it is one of the oldest surviving forms of ancient medicine and it has been in use for over 2500 years. It originated in the Bon era of Tibet. For many centuries Tibetan medicine has been successfully practised in Tibet, Mongolia, Buddhist regions of Russia and Central Asia, and the Himalayan kingdoms of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Ladakh and Northern India.
It is called gSo-ba rig-pa or the science of healing and it is based on the four medical tantras called rGyud-bzhi; these are the root tantra, explanatory tantra, instructional tantra and the subsequent tantra. The root tantra which contains six chapters gives an overall view of the rGyud-bzhi; the explanatory tantra contains thirty one chapters which explain and describe in detail the human body, including embryology, anatomy and physiology; the instructional tantra which contains ninety two chapters deals with the causes, symptoms and treatment of many different kinds of diseases; the subsequent tantra contains twenty five chapters which deal with diagnosis and pharmacology. In addition to the four tantras there are two concluding chapters which condense all the preceding information. This gives a total of 156 chapters with 5900 verses.
To be a fully qualified Tibetan physician we have to study these four medical tantras for a minimum of seven years. The first four years are spent studying the Tibetan medical texts where we have to memorise around forty specific chapters, one month each year is also spent collecting herbs in the Himalayas. Continue reading this article here.....
The above exert is from Arura Tibetan Medicine.com - Below are additional resources to learn more about Tibetan Medicine.
Additional Web Resources for Tibetan Medicine:
- Tibetan Medicine - From Tradition to Science
- The Blue Buddha: Lost Secrets of Tibetan Medicine (documentary)
- Tibetan Medicine.com
- Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing
- Tibetan Herbal Healing.com
- Men-Tsee-Khang.org
- Tibetan Medicine-edu.org
- The Tibetan Science of Healing
- Tibetan Medicine - From Tradition to Science
- The Blue Buddha: Lost Secrets of Tibetan Medicine (documentary)
- Tibetan Medicine.com
- Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing
- Tibetan Herbal Healing.com
- Men-Tsee-Khang.org
- Tibetan Medicine-edu.org
- The Tibetan Science of Healing
