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Tibetan Medicine is a very ancient medical system based on Buddhist philosophy and psychology. It explains that everything existing or non-existing in the world derives from the mind and the five elements. The mind is considered to be the base because all existences and moments depend on its movements; it is the creator of every external and internal phenomenon. The mind and the five elements manifest themselves in the form of energy and gross materials into three aspects:...

Tibetan medicine history and the Gyud-shi Tibetan Medicine is called in Tibetan Sowa Rigpa (gso ba rigpa), the science of healing. It developed in Tibet during the 7th century CE, although as in other ancient countries, there were already natural healers and shamans in Tibet. During the reigns of powerful Tibetan emperors in Asia from the 7th to 10th centuries, Buddhism and other sciences, including Sowa Rigpa medicine, flourished, especially during the 8th century under...

Yuthok Yonten Gonpo the Younger (1126-1202), born in Tibet, learned medicine from his father, and started practicing it when he was only eight years old. He also studied under the nine physicians who were the lineage holders of the medical traditions which had reached that period directly from the 8th century through oral transmission. These physicians were renowned experts in the art of healing (gSowa Rigpa). He traveled to India via Nepal six times to further learn about...

Tibetan medicine

The Gyud-shi

Yuthok Yonten Gonpo