The Tibetan Ephemeris, Calendar, and Almanac The Tibetan system of astronomy and astrology is extremely complex. It takes five years to study and master it at the Astro Division of the Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute in Dharamsala, India. Students learn to calculate everything by hand in the traditional manner, on a wooden board covered...Read More
The Categories and Features of the Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM) Currently the number of recorded Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM) has already hit 2,294. Approximately over 300 are widely used, among which, 200, or 70 %, are of plants and herbs; 40, or 12% of animals and 40, or 14% of minerals. One third out of...Read More
Tibet and Tibetan medicine are more than a little attractive and mysterious to most of the world. Tibet, located at the summit of the Tibetan plateau, is remote and strange enough for most people to be familiar with; and Tibetan medicine, related to various kinds of herbs and principles of treatments, also makes lots of...Read More
“Where there is poison, there is medicine” As early as the ancient times, in their fight with nature, people living in the Tibet Plateau became knowledgeable about some characteristics and functions of herbs and hence began to use the herbs for therapies; they also came to know some medical functions of some animals during hunting....Read More
Diagnosis methods Traditional Tibetan medicine mainly consist of interrogating, observing and touching. According to its theory, diseases are divided into two groups. They are heat symptoms and cold symptoms. And the Tibetan medicine treatment include inducing vomiting, clearing away heat, purgation and diuresis. Besides the medicines, it adopts various kinds of methods, such as acupuncture,...Read More
