| Tibetan Medicine is the oldest integrative medicine | | | | Tibetan Medicine is based on maintaining these |
| system in the world having been successfully used for | | | | energies to be in harmony with one another. Every |
| over 1000 years. The system was started in the eight | | | | one has one of these constitutions more predominant |
| century by King Tritson Detsen when he ordered the | | | | that the other and sometimes a mixture of two of |
| first international conference on medicine in the history | | | | them. The Lung type person is very mentally active, all |
| ever. The meeting of Greek, Indian, Nepalese, Persian | | | | psychosomatic diseases are Lung, these people |
| and Chinese minds lasted for fifty years. Even the | | | | generally have a cold constitution, physically they are |
| Chinese, who invaded Tibet in the 1950's have actively | | | | slim build, problems with sleep affects them, they can |
| tried to preserve the medical system whilst destroying | | | | be very talkative. When they are out of balance their |
| over 6000 monasteries and temples. | | | | digestion is first hit often with a feeling of no appetite |
| Like the traditional Indian and Chinese medical systems, | | | | which causes sleeping problems. They are cured by |
| Tibetan Medicine views health as a question of | | | | anything that earths them makes them heavier and |
| balance. Circumstances such as diet, lifestyle, seasonal | | | | warms. Tripa types tend to be more rounded often |
| and mental conditions can disturb this natural balance | | | | hungry and thirsty with a healthy appetite. They sweat |
| which gives rise to different kinds of disorders. A | | | | easily and have strong body odours. Their week points |
| Tibetan Doctor employs his open senses to examine | | | | are liver gall bladder and small intestine. They are quick |
| the individual's general balance of health. Treatment | | | | on the uptake and very convincing with anger and |
| involves dietary and behavioural advice and | | | | jealousy surfacing. Generally the suffer from hot |
| medications derived from natural sources such as | | | | diseases. Bekan is very strong build with and cool |
| herbs, minerals, and organic products. As this system is | | | | body and thick skin. They can endure hunger and thirst |
| imbued throughout with Buddhism it is perhaps the | | | | and love their sleep. In fact sleep is the answer to all |
| greatest medical healing system in the world with its | | | | their ills. Their digestion is sluggish which creates their |
| capacity to address not just the body but also the | | | | susceptibility to mucus diseases. They tend to be shy. |
| mind and spirit. | | | | Tibetan Medicine has a unique and highly secret |
| According to The Buddha all sickness begins from a | | | | system of making jewel pills made with crystals and |
| false assumption that an independent autonomous self | | | | other precious stones that are reputed to cure a |
| exists and by not having an understanding of | | | | whole myriad of diseases. During the aftermath of the |
| emptiness, devoid of self or shunyata. This belief in a | | | | Chernoybal nuclear disaster Dr Chosdrek a director of |
| self is called marigpa. This wrong view ultimately | | | | the Tibetan Medical Institute in Dharmasala sent |
| produces 84, 000 afflictive emotions. All diseases | | | | hundreds of these pills to Doctors treating adults and |
| according to this system arise from the three mind | | | | children who were affected by irradiation. |
| poisons arising from this ignorance, desire (wishes, | | | | As an integrated system of health that is one |
| passions, and attachments), anger (irritation, rage and | | | | millennium old, Tibetan Medicine can offer allopathic |
| hatred) and stupidity (closed mindedness or apathy). | | | | medicine a different perspective on health. However, |
| Basically wrong thinking and beliefs make you sick. | | | | like other scientific systems, it must be understood on |
| These three mind poisons are regulated by three | | | | its own terms and we may need to wait for western |
| energies in the body called Lung (wind), Tripa (bile) and | | | | science to evolve in order to understand the positive |
| Bekan (phlegm). If a person has too much of any of | | | | results that Tibetan Doctors get especially in areas |
| the mind poisons, diseases from an imbalance in the | | | | such as psychiatry. |
| energies occurs. | | | | |