What is Tibetan medicine?
Tibetan medicine is an ancient medical practice known as gso-wa rig-pa , which means "knowledge of healing". It is rooted in the philosophy of Buddhism. This alternative medicinal system does not see the disease in the same way as Western medicine. Where an allopathic doctor sees disease, he sees practicing Tibetan medicine. This medicine system is holistic and treats the body, mind and spirit. Five elements are building blocks of the universe according to philosophy for Tibetan medicine. These five elements are wind, fire, water, ground and space. Each of these elements is responsible for different parts of the body.
The wind controls the lungs and breath, feeling of touch and skin. Eyes, sense of sight, skin tone and body temperature are influenced by an element of fire. The water controls the tongue, the feeling of taste, blood and other body fluids. Earth is responsible for bones, hearing, nose and muscles, while space affects the feeling of hearing, ears and cavities in the body.
Doctor of Tibetan MedicineIt relies on interrogation, touch and visual control to reach diagnosis. One of the first things that Dr. Tibetan medicine will do when he see the new patient will ask questions about the diet and lifestyle of the client. Treatment will vary for a patient who smokes, does not work and eats a lot of unhealthy food before it is for a non -smoker who regularly practices and eats healthy meals. For example, each patient can be administered different medicines and different mantras. The aim of Tibetan medicine is to find the main cause of imbalance and eliminate it, not only to suppress symptoms.
The doctor will observe the skin of the patient's skin, the condition of the nails and check the dark, blood and stools. He or she also takes reading the pulse by placing three fingers on the pulse points of different arteries. The Tibetan physician first sees whether to change the lifestyle and/or the diet to the patient to balance.
If the problem is not repaired by diet and lifestyle changes, medicines will be prescribed. Medicines can be in the form of powders, pills and decoctions and herbs common componeny. The effectiveness of various herbs to treat physical and emotional diseases has been determined for centuries of use.