Tibetan Medicine

Tibetan medicine is very ancient. It was over thousands of years when the ancient treatise on medicine "Chjud-shi" was written.

At present the scientists study various books about Tibetan medicine. The methods of treatment used by Tibetans are different from modern medicine but the theoretical ideas are quite logical. Tibetan doctors thought that:

- diseases were caused by the violation of the equilibrium of the main «vital sources»;

- a disease reflected the suffering of the entire human organism and not just the separate organ. They considered that it was necessary to treat the entire organism.

One of the reasons causing diseases was food. They considered that food was useless and bad. Tibetan doctors were gifted specialists. During the examination of the patients they used different senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

To diagnose the disease they differentiated between 400 different hues of pulse and it was felt by the doctor on the patient's both arms.

The chief postulate of Tibetan medicine was: "Everything that surrounds us may be used as a medicine". Tibetans made medicines from raw plants, animals and mineral materials. They used precious metals and stones. The doctors took gold, silver, emerald, pearls and others. They also used insects and molluscs. They burned the animals and used ash from their inner organs as a medicine for the patients. They considered that such as ash could contain useful substances, necessary for the patient. Their medicines were not toxic for the patients. They used various medical herbs for treating.

Tibetan medicine has helped the modern medicine in treating dif­ferent diseases. At present our doctors often use medical herbs as medicine.

The modern medicine has the same commandment as the Tibetan medicine. It is "Do not harm".

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