Speaking of ancient history, Tibet is known as the referee, Khams and Amdo but now, the Chinese have been divided into five: the Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang), the Qinghaï, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. The total area of the Land of the Snows is 2,500,000 km2.
Among the five basic sciences offered to Tibetan medical science is the principal. Her story is very old, it goes back to the origin of this people.
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The fight against different diseases and the elements have been unceasingly, everyone has worked to heal his body. Originally, the company had only coarse food to eat, a lot of diseases related to poor digestion. Then men discovered cooking with fire and used it. The body having a harder time raw foods and cold, they heat, boil or broil food, and could thus stop the digestive diseases.
For example, by boiling water, heat penetrates the body. This facilitates digestion and is also good for any kind of affection.
In Tsenpo, Minister Rulékyé, dynamic and intelligent, built bridges, cultivate the land, extracting iron ore, copper, silver and gold. The cows and bulls, dris (female yack) and yaks were now sheltered in barns and production of farmers and nomads then grew. With this development, we learned to make beer with grain and butter with the milk. Thus, it was discovered through this process of new treatments: the lees of beer was used to heal wounds, melted butter to stop the>
In general, all external and internal substances consist of four elements, and their state of Four Medical Tantras. It had over 300 students.
Previously, most doctors were Tibetan monks and the majority of hospitals were located in monasteries. Thinking that they were similar to temples of other religions would be wrong, since there was the medicine
They are divided into many sections: The fundamental Tantra, which includes 6 chapters whose introduction and table of contents, the presentation of the causes of diseases, their exact consideration and the means curative. Explanatory Tantra, divided into 31 chapters relating mainly to the growth of the organization, development and decline of the disease, medicinal preparations and surgery. The Tantra instructions, divided into 92 chapters who study and classify the causes and conditions for the emergence of diseases, present methods of care etc. The final Tantra, comprising 25 chapters including the section on the review of pulse and urine, one for pain, one concerning therapies soft and hard ... But to speak only of medicinal preparations, there are more than 2,800 drugs. In summary, the four medical tantras together the general theory of medical science, the presentation of the disease and methods of treatment. Furthermore, the centuries and generations passing, [Tibetans] have gradually raised the quintessence of many foreign medicines which prove to be effective. By improving [their medical science], and the spread and develop, they created an original system. Inépuisable, like the doctrinal basis of science extraordinary, it has many special features from the rich experience in medical practice particularly coupled with the nature of the people and upland [Tibet].
The different generations throughout the occupied territory and created ties with Mongolia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and India, where they disséminèrent also, thus allowing significantly expand the scope of diseases covered.
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In 1959, Tibet fell to the power of the Chinese, which resulted in a major disaster political, economic, cultural and environmental. Worse yet, during the Cultural Revolution, not only Tibetan medicine experienced severe damage, but there were also many painful events: the scholars were thrown into prison, medicines and books thrown in a fire or water. ..
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Results of Tibetan medicine
Today, little by little, medication of Tibetan medicines are recognized as a natural medicine and it may be an encouraging sign. As they perform well in treating diseases of the stomach, liver and gallbladder, gout, rheumatism and tumors, the quality of Tibetan medicine and its particularities was updated. In the country, specialists in Tibetan medicine and academics who adie. It was enSuite cared for nearly three years through the Tibetan tradition. It proved effective for 196 patients on 350 approximately and received, in 1987, the compliments from downtown hygiene Chinese, for this achievement.
Also, patients with Hepatitis B were treated with medications such as Tibetan and patient blood test revealed it had obtained good results, many Chinese doctors sent their patients to their Tibetan brothers.
Having summarized the situation somewhat, we conclude with the auspicious wish that all beings be freed from the suffering of the disease and they enjoy an excellent health.
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