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News:
The first seminar on Traditional Tibetan Medicine successfully ended at Tibet Center, I.I.H.T.S., Austria.
Dr. Tsultrim Kalsang, doctor and researcher at Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical & Astro. in Dharamsala, lead the seminar Introduction into Tibetan Medicine I. Doctors, therapists and nursing staff were among the participants.
What characterizes Tibetan medicine is its investigation into the causes of diseases. Body and mind are never considered as separated but always as an entity that influence each other. Therefore, the mental state of a person always affects the physical health and vice versa.
Dr. Tsultrim taught about fundamental of Tibetan Medicine, the three Nyes-pa- gSum; by the two theories, psychical- Dug gSum (Three poison)- and another theory is cosmology-physical- (Five cosmo-physical elements); taught about the Introduction to One's Nature and also relationship between Tibetan medicine and Astrology.
The Tibetan doctor taught thirty different types of topics within Tibetan medicine in the seminar, including dietary regiment in Tibetan medicine and also lifestyle or behavior management in Tibetan medicine. The improper taking of diets and beverages and unwholesome lifestyles are the two main factors or a condition which contributes to give rise to various disorders.
Moreover, the participants received great opportunity to depict glimpse of alpine medicinal plants of Tibet.
After completion of four consecutive courses of introduction into Tibetan medicine, then examination was held at Tibet Center. The participants who took full courses in seminar appeared for the written examination. The average aggregate results of the participants were highly appreciable and desirable outcome.
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