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