Tibetan Medicine
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Tibetan Medicine is Buddhist Ayurveda – which refers to the roots of Ayurvedic medicine coming from Buddhism (not only Hinduism).
This is evidenced by Nagarjuna Bodhisattva being the Buddhist Monk author of the Sushruta Samhita and Vagabhata (author of Astangha Hridayam and Astangha Samgraha) being a Buddhist and invoking the Medicine Buddha (Bhaisajya Guru Buddha).
- Snippet from Wikipedia: Traditional Tibetan medicine
Traditional Tibetan medicine or Sowa Rigpa is the Tibetan medical system developed in the 8th century under King Trisong Detsen that incorporated the best international medical practices of that time. The medical treatise Giyud Shi, or the Four Tantras, was then originally composed and later edited in the 12th century.
Tibetan medicine employs multiple approaches to diagnosis that incorporate techniques including Venesection, Moxibustion, Compression Therapy, Medicinal Bathing, and massage. The pharmacology relies on complex formulas of multi-ingredient medicines that use herbs, minerals, metals, and animal products.
The Tibetan medical system's Four Tantras was based on Tibet's indigenous health practices, and this knowledge joined that of the 8th century invited conference attendants arriving from Greece, Persia, India, China, and Central Asia that met at Samye Monastery and formed Trisong Detsen's Medical Council, composed of respected international practitioners. Together they developed Sowa Rigpa.
The current practice of Sowa Rigpa or Tibetan medicine is mostly based on the 12th century edits by Yuthok Yongten Gompo the Younger to the original "Four Tantras" medical treatise prepared by Yuthok Yongten Gompo the Elder.
Tibetan medicine has since spread to the Ladakh and Sikkim regions of northern India, to the western and northern parts of Nepal, and throughout Bhutan. Historically, Mongolia and Turkestan (currently Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang) and the Mongolian-populated areas in the northeast have been greatly influenced by Tibetan medicine. Tibetan medicine is also predominantly used in the Buryat and Tuva regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the Republic of Kalmykia, located in the Volga River basin.
Tibetan medicine embraces the traditional Buddhist belief that all illness ultimately results from the three poisons: delusion, greed and aversion. Tibetan medicine follows the Buddha's Four Noble Truths which apply medical diagnostic logic to suffering.