Resources
Downloadable Presentation Slides (copyrights all reserved, please use for personal educational purposes only!)
A Brief Introduction to Virulent Infectious Disease (Nyen-rim) in the Tibetan Medical Canon: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Presented by Menpa (Doctor of Tibetan Medicine) Khenrab Gyamtso
Organizations related to Tibetan Medicine
ATMA - American Tibetan Medical Association, Conway, MA
Arura Medicine of Tibet, Charlottesville, VA
Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine, Conway, MA
Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing, Boulder, CO
Tibetan Healing Center, San Diego, CA
Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, CA
The Sorig Institute of Tibetan Medicine, San Rafael, CA
Yoga and Tibetan Medicine Focus Area, directed by Dr. Miriam Cameron, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Sowa, Berkeley, CA
Arura Medicine of Tibet, Charlottesville, VA
Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine, Conway, MA
Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing, Boulder, CO
Tibetan Healing Center, San Diego, CA
Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, CA
The Sorig Institute of Tibetan Medicine, San Rafael, CA
Yoga and Tibetan Medicine Focus Area, directed by Dr. Miriam Cameron, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
Sowa, Berkeley, CA
Research articles on Tibetan Medicine
Cameron, Miriam E., Carolyn Torkelson, Susan Haddow, Tenzin Namdul, Aimee Prasek, and Cynthia R. Gross. "Tibetan Medicine and Integrative Health: Validity Testing and Refinement of the Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool and Lifestyle Guidelines Tool." EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing 8.3 (2012): 158-71.
Books on Tibetan Medicine
- Handbook of Traditional Tibetan Drugs by T.J. Tsarong, 1986 Tibetan Medical Publications, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India.
- A Handbook of Tibetan Medicine Plants (illustrated) by T.J. Tsarong, Tibetan Medical Publications, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India.
- Fundamentals of Tibetan Medicine by T.J. Tsarong, 1981 Tibetan Medical Centre, Dharamsala, India.
- Formulary Of Tibetan Medicine by Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, 1988 Classics India Publications, Delhi, India.
- Materia Medica of Indo-Tibetan Medicine by Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, Classics India Publications, Delhi, India.
- Tibetan Medicine with Special Reference to Yoga Sataka by Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, 1985 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India.
- Health Through Balance by Yeshe Donden, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY.
- Ambrosia Heart Tantra annotated by Yeshe Donden, translated by Jhampa Kelsang, 1977 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India.
- Tibetan Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Better Health by Lobsang Rapgay, Dharamsala, India.
- The Tibetan Book of Healing by Lobsang Rapgay, 1996 Passage Press, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Tibetan Therapeutic Massage by Lobsang Rapgay, 1986 Dharamsala, India.
- The Art of Tibetan Medical Urinalysis by Lobsang Rapgay, 1986 Dharamsala, India.
- Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry by Terry Clifford, 1984 Samuel Weiser, Inc. York Beach, ME.
- Tibetan Medicine by Rechung Rinpoche, 1976 University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
- Studies in Tibetan Medicine by Elisabeth Finckh, 1988 Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY.
- Lectures on Tibetan Medicine by Lobsang Dolma Khangkar, 1986 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India.
- Introduction to Tibetan Medicine by Luigi Vitiello,1983 Wisdom Publications, London, England.
- The Tibetan Art of Healing by Theodore Burang, 1997 Robinson and Watkins Books, London.
- Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery by Kenneth Zysk, 2010 Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
- Healing Herbs, The Heart of Tibetan Medicine by Badmajew, et al., 1982 Red Lotus Press, Berkeley, CA.
- Tibetan Medical Paintings by O. Parfionovich and F. Meyer, 1992 Wisdom Publications, London, England [other versions of this book, have been published in Lhasa and Russia; see also Buddha’s Art of Healing: Tibetan Paintings Rediscovered based on the 17th century Atlas of Tibetan Medicine with essays by several modern authorities].
- Mind and Mental Health in Tibetan Medicine, collection of essays, 1988 Potala Publications, New York.
- The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine translated by Barry Clark, 1995 Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY.
- Healing From The Source: The Science And Lore Of Tibetan Medicine, by Yeshi Dhonden, translated by B. Alan Wallace, 2000 Snow Lion Publications
- Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine by Theresia Hofer, 2014 University of Washington Press