Videos
Department of Liver Disorders, Lhasa Mentsikhang
In the Liver Disorders video sub-series, two liver specialists discuss their work, and doctors examine patients being treated in the Department of Liver Disorders in the hospital.
Department of Gastrointestinal Disorders, Lhasa Mentsikhang
In the GI Disorders video sub-series, physicians discuss diagnosis and treatment options in the GI Department, new technologies for diagnosis are introduced, and physicians examine patients staying in the hospital.
Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Lhasa Mentsikhang
In the Musculoskeletal Disorders video sub-series, doctors examine patients staying in the hospital and discuss various therapeutic strategies.
Discussing medical terminology
In the Medical Lectures series, physicians lecture on various medical topics in detail. The "Medical Terminology" series offers short presentations on specific terms.
Clinical Practice in Tibetan Medicine
This page offers resources for the study of the practice of Tibetan medicine, intending primarily to appeal to those with interests in alternative traditions of health care and the practical clinical applications of Tibetan medicine in Tibet or abroad.
Spotlight
Several articles on SARS and Tibetan medicine have been posted on the Tibetan Medicine Discussion Forum.
Filmed entirely in Lhasa, the THDL clinical practice video collection includes video titles on gastro-intestinal, liver, and musculoskeletal disorders, as well as other topics--see the thematically organized video tree for more.
The TMLR project features short in-progress essays available for preliminary reading on the following topics: Clinical Diagnosis, Therapeutics, Nosology, and The Human Body. These and other essays will be developed during 2003.
Community
Tibetan Medicine Discussion Forum: Join the academic discussion forum for translation issues, historical and ethnographic observations or questions, and other theoretical and practical concerns that arise in the study of Tibetan medicine. Grants for research on Tibetan medicine are posted on the forum as well.
Questions? Contact us at tibetanmedicine@virginia.edu
Projects
Currently active within the Medicine Collections is Tibetan Medicine Learning Resources, which is developing a set of multimedia instructional materials to aid in the study and teaching of Tibetan medicine. Among other topics, the project focuses on the practice of Clinical Medicine in Lhasa today.
THDL Medicine Site Index
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Factory
Studying
Tibetan Medicine in Tibetan
Reference
Bibliographies
- Recent Publications on Tibetan Medicine updated 03/14/03
- Medical Texts in Tibetan updated 03/17/03
- Chinese Medicine
- Search the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine for the most up-to-date scientific publications.
Web Links
- See our recommended internet resources, including links to directories of Tibetan medical practitioners outside Tibet and aid organizations working in Tibetan communities.
- Search the U.S. NCCAM clinical trials database at http://clinicaltrials.gov/
- The index of the Proceedings of the Conference on Clinical Research in Tibetan Medicine, March 15-17, 1996, is translated in the journal AyurVijnana.