Recent Publications on Tibetan Medicine

Abstracts and additional information about many of these articles can be accessed online at PubMed. Additional bibliographic references can be found in Jurgen Aschoff's online Annotated Bibliography of Tibetan Medicine, very comprehensively covering texts and articles from 1789 to 1995. Selective bibliographies on Chinese medicine and on Tibetan language medical texts are being prepared and may be consulted now as in-progress works.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON CLINICAL MEDICINE:

Aitzetmuller K, Xin Y.
[Sea buckthorn and sea buckthorn oils--recent developments in China and central Asia]
Nahrung. 1999 Aug;43(4):228-32. Review. German.

Azargaev LN, Boronoev VV, Poplaukhin VN, Storchun EV.
[Pulse wave recording device]
Med Tekh. 1998 Mar-Apr;(2):28-32. Russian.

Bai Y, Cheng N, Jiang C, Wang Q, Cao D.
Survey on cystic echinococcosis in Tibetans, West China.
Acta Trop 2002 Jun;82(3):381-5

Bai Y, Cheng N, Wang Q, Cao D.
An epidemiological survey of cystic echinococcosis among Tibetan school pupils in West China.
Ann Trop Paediatr 2001 Sep;21(3):235-8

Bauer JL.
Through the Tibetan looking glass.
J Altern Complement Med. 2000 Aug;6(4):303-4.

Beall CM, Laskowski D, Strohl KP, Soria R, Villena M, Vargas E, Alarcon AM, Gonzales C, Erzurum SC.
Pulmonary nitric oxide in mountain dwellers.
Nature 2001 Nov 22;414(6862):411-2

Begley SS.
Tibetan Buddhist medicine: a transcultural nursing experience.
J Holist Nurs. 1994 Sep;12(3):323-42.

Bhatia S, Dranyi T, Rowley D.
Tuberculosis among Tibetan refugees in India.
Soc Sci Med 2002 Feb;54(3):423-32

Bhatia S, Dranyi T, Rowley D.
A social and demographic study of Tibetan refugees in India.
Soc Sci Med 2002 Feb;54(3):411-22

Boronoev VV, Poplaukhin VN, Storchun IuE.
[Amplitude-time and phase characteristics of pulse signal force transducer in multizone pulse diagnosis]
Med Tekh. 1998 Mar-Apr;(2):32-5. Russian.

Boroyonev.
Research on Tibetan Pulse Diagnosis At the Buryat Institute of Natural Sciences (BINS) Laboratory of Radiobiophysics, Buryatia, Russia
AyurVijnana, 1998; 4. http://www.kreisels.com/ittm/Ittm27d.htm

Boronoev VV, Rinchinoiv OS.
[Several aspects of software implementation of a computerized pulse diagnostics complex]
Med Tekh. 1996 Sep-Oct;(5):36-8. Russian.

Cao J, Bai X, Zhao Y, Liu J, Zhou D, Fang S, Jia M, Wu J.
The relationship of fluorosis and brick tea drinking in Chinese Tibetans.
Environ Health Perspect. 1996 Dec;104(12):1340-3.

Cao J, Zhao Y, Liu J, Xirao R, Danzeng S.
Varied ecological environment and fluorosis in Tibetan children in the nature reserve of Mount Qomolangma.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2001 Jan;48(1):62-5

Changbhar.
Tibetan Medicine in the treatment of Aplastic Anaemia
AyurVijnana, 1998;4. http://www.kreisels.com/ittm/Ittm27a.htm

Chasseur C, Suetens C, Michel V, Mathieu F, Begaux F, Nolard N, Haubruge E.
A 4-year study of the mycological aspects of Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):154-8

Clarke C.
Amchhi Inji-ne, the English doctor: part 2.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2000 Spring;11(1):47-51.

Clarke CR.
Three journeys to high altitude: medicine, Tibetan thangkas, and Sepu Kangri.
J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1999 Jan-Feb;33(1):78-84.

Cui C, Shi J, Hui L, Xi H, Zhuoma, Quni, Tsedan, Hu G.
The dominant hepatitis B virus genotype identified in Tibet is a C/D hybrid.
J Gen Virol 2002 Nov;83(Pt 11):2773-7

Duff J.
Observations while treating altitude illness.
Wilderness Environ Med. 1999 Winter;10(4):274.

Dummer, Thomas G.
Tibetan medicine and other holistic health-care systems.
London, New York: Routledge, 1988.

Gesang L, Liu G, Cen W, Qiu C, Zhuoma C, Zhuang L, Ren D, Pincuo Z, Chan Y.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and its association with essential hypertension in a Tibetan population.
Hypertens Res 2002 May;25(3):481-5

Harris NS, Crawford PB, Yangzom Y, Pinzo L, Gyaltsen P, Hudes M.
Nutritional and health status of Tibetan children living at high altitudes.
N Engl J Med 2001 Feb 1;344(5):341-7

Hinsenkamp M, Ryppens F, Begaux F, Mathieu F, De Maertelaer V, Lepeire M, Haubruge E, Chasseur C, Stallenberg B.
The anatomical distribution of radiological abnormalities in Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):142-6

Hoppeler H, Vogt M.
Muscle tissue adaptations to hypoxia.
J Exp Biol 2001 Sep;204(Pt 18):3133-9

Hoy D, Toole MJ, Morgan D, Morgan C.
Low back pain in rural Tibet.
Lancet 2003 Jan 18;361(9353):225-6.

Huang F, Li Y, Wu J, Jin Z, Chen L, Hou Y.
[Genetic polymorphisms of TH01 and VWA loci in Tibetans in China]
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 1998 Oct 10;15(5):293-6. Chinese.

Iwamoto T, Kuwahira I, Ishii M, Nishiumi M, Kamio K.
[Evaluation of cardiopulmonary function in Japanese Himalayan climbers to the Himalayas underin a hypobaric hypoxic chamber]
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 2002 Apr;40(4):287-91. Japanese.

Jackson R.
Tibetan medicine and dermatology in the fifteenth century.
Int J Dermatol. 1995 Dec;34(12):834-6.

Jacobson E.
Panic attack in a context of comorbid anxiety and depression in a Tibetan refugee.
Cult Med Psychiatry 2002 Jun;26(2):259-79

Jiang C.
Today's regional distribution of echinococcosis in China.
Chin Med J (Engl) 2002 Aug;115(8):1244-7

Jin C, Yan Z, Jianwei L, Ruodeng X, Sangbu D.
Environmental fluoride content in Tibet.
Environ Res. 2000 Jul;83(3):333-7.

Jobst KA.
So what if there is no immediate explanation?
J Altern Complement Med. 1998 Winter;4(4):355-7.

Khangkar, Lobsang Dolma.
Journey into the mystery of Tibetan medicine : based on the lectures of Dr. Dolma.
New Delhi: Yarlung Publications, 1990.

Khangkar, Lobsang Dolma.
Lectures on Tibetan medicine.
Dharamsala, H.P., India : Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1986.

Khangkar, Tsewang Dolkar.
Health and harmony through the balance pulse rhythms.
New Delhi : Yarlung Publications, 1990.

Khangkar, Tsewang Dolkar.
Tibetan medicine: the Buddhist way of healing.
New Delhi: Lustre Press, 1998.

Kosoburov AA.
[Transducer for pulse diagnostics]
Med Tekh. 1996 Sep-Oct;(5):35-6. Russian.

La Grange M, Mathieu F, Begaux F, Suetens C, Durand MC.
Kashin-Beck disease and drinking water in Central Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):167-9

Liu M, Boireau P.
Trichinellosis in China: epidemiology and control.
Trends Parasitol 2002 Dec;18(12):553-6.

Lobsang Rapgay.
Rlung (Vata) diseases, diagnosis and cure.
Dharamsala, H.P., India: Lobsang Rapgay, 1981.

Lobsang Rapgay.
The art of Tibetan medical urinalysis.
Dharamsala, H.P., India: Lobsang Rapgay, 1986.

Lobsang Rapgay.
Tibetan medicine : a holistic approach to better health.
Dharamsala, H.P., India: Lobsang Rapgay, 1985.

Lobsang Rapgay.
Tibetan therapeutic massage.
Dharamsala, H.P., India: Lobsang Rapgay, 1985.

Loizzo JJ, Blackhall LJ.
Traditional alternatives as complementary sciences: the case of Indo-Tibetan medicine.
J Altern Complement Med. 1998 Fall;4(3):311-9.

Malaisse F, Haubruge E, Mathieu F, Begaux F.
Ethno-agricultural approach to the rural environment in the prevention of Kashin-Beck disease.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):170-4

Mathieu F, Begaux F, Suetens C, De Maertelaer V, Hinsenkamp M.
Anthropometry and clinical features of Kashin-Beck disease in central Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):138-41

Mathieu F, Suetens C, Begaux F, De Maertelaer V, Hinsenkamp M.
Effects of physical therapy on patients with Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):191-3

Matzner Y, Sallon S.
The effect of Padma-28, a traditional Tibetan herbal preparation, on human neutrophil function.
J Clin Lab Immunol. 1995;46(1):13-23.

Moore C, Adler R.
Herbal vitamins: lead toxicity and developmental delay.
Pediatrics. 2000 Sep;106(3):600-2.

Moore LG, Young D, McCullough RE, Droma T, Zamudio S.
Tibetan protection from intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and reproductive loss at high altitude.
Am J Human Biol 2001 Sep-Oct;13(5):635-44

Moore LG, Zamudio S, Zhuang J, Droma T, Shohet RV.
Analysis of the myoglobin gene in Tibetans living at high altitude.
High Alt Med Biol 2002 Spring;3(1):39-47

Moore LG, Zamudio S, Zhuang J, Sun S, Droma T.
Oxygen transport in tibetan women during pregnancy at 3,658 m.
Am J Phys Anthropol 2001 Jan;114(1):42-53

Moreno-Reyes R, Suetens C, Mathieu F, Begaux F, Zhu D, Rivera T, Boelaert M, Neve J, Perlmutter N, Vanderpas J.
Kashin-Beck disease and iodine deficiency in Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):164-6

Namdul T, Sood A, Ramakrishnan L, Pandey RM, Moorthy D.
Efficacy of Tibetan medicine as an adjunct in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care. 2001 Jan;24(1):175-6.

Navchoo IA, Buth GM.
Medicinal system of Ladakh, India.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1989 Sep;26(2):137-46.

Pollak OJ.
Impressions of health and medicine in Tibet.
Del Med J. 1984 Nov;56(11):691-4.

Prasaad Steiner R.
Tibetan medicine. Part I: Introduction to Tibetan medicine and the rGyud-bzi (Fourth Tantra).
Am J Chin Med. 1987;15(1-2):83-8.

Randal J.
Diagnosis, Tibetan style, underlies small herbal study of advanced breast cancer.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1999 Apr 7;91(7):587-8.

Rapgay L.
A guide to Tibetan medical urinalysis.
Acupunct Electrother Res. 1986;11(1):25-43.

Ryan M.
Efficacy of the Tibetan treatment for arthritis.
Soc Sci Med. 1997 Feb;44(4):535-9.

Solomons NW.
Malnutrition and excess mortality in Shangri-La.
Nutr Rev 2002 Feb;60(2):59-62

Suetens C, Moreno-Reyes R, Chasseur C, Mathieu F, Begaux F, Haubruge E, Durand MC, Neve J, Vanderpas J.
Epidemiological support for a multifactorial aetiology of Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):180-7

Terheggen MA, Stroebe MS, Kleber RJ.
Western conceptualizations and Eastern experience: a cross-cultural study of traumatic stress reactions among Tibetan refugees in India.
J Trauma Stress 2001 Apr;14(2):391-403

Thubten Jigme, Norbu.
Dolma & Dolkar : mother and daughter of Tibetan medicine.
New Delhi : Yarlung Publications, 1990.

Tokar E.
Seeing to the distant mountain: diagnosis in Tibetan medicine.
Altern Ther Health Med. 1999 Mar;5(2):50-8. Review.

Tokar E.
Building A Means of Discourse For Integrative Medicine: A Tibetan Medical Perspective on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
AyurVijnana, 1999;6.http://www.kreisels.com/ittm/Ittm52.htm

Touw M.
The religious and medicinal uses of Cannabis in China, India and Tibet.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 1981 Jan-Mar;13(1):23-34. Review.

Vouk K.
[Tibetan medicine--encounter with a traditional system of healing]
Osterr Krankenpflegez. 1995 May;48(5):18-20. German.

Yamamuro T.
Kashin-Beck disease: a historical overview.
Int Orthop 2001;25(3):134-7

Yeshi Donden.
Healing from the source: the science and lore of Tibetan medicine.
Ithaca, NY : Snow Lion Publications, 2000.

Wilkins MR, Aldashev A, Morrell NW.
Nitric oxide, phosphodiesterase inhibition, and adaptation to hypoxic conditions.
Lancet 2002 May 4;359(9317):1539-40

Wu T.
The Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: how high do Tibetans live?
High Alt Med Biol 2001 Winter;2(4):489-99

Wu T, Miao C.
High altitude heart disease in children in Tibet.
High Alt Med Biol 2002 Fall;3(3):323-5

Yeshi Donden, Hopkins, J.
Health through balance : an introduction to Tibetan medicine.
Ithaca, N.Y., USA : Snow Lion Publications, 1986.

Zhuang J, Zhu H, Zhou Z.
Reserved higher vagal tone under acute hypoxia in Tibetan adolescents with long-term migration to sea level.
Jpn J Physiol 2002 Feb;52(1):51-6

Zhuang L, Cui C, Chen Y, Cen W, Qiu C, Xu Q, Liu Y, Zhu X, Fang M, Wu Z.
Genetic basis of essential hypertension in Tibetan.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2002 Aug 10;82(15):1009-12.

SELECTED PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES:

Aschoff, Jurgen.
Tibetan 'Precious Pills': the Rinchen medicine; a tantric healing system with great benefits, some problems, many secrets.
Ulm: Fabri, 2001.

Clark.
Problems in Identifying and Translating Materia Medica used in Tibetan Medicine
AyurVijnana, 2000; 7. http://www.kreisels.com/ittm/Ittm58.htm

Cox, E. H. M.
Plant-hunting in China; a history of botanical exploration in China and the Tibetan marches.
London, Collins, 1945.

Dash, Bhagwan.
Formulary of Tibetan medicine.
Delhi, India : Classics India Publications, 1988.

Dash, Bhagwan.
Illustrated materia medica of Indo-Tibetan medicine.
Delhi, India : Classics India Publication, 1987.

Dash, Bhagwan.
Pharmacopoeia of Tibetan medicine.
Delhi, India : Sri Satguru Publications, 1994.

Ding LS, Wu FE, Chen YZ.
[Diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum gymnandrum]
Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1993;28(3):188-91. Chinese.

Fan W, Tezuka Y, Ni KM, Kadota S.
Prolyl endopeptidase inhibitors from the underground part of Rhodiola sachalinensis.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2001 Apr;49(4):396-401.

Jin C, Yan Z, Jianwei L, Ruodeng X, Sangbu D.
Environmental fluoride content in Tibet.
Environ Res. 2000 Jul;83(3):333-7.

Kletter, Christa, Kriechbaum, Monika, eds.
Tibetan medicinal plants.
Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press/Medpharm, 2001.

Li YW, Fang QC.
[Isoquinoline alkaloids from Corydalis thyrsiflora prain]
Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1991;26(4):303-6. Chinese.

Matzner Y, Sallon S.
The effect of Padma-28, a traditional Tibetan herbal preparation, on human neutrophil function.
J Clin Lab Immunol. 1995;46(1):13-23.

Moore C, Adler R.
Herbal vitamins: lead toxicity and developmental delay.
Pediatrics. 2000 Sep;106(3):600-2.

Morita T, Zhou J, Tanaka O.
Saponins from Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall. subsp. pseudo-ginseng Hara collected at Nielamu, Tibet, China.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1986 Nov;34(11):4833-5.

Ohsako T, Yamane K, Ohnishi O.
Two new Fagopyrum (Polygonaceae) species, F. gracilipedoides and F. jinshaense from Yunnan, China.
Genes Genet Syst 2002 Dec;77(6):399-408

Tanaka O, Han EC, Yamaguchi H, Matsuura H, Murakami T, Taniyama T, Yoshikawa M.
Saponins of plants of Panax species collected in Central Nepal, and their chemotaxonomical significance. III.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2000 Jun;48(6):889-92.

Tsarong, TJ.
Handbook of traditional Tibetan drugs : their nomenclature, composition, use, and dosage.
Kalimpong : Tibetan Medical Publications, 1986.

Wang Q, Shu J, Zeng L.
[Chemical constituents of Drosera peltata Smith var. lunata (Buch.-Ham.) C.B.clarke collected in Tibet]
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1998 Nov;23(11):683-4, 704. Chinese.

Yi JH, Huang XP, Chen Y, Luo ZY, Zhong CC.
[Studies on the iridoid glucosides of the root of Lamiophlomis rotata (benth.) kudo, a medicinal plant in Xi zang (Tibet)]
Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1997 May;32(5):357-60. Chinese.

Zhang H, Wang T, Fang X, Shuai H, Xie C.
[plants of Coptis from Tibet and Yunnan]
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1990 Jun;15(6):326-8, 382. Chinese.

Zhang JS, Li SH, Lou ZC.
[Morphological and histological studies of Chinese Ephedra, ma huang. II. Species produced in southwestern China and other species]

Zhang JS, Tian Z, Lou ZC.
[Quality evaluation of twelve species of Chinese Ephedra (ma huang)]
Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1989;24(11):865-71. Chinese.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE:

Bolsokhoeva, N.
Introduction to the studies of Tibetan medical sources.
Kathmandu, Nepal: Mandala Book Point, 1993.

Bunkol.
[The Tibetan physician Garma Ngesdon Tanjin Phrinlas Rabgyas and his medical works]
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2000 Jul;30(30):160-1. Chinese.

Qigeqitu, Siqingqimuge.
[Guan-bu-za-bu, A Mongolian physician]
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1997;27(1):46-8. Chinese.

Jackson R.
Tibetan medicine and dermatology in the fifteenth century.
Int J Dermatol. 1995 Dec;34(12):834-6.

Marmori MG.
[Medical marvels of the Tantra manuscripts]
Kos 2002 Apr;(199):52-7. Italian.

Pezzi G.
[Italy and her medical relationships with China and Tibet during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries]
Ann Med Nav (Roma). 1970 Jan-Feb;75(1):41-51. Italian.

Bergemann H.
[From the history of medicine in Tibet]
Orv Hetil. 1968 Aug 25;109(34):1885-7. Hungarian.

Li Q.
[Origin of gestation theory in Tibetan medicine]
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1995;25(4):233-7. Chinese.

Jigmed B, Naran C, Bao L.
[Preliminary research of Astangahrdayasamhita]
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1996;26(1):39-42. Chinese.

Ward MP, Milledge JS.
Griffith Pugh, pioneer Everest physiologist.
High Alt Med Biol 2002 Spring;3(1):77-87

 

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