Tibetan Medicine: A Buddhist Approach to Healing

Synopsis

Tibet’s first woman physician, the late Ama Lopsang Dolma, shows how medicines are made from animal, vegetable and mineral substances and how acupuncture and moxibustion (burning the herb moxa on the skin to drive healing enegy deep inside the body) are used. Explores the relationship of physical health to magnetic and other forces in the environment, and shows how Tibetan medicine aims to heal both the physical and psychic being by treating the patient rather than the disease.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min.

Year of production

1985

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £17.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

acupuncture; Buddhism; holistic medicine; Tibet; traditional medicine

Credits

Cast

Lopsang Dolma

Production Company

Name

Hartley Foundation

Distributor

Name

Meridian Trust

Email

info@meridian-trust.org

Web

http://www.meridian-trust.org/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7278 2576

Fax

020 7837 2800

Address

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London
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