Tibetan Medicine Course A
Workshops

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 6-day onsite practical workshop

Everyday Schedule : 10.00 -12.30 / 14.30-18.00
1^st day training

Gathering of all the participants

Short introduction on etiology and practical training for the traditional diagnosis

• General etiology of body/mind, cause and conditions and classification of the diseases
• Concept and practice of Tibetan medical diagnosis
• Concept of treatment in Tibetan medicine

Traditional Tibetan Pulse reading: preliminary study and training

• Short introduction to the theory and practice of the pulse reading
• Training the pulse reader self
• Preliminary information for the patient
• Training the technique of pulse reading (explanation, practical demonstration and training in pulse reading)
  • Importance of the time of pulse reading
  • Location of the pulse reading
  • Pressure of the pulse reading
  • Organs and pulse reading
  • Three natural pulses
  • Introduction of the seasonal pulse reading
  • Healthy and unhealthy pulses
  • The two principal pathology pulses: fever and cold diseases
  • General and specific pathology pulses

 

2^nd day training

Pulse reading: theory and practice

• Three humors pulses
• Other humor pathology pulses
• Fever and infection pulses
• Respiration and organ pulse reading
• Prognosis pulse of near dying  (theory)
• Psychological and mental disturbed pulses (spirit interferences)
• Life pulse reading
• Demonstration and training in pulse reading

 

3^rd day training

Traditional Tibetan visual diagnosis study and training

• General tongue diagnosis
• Specific tongue diagnosis
• Tongue reading training
• Ear vein reading and practice
• Eyes vein general and specific reading
• Urine analysis
• Reading and examining practice training.

 

4^th day training

Traditional Tibetan medicine diagnosis: Anamneses study and analyzing the cause and condition and symptoms:

1.  Wind disorder (rlung-gi-ned)

• Cause and conditions
• Sign and symptoms
• Food and behavior test

2. Bile disorder  (Tripai-ned)

• Cause and conditions
• Symptoms
• Food and behavior test

3. Phlegm disorder (Badken-gyi-ned)

• Cause and conditions
• Symptoms
• Food and behavior test

4.  Other combined (dhenpai-ned) and fever and infection diseases (Tsawai-ned)

• Cause and conditions
• Symptoms
• Food and behavior test

5^th day training

Short lecture on therapeutic techniques and treatment
Method of treatments: learning and training

• Dietetic regimen
• Behavior regimen
• Medicine/ herbal products and their uses
• Methods of prescribing the medicine and external therapies
  • Technique 1
  • Technique 2

 

6^th day   examination

General and specific questions and answers related with the subjects.

• Revision
• Examination (written, oral and practical)
• Results announcement
  • Graduation ceremony

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ADVANCED LEVEL: GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PATHOLOGIES

6-day onsite practical workshop

Everyday Schedule : 10.00 -12.30 / 14.30-18.00

1^st day training

Gathering of all the participants
Introduction to the Therapeutic techniques in general: learning and training

• Method of treatment
• Moxibustion and practice

2nd day training

continuation of the therapeutic technique and practice

• Hot cupping therapy, learning and practice
• Hor-me therapy, learning and practice
• Salt and other fomentation practice and techniques

3rd day training
External therapy techniques: learning and training

• Tibetan Massage therapy, learning and practice

4th day training
Body mind medicine: Cleaning and purifying the three mental poisons, three humors, and related disease by following yogic techniques: learning and training

• Respiration, visualization and relaxation, learning and practice
• Meditation and relaxation, learning and practice
• Visualization and Medicine Buddha healing mantras, learning and practice

5th day training

• Learning few Tibetan tantric healing yoga and yoga therapy disciplines, learning and practice
• Revising the diagnosis and method of treatments
• Question and answers

6th day examination
Final examination

• Examination
• Results announcement
• Graduation ceremony