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Inttroduction to the Tibetan Medicine I.: Historical Survey and Medical Work Gyudzhi

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2015

Abstract

The article offers a brief overview of the historical development of the Tibetan medical tradition, from its earliest traceable origins until the present. It particularly focuses on the main medical work Gyudzhi, the most influential Tibetan medicine practitioners and the reforms in the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama.