Many of its staff and students, as well as many village-based Tibetan physicians, were arrested and imprisoned. Most died in prison. In the ensuing years, Chinese authorities destroyed many Tibetan medical scriptures, paintings and traditional medicines.
Tibetan medicine is a science, art and philosophy that provides a holistic approach to health care.
It is a science because its principles are enumerated in a systematic and logical framework based on an understanding of the body and its relationship to the environment. It is an art because it uses diagnostic techniques based on the creativity, insight, subtlety and compassion of the medical practitioner. And it is a philosophy because it embraces the key Buddhist principles of altruism, karma and ethics. Only if this fails to remedy an ailment is the use of medicines considered. Registration for the course will be taken on first come first served basis.