Dr. Tsering Norbu: Changing Landscapes & Sourcing Traditional Medicine for Men-Tsee-Khang

Today we meet at the headquarters of Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamshala, India and meet with Dr. Tsering Norbu, who has worked here for over 30 years and is the director of both the Culture and Materia Medica departments.

00:01:00 Dr. Tsering’s medicine heritage and path
00:01:49 Born into a lineage of Sowa Ripga doctors, how it has changed.
00:05:00 About Men-Tsee-Khang Institute Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute
00:07:50 Bringing together tradition and science
00:10:30 Changing landscapes affecting medicinal plants
00:11:00 Medicinal plant cultivation methods and challenges.
00:20:00 Making precious pills
00:22:00 Life-span and storage of medicine.
00:24:00 4 Medical Tantras (Gyushi) and medicinal species variation.
00:27:00 Farmers resistance to growing medicinal varieties
00:29:00 Medical research field trips in Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachel Pradesh and other areas.
00:32:00 How imbalances have changed over the decades and what is most needed for modern times.
00:34:00 Painting plant thangkas and their purpose
00:40:00 Closing thoughts about the future

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Men-Tsee-Khang Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute
https://mentseekhang.org/

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