Tibetan medicine: a “science of healing” that is closely related to Buddhism

December 2008 Among traditional Asian medicine based on a written corpus, Tibetan medicine was late in establishing its recognition outside of its cultural framework. Research on the Tibetan “science of healing” (gso-ba rig-pa) only developed from the middle of the 20th century onwards, especially with the influx of refugees in the south who were escaping from the army of the young Chinese People’s Republic, which had taken control of the Tibetan Plateau. At the same time, teachings were spre..