What is the Traditional Tibetan Medical System?
The traditional Tibetan Medical System is a science, an art and a 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 traditional medical practitioner. And it is a philosophy because it embraces the Buddhist ethics of altruism and karma.