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

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Today we meet at the headquarters of Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamshala, India 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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