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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