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Tibetan medicine remains part of healthcare in the high-altitude region, in photos
People in the high-altitude region of Tibet use a centuries-old medical system called Sowa Rigpa alongside conventional medicine to treat ailments.
At the Xizang Autonomous Region Hospital of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, doctors practice both Tibetan and conventional medicine.
Tibetan medicine, known as Sowa Rigpa, is connected to Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and views illness as an imbalance of three elements: Loong, Tripa, and Badkan.
The World Health Organization states traditional medicine is important worldwide but should be integrated based on scientific evidence.
In the high-altitude region of Tibet, traditional medicine is still part of health care, as local residents continue to resort to a healing system with a centuries-old history to treat various ailments. At the Hospital of Tibetan Medicine of the Xizang Autonomous Region, in Lhasa, the capital of the region, doctors apply both traditional practices and methods of modern medicine, depending on the needs of patients. The “science of healing” Tibeta…