Tibetan Medicine

Tibetan Medicine: Illustrated in Original Texts, presented and translated by the Ven. Rechung Rinpoche Jampal Kunzang, introduces Western readers to the earliest complete translation of a Tibetan medical text: the biography of the physician-saint gYu-thog Yon-tan mGon-po. Unlike partial translations of Sanskrit-based works such as the *rGyud-bzhi* or Vagbhata’s treatises, this text represents an original Tibetan contribution, distinguished by the poetic and imaginative features characterist...