Traditional Medicine
Bhutan has been known as the "Land of Medicinal Plants" since ancient times, and has a rich pharmacopoeia of medicinal treatments prepared with a wide range of plant, animal, and mineral substances found within the remote Himalayan region. Bhutanese medicine has been influenced by Ayurvedic medicine from India as well as from traditional Chinese medicine, and is very similar to the medicine once widely practiced in Tibet where many Bhutanese doctors once trained.
Today, the Bhutanese are exploring combinations of both traditional and Western approaches towards diagnosis and treatment with an eye towards identifying what works and improving understandings of why.
Coming to the Festival
Dorji Uden, Bumthang District, doctor
Sonam Dorjee, Trongsa District
Sonam Tobgay, Mongar District, doctor
Further Reading:
Bhutanese Traditional Medicine
A program sign (in pdf format)
