Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan medicine (Amchi, Emchi): A largely allopathic system that stems from Ayurveda, Bon (see Bon shamanic practices), Chinese medic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Health And Healing Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan medicine: (Amchi, Emchi): A system that mostly stems from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and Unani. Tibetan medicine encompasses ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
TIBETAN MEDICINE: Tibet has long been renown throughout Asia as a land of medicines. It's medical tradition is a vast science with ful...   » Read the article

Article - Tibetan Medicine - An Introduction
Introduction to Tibetan Medicine by Dr Dorje Reptan Neshar.   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia - Tibetan People
The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. They are one of the largest among the fifty-six nationalities...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaisajyaguru: Encyclopedia - Bhaisajyaguru
Bhaisajyaguru (藥師佛／薬師 Ch. Yàoshī, Jp. Yakushi), more formally Bhaisajyaguruvaidūryaprabha (Jp. 薬師瑠璃光如来 Yakus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Changchub Dorje: Encyclopedia - Changchub Dorje
Changchub Dorje was a teacher of Dzogchen and practitioner of Tibetan medicine. He organized and lead a community of Dzogchen practitione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學, zhōngyī xué, or 中药学, zhōngyaò xu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yaksha: Encyclopedia - Yaksha
Yaksha (Sanskrit, also Yaksa; Pāli: Yakkha, Chinese and Japanese: 夜叉, Pin Yin ye4 cha1, J. yasha) originally from Hindu mythology, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mindroling: Encyclopedia - Mindroling
Mindroling Monastery is one of the six major monasteries of the Nyingma school in Tibet. It was founded by Rigzin Terdak Lingpa in 1676. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia - Yoga Alternative Medicine
Yoga when used as a form of alternative medicine is a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, practiced f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Herbal Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Herbal Medicine
Tibetan herbal medicine: Tibetan herbalism. Its theory posits humoural imbalances.   (See also: Tibetan herbal medicine , Bod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Culture
Tibet boasts a rich culture. Tibetan festivals such as Losar, Shoton, Linka, and the Bathing Festival are deeply rooted in indigenous rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Religion
Tibetans generally observe Tibetan Buddhism and a collection of native traditions known as Bön (also absorbed into mainstream Tibetan Bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Divisions
The Tibetan people are divided into several groups. These include the Changri, Nachan, and Hor, who are further divided into fifty-one su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Notable Features
Since the late 19th century, the Chinese presence in Eastern Tibet has increased, and often the Khambas there are bilingual. Still, mixed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Origins
It is generally agreed that Tibetans share a considerable genetic background with Mongols, although other main influences do exist. Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan People - Clothing
Most Tibetans wear their hair long, although in recent times some men do crop their hair short. The women plait their hair into two queue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaisajyaguru: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhaisajyaguru - Role In Tibet
The practice of Medicine Buddha, the Supreme Healer (or Sangye Menla in Tibetan) is not only a very powerful method for healing and incre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhaisajyaguru: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhaisajyaguru - The Mantras
This is the long version of the Medicine Buddha Mantra in Sanskrit: Om Namo Bhagavate Bhaishajyaguru Vaidūryaprabharājāya Tathāgatā...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Pulsing Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Pulsing Healing
Tibetan Pulsing Healing (Tibetan Pulsing): Modern approach to an ancient Tibetan technique. It is a form of bodywork whose principle i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Ayurveda: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Ayurveda
Tibetan Ayurveda: Subject of Health for Life: Tibetan Ayurveda, by Robert Sachs. Tibetan Ayurveda encompasses meditation and spiritual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Reiki: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Reiki
Tibetan Reiki: Variation of and extension to Reiki. Tibetan Reiki is of ancient Tibetan origin.   (See also: Tibetan Reiki , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Indian Systems Of Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Indian Systems Of Medicine
Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM): Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani. Ayurveda, naturopathy, Siddha, Tibetan medicine, Unani, and yoga. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eastern Medicine: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Eastern Medicine
Eastern medicine: a broad term for Oriental, Indian, Tibetan, Japanese, and Chinese medicine, all of which share philosophies about th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yantra Yoga: Alternative Health Dictionary On Yantra Yoga
Yantra Yoga (Tibetan Yantra Yoga, Yantra Tibetan Yoga): Tibetan Buddhist variation of hatha yoga. The benefits of practicing Yantra Yo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Five Rites Of Rejuvenation: Alternative Health Dictionary On Five Rites Of Rejuvenation
Five Rites of rejuvenation (Five Rites, The Five Tibetans, Tibetan Five Rites): Subject of Peter Kelder's Ancient Secret of the Founta...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine theory posits both Organs (the Triple Burner, for example) and Substances (such as Shen, or Spirit) for w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muli Tibetan Autonomous County: Encyclopedia Ii - Muli Tibetan Autonomous County - Economy
The main resources in Muli are hydro electric power from the rivers and a wide variety of plants used in traditional Chinese medicine, su...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM): Ancient holistic system whose basics include herbology, nutrition, and the conce...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Drisana: Alternative Health Dictionary On Drisana
Drisana (Tibetan Energy System): An ancient system that, is a means of transforming one's emotional, mental, etheric, and spiritual as...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oki-do: Alternative Health Dictionary On Oki-do
Oki-Do (Master Oki's way, Okido, Okido way of living): organic way to ultimate health developed by the late Masahiro Oki. It rests on ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eastern Psychology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Eastern Psychology
Eastern psychology: Group of psychological therapies of Eastern origin, notably those psychological methods that are parts of Ayurveda...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Point Holding: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Tibetan Point Holding
TIBETAN POINT HOLDING Developed in 1989 by Karen Peterson and John Walsh, Tibetan point holding focuses on prolonged holding of acupre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Reiki
Reiki: Although Reiki takes its name from Japanese words meaning "transcendental spirit" and "vital life force energy,&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Reiki:: Health And Healing Dictionary On Tibetan Reiki:
Tibetan Reiki: Variation of and extension to Reiki. Tibetan Reiki is supposedly of ancient Tibetan origin.   (See also: Tibeta...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kum Nye: Alternative Health Dictionary On Kum Nye
Kum Nye (Kum Nye relaxation, Kum Nye relaxation system of self healing): Holistic mode of self-healing developed by Tarthang Tulku and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandpainting: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandpainting - Native American Sandpainting
In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Singer) paints loose...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nuat Thai: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Nuat Thai
NUAT THAI This form of traditional Thai medical massage that originated in the Vajrayana Yogic medicine of Tibet. Translated and creat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pranic Healing: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Pranic Healing
PRANIC HEALING Pranic Healing is a new science of bioenergetic healing. Developed in the Philippines by Master Choa Kok Sui, it is a p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Sound Healing
Sound Healing is a unique type of vibrational therapy that uses the human voice, tuning forks, Tibetan singing bowls, bells and tingsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Universities In Mainland China: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Universities In Mainland China - Xizang
List of universities in mainland China - Lasa. Xizang University Xizang Higher Police School Xizang Nationalities University Xizang In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandpainting: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandpainting - Tibetan Sand Painting
Tibetan Buddhist sand paintings are usually made of mandalas. In Tibetan, it is called dul-tson-kyil-khor ("mandala of colored powders")....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lung Ta: Alternative Health Dictionary On Lung Ta
Lung Ta: ancient shamanic tradition of the Nam Chuks, a Tibetan tribe. It involves using the basic archetypes of healing deities to au...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harmonics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Harmonics
Harmonics: Transformative and curative mode of chanting developed and practiced by Tibetan monks. Proponents associate particular soun...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Harmonics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Harmonics
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Encyclopedia - Muli Tibetan Autonomous County: Encyclopedia Ii - Muli Tibetan Autonomous County - Geography
Muli county has an area of 13,252km². The county is characterised by the canyons formed by three rivers flowing from north to south: the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Non-canonical Texts
Non or semi-canonical texts have been important from very early in Buddhism. Extensive commentaries exist in Pali for the Pali Canon and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhotiya: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhotiya - People
Bhotiya - Byangsi. The Byangsi are a little known tribe living along the Kuthi-Yangti River valley, high up in the Himalayas on the bor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tamang Shamanism: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tamang Shamanism
Tamang shamanism: Form of shamanism practiced by the Tamangs, a group of Tibetan Buddhists in Nepal.   It borrows from Buddhism ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - The Relationship Between Tcm And Western Medicine
Within China, there has been a great deal of cooperation between TCM practitioners and Western medicine, especially in the field of ethno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qiang: Encyclopedia Ii - Qiang - Recent History
At present, the Qiang have a self-identity, referring to themselves as Qiang zu (羌族) and erma or rma (尔玛). There are some 198,000...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm And Animals
As animal products are used in Chinese formulas, vegans and vegetarians should inform their practitioner, if their beliefs forbid the ing...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Toning: Holistic Health Dictionary I On Toning
TONING All of creation is energy, which vibrates according to varying frequencies. Our physical bodies are no exception, and which als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm Treatment Techniques
The traditional treatment in Chinese medicine consists of six major methods: Tui na(推拿) Acupuncture(針疚) Moxibustion(艾炙) Cupp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Uses
In the West, TCM is often considered alternative medicine; however, in mainland China and Taiwan, TCM is widely considered to be an integ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bates Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Bates Method - Eye Exercises
In recent years, the growing interest in alternative medicine has led to an increase in the popularity of the Bates Method and other meth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm And Science
There are some questions about TCM which can be investigated scientifically: Does it work? How does it work? Is it safe? Traditional C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm Diagnostics
The basics of TCM diagnostics are: observe (望 wàng), hear and smell (聞 wén), ask about background (問 wèn) and read the pulse (�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - Economy
Agricultural production includes cotton, linseed oil, maize, melons (the Bailan melon is well known in China), millet, and wheat. Gansu i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Vajrayana Texts
Buddhist texts - Buddhist tantras. The canon of the Vajrayana schools includes a number of Nikaya-related texts from a number of the sc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bon Shamanic Practices: Alternative Health Dictionary On Bon Shamanic Practices
Bon shamanic practices: A number of traditional methods - rituals and modes of visualization - used to generate vital forces and heal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karga Puja: Alternative Health Dictionary On Karga Puja
karga puja (karga healing ritual): One of the shamanic healing ceremonies of the Tamangs, a group of Tibetan Buddhists in Nepal. &nbs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muli: Encyclopedia Ii - Muli - Geography
Muli county has an area of 13,426 km². The county is characterised by the canyons formed by three rivers flowing from north to south: th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - History
Gansu is the acronym first used in Song Dynasty, China, of two Sui and Tang Dynasties prefectures (州): Gan (around Zhangyi) and Su (aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - Miscellaneous Topics
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located in the Gobi desert in Gansu Province. Gansu - Postage Stamps. In August 1949, the provin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - Education
Gansu - Colleges and universities. Lanzhou University (Lanzhou) Gansu Agricultural University ... See also:Gansu, Gansu - Administr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - Geography
Gansu province has an area of 454,000 km², and the majority of its land is above 1 km over sea level. It lies between the Tibetan Platea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Canonical Texts
These are, in some way or other, texts associated with Gautama, the historical Buddha. Different schools, however, are not always in agre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Reiki
Reiki: This ancient healing system of Tibetan Buddhists was lost over the centuries and rediscovered in the 20th Century. It is believ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muli: Encyclopedia Ii - Muli - Economy
The main resources in Muli are hydro electric power from the rivers and a wide variety of plants used in traditional Chinese medicine, su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm Theory
There are many schools of thought on which TCM is based. Because of this, the foundation principles of Chinese medicine are not necessari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoko Asahara: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoko Asahara - Aum Shinrikyo: The Doctrine
The doctrine of Aum Shinrikyo is based on original Buddhist sutras (scriptures), known as the Pali Canon. Besides the Pali Canon, Aum Shi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Cayce: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Cayce - Other Cayce-like Figures
Mesmer's patron the Marquis de Puysegur was able to "magnetize" an illiterate shepherd named Victor, who then spoke with a vastly greater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bates Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Bates Method - The Bates Method
Bates Method - Theory of accommodation/focusing. Accommodation is the process by which the eye changes focus between objects that are f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - Origins And Development
The earliest known mention of chakras is found in the later Upanishads, including specifically the Brahma Upanishad and the Yogatattva Up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - Various Models
Chakrology is a neologism sometimes employed by Alternative Medicine practitioners or esoteric philosophers for the study of chakras. The...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Odem, Adm: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Odem, Adm
Odem or Adm (Hebrew, Jewish). A stone (the cornelian) on the breast-plate of the Jewish High Priest. It is of red colour and possesses...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nagal: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nagal
Nagal. The title of the chief Sorcerer or "medicine man" of some tribes of Mexican Indians. These keep always a daimon or go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oshadi Prastha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Oshadi Prastha
Oshadi Prastha (Sanskrit). Lit., "the place of medicinal herbs". A mysterious city in the Himalayas mentioned even from the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chikitsa Vidya Shastra: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chikitsa Vidya Shastra
Chikitsa Vidya Shastra (Sanskrit). A treatise on occult medicine, which contains a number of " magic " prescriptions. It is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Health And Healing Dictionary On Reiki
Reiki Practitioners of this ancient Tibetan healing system use light hand placements to channel healing energies to the recipient. Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reiki: Encyclopedia Ii - Reiki - Reiki Community
While there is no single standards organization and practitioners practice as they will, some choose to form Reiki communities to bring t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Buddhist Yoga
Within the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism yoga likewise holds a central place, though not in the form presented by Patanjali or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shamanism - Etymology
The word "shaman" probably originated among the Siberian Tungus (Evenks) and literally means "he (or she) who knows"; the belief that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soma: Encyclopedia Ii - Soma - Candidates For The Soma Plant
Even in the Rigveda, Soma is described as growing far away, in the mountains, and has to be purchased from travelling traders. This is co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spirituality-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spirituality-related Topics - Spiritual And Occult Practices
List of spirituality-related topics - Concentration. Astral projection Dhikr Meditation Muraqaba Prayer Remote viewing Yoga List of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spirituality-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spirituality-related Topics - Eastern
List of spirituality-related topics - Esotericism and mysticism. Eckankar Harold Klemp Quan Yin Method Suma Ching Hai Sant Mat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - The Seven Basic Chakras
The following table sets forth some of the concepts associated with each chakra: For a discussion on chakra petals see Petal (chakra) Add...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - References In Fiction
Monks in the videogames Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XI can use chakra for healing and restoring HP or MP. In the manga/anime ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tenggerese: Encyclopedia Ii - Tenggerese - Festivals
The main festival of the Tenggerese is the Yadnya Kasada, which lasts about a month. On the fourteenth day of the Kasada, the Tenggerese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sikkim: Encyclopedia Ii - Sikkim - Demographics
Today the majority of Sikkim's residents are of Nepali ethnic-national origin who came to the province in the 19th century. The native Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yunnan: Encyclopedia Ii - Yunnan - Natural Resources
Yunnan abounds in natural resources. It is known as the kingdom of plants, animals and home of non-ferrous metals and medicinal herbs. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reiki: Encyclopedia Ii - Reiki - Non-traditional Reiki
The independent movement developed partly in response to the belief that Reiki training should be more widely available and practiced in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hsing Yun: Encyclopedia Ii - Hsing Yun - Achievements
Starting in the 1950s, Hsing Yun started making many achievements at an early age. He taught numerous classes, built many schools for chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gansu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gansu - Tourism
Places of Interest: Gansu - The Jiayuguan Pass of the Great Wall. Jiayuguan Pass, in Jiayuguan city, is the largest and most intact pas...   » Read the article

Article - Alternative Health Sitemap I - T
This is a sitemap for Alternative Health - T . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article