Tibetan Medicine and You - by Miriam E Cameron & Tenzin Namdul

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All of us want to be happy and avoid suffering. So why are we anxious, angry, and depressed? Tibetan medicine, Tibet's ancient science of healing, offers effective tools for transforming suffering into health and happiness. This unique book explains in everyday English how to ...

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All of us want to be happy and avoid suffering. So why are we anxious, angry, and depressed? Tibetan medicine, Tibet's ancient science of healing, offers effective tools for transforming suffering into health and happiness. This unique book explains in everyday English how to use Tibetan medicine for self-care and overall better well-being.

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As a complete guide to Health and Happiness based on Ancient knowledge of Sowa Rigpa, (Tibetan medicine), the authors carefully presented the integrity of Tibetan medicine as complement to modern medicine and conventional way of life.

Cameron and Namdul understand that Tibetan medicine and Western medicine are all too often seen as competing paths to physical and emotional healing. They present a thorough and accessible summary of what ancient Tibetan medicine excels at as well as what Western medicine does best. Their hope in their collaboration is that both disciplines can get past entrenched biases, understand that neither approach need be in conflict but can complement one another for the betterment of us all.

Everyone wants to be happy! What a perfect truth and message to share with the world. Although more than 2,500 years old, few people know about this ancient healing system which teaches that healing and happiness begin in the mind. Tibetan Medicine and You: A Path to Wellbeing, Better Health, and Joy explains the concepts of Tibetan medicine which combines influences of classical India, China, and Central Asia with Buddhism. Living in harmony with your constitution is an important aspect of Tibetan medicine and this book provides tools to help you determine your innate constitution. Once you know your constitution, Tibetan Medicine and You: A Path to Wellbeing, Better Health, and Joy contains information about how to create balance through lifestyle choices, diet, herbs and meditation and provides a number of methods and techniques to follow for self-healing purposes. This book inspires deep appreciation for an ancient healing system that is totally applicable to our lives today. It is a treasure...

Overall, I was recurrently struck by the holistic seamlessness between Tibetan religion, its rich cosmology, and its medicine. . . a compelling and informative read.

This book by Miriam Cameron and Tenzin Namdul is an excellent resource for health care providers interested in traditional and integrative medicine. The scientific community is interested in the benefits of traditional medical practices and their biological mechanisms. Tibetan medicine can be used together with Western medicine to enhance healthy outcomes and improve lives of people. This interesting book is easy to read and full of great practical advice for healthy and happy living. Healthcare professionals, students, researchers as well as lay people will benefit from this ancient healing system.

This book is an enterprising effort to communicate Tibetan Medicine to a global audience. It is a bold initiative in creating for the first time a self-help manual of Tibetan healing.

This book is an excellent presentation of the complexity of Tibetan Medicine in a simple yet thorough format the western mind can understand. The authors describe Tibetan Medicine as a truly integrative system that weaves together body, mind amp; spiritual aspects to balance a beingrsquo;s healthful energies. Just as the mind can create suffering and disease, Buddhist practice and meditation is included to help decrease human suffering through understanding. This emphasis on the whole person brings new relevance of this book to Karma amp; Dharma practice. Highly recommended reading to Tibetan Medicine patients, students and healthcare professionals.

About the Author

Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, MS, MA, RN is Lead Faculty, Yoga & Tibetan Medicine Focus Area and Graduate Faculty, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing University of Minnesota. Since 1994, she has studied, conducted research, and taught graduate courses about Tibetan medicine, yoga, nursing, and ethics. She has published over 65 journal articles, nine book chapters, three monographs, three Internet modules, and three other books including Karma & Happiness: A Tibetan Odyssey in Ethics, Spirituality, & Healing, with the foreword by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. She lives in Minneapolis.

Tenzin Namdul, PhD, TMD, is a Tibetan medical doctor and medical anthropologist. He is a Clinical and Translational Science Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, and Graduate Faculty, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota. Tenzin's research focuses on the intersection of biological and sociocultural factors in the study of aging and end-of-life care. Besides conducting funded research studies, he has published articles, a book, a book chapter, and an internet module about Tibetan medicine. For over 20 years, he has collaborated with Dr. Cameron on teaching, research, publishing, and other work involving Tibetan medicine. He lives in Minneapolis.