Tibetan medicine
Conference 2017
MISSION
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Tibetan Medicine is now recognized as a therapeutic system offering healing modalities that cross the great divide between mind and body. Still, research on the efficacy, practice, and translation of Tibetan medicine in relation to the scientific traditions of the West remains to be done. At one end of the spectrum, researchers have been mapping the benefits of mindfulness, attending to the spiritual basis of health foundational to Tibetan medicine. At the other end of the spectrum, researchers are exploring Tibetan pharmaceuticals as targeted therapies, often for biomedically defined diseases, and are investing in the global markets for these goods. The Congress will convene a global forum to explore the legacy and development of Tibetan Medicine in relation to the mind and body, or what many now call the mind-body connection. Presenters will discuss their current research on Tibetan Medicine in relation to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the promotion of wellness, and the advancement of the sciences of the mind-body in relation to health.
The 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts is the third annual conference of the Tibetan Medicine Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS). Past conferences sponsored by WFCMS took place in Xining, Qinghai Province (2015) and Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region (2016) in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Men-Tse-Khang. The aim of the 2017 conference is to strengthen international academic exchange, and encourage cross-disciplinary cooperation through mutual understanding and shared effort.
Investigating the blending, enhancing, and absorbing of domestic and foreign research results can promote the comprehensive development of Tibetan Medicine and shed light on Tibetan Medicine’s contributions to health and wellness. With serious dialogue between traditional Tibetan medical practitioners and Western scholars, scientists, and clinicians, the conference may help identify and establish future research and international collaboration efforts that can carry forward the Tibetan medical tradition, raise its standards, and better serve humanity.
Tibetan Medicine is now recognized as a therapeutic system offering healing modalities that cross the great divide between mind and body. Still, research on the efficacy, practice, and translation of Tibetan medicine in relation to the scientific traditions of the West remains to be done. At one end of the spectrum, researchers have been mapping the benefits of mindfulness, attending to the spiritual basis of health foundational to Tibetan medicine. At the other end of the spectrum, researchers are exploring Tibetan pharmaceuticals as targeted therapies, often for biomedically defined diseases, and are investing in the global markets for these goods. The Congress will convene a global forum to explore the legacy and development of Tibetan Medicine in relation to the mind and body, or what many now call the mind-body connection. Presenters will discuss their current research on Tibetan Medicine in relation to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the promotion of wellness, and the advancement of the sciences of the mind-body in relation to health.
The 2017 Tibetan Medicine Conference on Mind-Body Health at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts is the third annual conference of the Tibetan Medicine Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS). Past conferences sponsored by WFCMS took place in Xining, Qinghai Province (2015) and Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region (2016) in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Men-Tse-Khang. The aim of the 2017 conference is to strengthen international academic exchange, and encourage cross-disciplinary cooperation through mutual understanding and shared effort.
Investigating the blending, enhancing, and absorbing of domestic and foreign research results can promote the comprehensive development of Tibetan Medicine and shed light on Tibetan Medicine’s contributions to health and wellness. With serious dialogue between traditional Tibetan medical practitioners and Western scholars, scientists, and clinicians, the conference may help identify and establish future research and international collaboration efforts that can carry forward the Tibetan medical tradition, raise its standards, and better serve humanity.
