Tibetan herbal medicine

Tibetan herbal medicine is an extremely important part of the Tibetan medicine system.

Tibetan medicine uses powders and decoctions. Tibetan doctors make use of pills which are typically made from a big amount of herbs (usually eight to twenty five ingredients). The advantages of pills are the following

• Simple to use
• The pills can be made beforehand at a medical center or facility where all of the ingredients are all gathered together.

• Rough terrain
• Tibet's limited development
• Vast distances

They may wish to make formulas for decoction, what they did instead is prepare a small amount of various pills at more central facilities and carry it to their patients. A lot of doctors had to be satisfied with a collection of two dozen formulas.

Tibetan pills were usually big and hard and took a lot of time to prepare. Each herb was first processed meticulously then mixed and preserved.

Some herbs are difficult or costly to get. Some medicinal plants are very rare and grow beyond fifteen thousand feet.

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