Kalon Sangye Gyatso was the sixth regent of the 5th Dalai Lama, in the Ganden Phodrang government. He founded the Chagpori College of Medicine in 1694, a Traditional Tibetan medicine school for monks
Desi Sangye Gyatso
A drawing from the Blue Beryl illustrating the Tibetan Buddhist view of the chakras (rsta-khor) and sushumna (dbu-ma).
Six common medicinal herbs in Tibet
Traditional Tibetan medicine or Sowa Rigpa is the Tibetan medical system developed in the 8th century under King Trisong Detsen that incorporated the best international medical practices of that time.
Desi Sangye Gyatso
…was the sixth regent of the 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682), in the Ganden Phodrang government. He founded the Chagpori College of Medicine in 1694, a Traditional Tibetan medicine school for monks which grew in 1916 under the 13th Dalai Lama to include Astrology and Astronomy departments collectively called the Men-Tsee-Khang…
Illustrations of Tibetan materia medica
Chagpori College of Medicine in 1938
Center for Oriental Medicine, Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia
Ancient Tibetan Medicine Poster