Sowa Rigpa

Last updated on September 23rd, 2025 Posted on February 9, 2022 by admin1 1906

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Registered practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa are now authorized to issue medical fitness certificates.

What is Sowa -Rigpa (Science of healing)?

It is commonly known as the Amchi system of medicine is one of the oldest, living and well documented medical traditions of the world.
It has been a popular practice in Tibet, Magnolia, Bhutan, some parts of China, Nepal, Himalayan regions of India and few parts of the former Soviet Union etc.
In India, this system has been practiced in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling (West Bengal), Lahoul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) and Ladakh region of Jammu& Kashmir etc.
The majority of theory and practice of Sowa-Rigpa is similar to “Ayurveda”.
Yuthog Yonten Gonpo from Tibet is believed to be the father of Sowa Rigpa.
Theory of Sowa-Rigpa:
The basic theory of Sowa-Rigpa may be adumbrated in terms of the following five points:
- The body in disease as the locus of treatment;
- Antidote, i.e., the treatment;
- The method of treatment through antidote;
- Medicine that cures the disease;
- Materia Medica, Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Source: TH

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