Traditional Tibetan Healthcare

This is an ancient system of healing which uses pulse diagnosis and treats with diet, lifestyle advice, massage, and gentle herbal remedies. His Holiness Dalai Lama, who relies on Tibetan medicine to maintain his health, says that its special strength is in helping with chronic ailments.

You do not need to be sick to consult a Tibetan doctor: taking the doctor's advice helps to maintain good health by preventing the energy imbalances which cause illness.

Doctors

All our doctors have been fully trained by  the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (Men Tsee Khang)
which was set up by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1961 to preserve the ancient Tibetan tradition of
healing. Its research branch also studies and develops new remedies in response to world needs. Tibetan medicine is becoming more popular around the world and especially in the USA, UK, Europe & New Zealand.

Dr Lhundup Dorjee

Dr Lhundup Dorjee was born in 1982 in a small village in southwest Tibet, making his way to India in 1997 in pursuit of personal freedom and education.

Graduating with a Bachelor of Tibetan Medical Science from the Men-Tsee-Khang College in 2013, he has since devoted himself to general practice, clinical research with a special interest in the management of diabetes, further training including Acupuncture, and community service including working as a volunteer physician during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Dorjee is a strong advocate for promoting the availability and global recognition of Tibetan Medicine, and he has travelled extensively as a lecturer and practical physician in South America and Europe.

Dr Kunga Jigme

Dr Kunga Jigme is an experienced Tibetan Medical practitioner, who has worked as the sole charge doctor in Men-Tsee-Khang clinics in Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, remote Tuting, Arjuni, New Delhi and Mumbai, India.

Currently Dr Jigme is on secondment to the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim, where he is an Associate Professor and Head of the Sowa Rigpa Institute for training Tibetan doctors. He has toured Europe as a lecturer and clinical physician, and also New Zealand in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2024.

Remedies 

Our remedies are made from herbs gathered in the Himalayas by and under the supervision of
trained Tibetan doctors. In the past they were always made from wild herbs, but since the
worldwide demand for Tibetan remedies has grown so large, some herbs are being cultivated now for use
as medicines.
 

About

Sowa Rigpa NZ was set up in 2002 by Venerable Lama Karma Samten, who was at that time our
resident teacher. It is run entirely by volunteers, and any profit made from patients is used exclusively for
the running of the Karma Choeling Buddhist Monastery. Over the years our doctors have assisted hundreds of New Zealand patients suffering from a wide variety of conditions.

For information or to make an appointment, email us - sowarigpanz@gmail.com

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