OBJECTIVES

The First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine will provide a perfect opportunity to create an initial exchange, dialogue and greater understanding between the traditions of Tibetan and Western medicine.

The First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine's goals and objectives are to:

• Introduce the Tibetan medical tradition to the scientific, medical and academic communities of the United States of America.
• Provide an interdisciplinary forum for serious dialogue between traditional practitioners and Western scholars, scientists and clinicians.
• Present the results of current clinical and scientific research on Tibetan medicine.
• Present and discuss the potential/or current uses and applications of Tibetan medical practices to Western biomedicine.
• Provide, in many cases, the first opportunity for practitioners of traditional Tibetan medicine from around the world to compare their diverse practices, methodology, adaptations and developments.
• Explore issues of environmental degradation in the Himalayan region and the implications for the area's protection, access to medicinal plants, animal and mineral resources for medicinal purposes.
• Demonstrate the spiritual basis and practices of traditional Tibetan medicine.
• Develop recommendations for future international collaborative action-plans needed to promote, preserve and research the heritage of this ancient medical practice.

 
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