AYURVIJNANA
periodical on indo-tibetan medical cultures

published by International Trust of Traditional Medicine, Kalimpong, India


The following research papers, articles, interviews and book reviews are meant to be a modest contribution to the study and research on indo-tibetan and allied medical traditions

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Volume I
July 1996

Editorial

Interview with the Bone Setter of Kalimpong
Niraj Lama, B. M. Pradhan, B. Gerke, Kalimpong, India

Traditional Asian Medical Cultures encounter 
Biomedical Research
Eric Jacobson, MA, USA, B. Gerke, Kalimpong, India

 
Volume III
Autumn 1997

Editorial

Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita and its importance to 
Indo-Tibetan Medical Studies
Suniti Kumar Pathak , Shedup Tenzin, Barbara Gerke, India
 

Interview with the Tamang Healer from Mongpoo
Eric Jacobson, USA, Alex Gabbay, UK, Barbara Gerke, India
translated from Nepali by Niraj Lama
 

Research on Tibetan Medicine in Russia
S. M. Nikolayev, Ulan Ude, Buryatia

The Two Sages
Gerhard Mentzel, Bad Zwesten, Germany
 

 
Volume IV
Spring 1998

Editorial

Documenting Case Studies in Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan Medicine in the Treatment of Aplastic Anaemia
Dr. S. Wangdu Changbhar, Calcutta, India

The Touch of Consciousness - 
Interview with the Indian Priestess Mataji, Kumari Cintury
Barbara Gerke, India

3-month Training Courses in Ayurveda 
for Foreign Medical Practitioners
M. S. Baghel, Gujarat Ayurveda University Jamnagar, India

Research on Tibetan Pulse Diagnosis at the 
Buryat Institute of Natural Sciences (BINS)
V. V. Boroyonev, Laboratory of Radiobiophysics Buryatia, Russia


Feeling the Pulse - A Diagnostic Method in Tibetan Medicine
Dr. Pema Dorjee, Salugara, India

 
Volume V
Autumn 1998

Editorial

New Dimensions in Cultivating Medicinal Plants
Tadeu Caldas, E. Sussex, United Kingdom

Revival of Tibetan Medicine in Russia
Interview with Seraphim A. Sidorov
translated from the Russian by Maxim Woroshilov

Indian Institute of History of Medicine
Dr. Momin Ali, Hyderabad, India

Challenges with Tibetan Medicine in German speaking Countries
Egbert Asshauer, Quickborn, Germany

Interview with Dr. S.Wangdu Changbhar
Barbara Gerke, India

Ancient Wisdom - Modern Healing
Eliot Tokar, NY, USA

Books on Tibetan Medicine
Barbara Gerke, India

How to prepare yourself for a visit to a Tibetan Doctor

 
Volume VI
Spring 1999

Editorial

Medical Faculties of Buryat Buddhist Monasteries
Natalia Bolsokhoeva, Buryatia

Experiences with Comparative Studies of Tibetan Medical Formulae
Dandar D. Dashiyev, Buryatia

On the History of the Tow Tibetan Medical Schools Janglug and Zurlug
Barbara Gerke, India

Namthar of Zurkhar Lodo Gyalpo 
- a brief biography of a Tibetan physician -
Barbara Gerke, India and Natalia Bolsokhoeva, Buryatia

A comparative Introduction of the Unani and 
Tibetan  Medical Traditions
S.H. Afaq, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India

On Traditional Mongolian Medicine
Lama Chimpa, India

Tibetan Medicine in Kalmykia 
Interview with Dr. Sonam Koldaev, Kalmykia
Barbara Gerke, India

From Tibet to Massachusetts - The Journey of a Tibetan Lady Doctor
Interview with Dr. Keyzom Bhutti, USA
Barbara Gerke, India

READER'S THOUGHTS: 
Time not ripe for Westerners to study Tibetan medicine?
Eric Jacobson, MA, USA

Building a Means of Discourse for Integrative Medicine:
A Tibetan Medical Perspective on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Eliot Tokar, NY, USA

 
Volume VII
2000

Editorial

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE BADMAEV PHYSICIANS
 

The Mongolian Miracle  - Chapter One of "Sensing Illness: Tibet's Healing Art and the West"
by Richard Kaufmann, Samerberg, Germany
translated from German by Barbara Gerke, Kalimpong, India

Comments on Kaufmann "The Mongolian Miracle"
Natalia Bolsokhoeva, Ulan Ude, Buryatia, Russia
Tatiana Grekova, St. Petersburg, Russia
Vladimir Badmaev, Jr., New Jersey, United States

Book Presentation: Tibetan Medicine in Russia by Tatiana Grekova
English Summary by Maxim Woroshilov, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Continuation of the Badmaev Family Tradition 
in its 5th Generation
Vladimir Badmaev, Jr., New Jersey, United States

Problems of Identifying and Translating Materia Medica used in Tibetan Medicine


Barry Clark, Auckland, New Zealand

New Dimensions in Cultivating  Medicinal Plants,  PART II
Tadeu Caldas, E. Sussex, United Kingdom
 

Ordained Nun, Doctor of Tibetan Medicine, opens New Horizons in Ladakh: Interview with Dr. Tsering Palmo, Ladakh
Zelda Klapper, New York, United States

Book Review: Tibetan Medicine - The Buddhist Way of Healing
by Dr. Dolkar Khangkar
Barbara Gerke, Kalimpong, India

Status of Ayurvedic Medicine in the U.S.
Subhuti Dharmananda, Oregon, United States

The Tibetan Medical Diaspora in Spain
Interview with Dr. Lobsang Dhondup and Dr. Pedro J. G. Arteagoitia, Bilbao, Spain

The Present State of Tibetan Medicine in Germany and Switzerland
Egbert Asshauer, Quickborn, Germany

Tribute to Late Dr. Wandgu Changbhar, Doctor of Tibetan Medicine

 
Volume VIII

2002

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German translation available

 
Special Feature:
Traditional Mongolian Medicine

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