🏔️ Tibet · Traditional
Tibetan External Therapiesチベット医学の外治法
The group of Sowa Rigpa external treatments combined with Ku Nye: heated stones, medicinal baths (lum, UNESCO-listed), moxa and bloodletting.
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Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🏔️ Tibet
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system / Related therapy
- Techniques
- Heat / Water / Herbal / Stone
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Sowa Rigpa external therapies · Lum (medicinal bathing)
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Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Ku Nye (Tibetan Massage)
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