Sowa -Rigpa

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• UGC has issued notification regarding the recognition of Bachelor of Sowa Rigpa Medicine and Surgery (BSRMS) of a minimum of five years.
  • 10+2 is mandatory for admission.

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 practised 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: PIB