Tanaduk Center of Tibetan Holistic Health
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Upon requesting an appointment we ask that you please send a brief medical history, age, weight, height, and diet history. Please make a list of foods and liquids consumed and the times you consumed those foods during the day; do this for five days. List medications and supplements taken and, if possible, blood pressure, stool regularity, sleep patterns and any information you feel important to include.
If you cannot make a physical appointment then we request 4 photos of your tongue - one top rear, one top front, one of each side of the tongue and one full body photo.
You can contact the Tanaduk center office to request an appointment for a consultation. SENDING AN EMAIL.
How to prepare yourself for a visit to a Tibetan Health Center
Because Western clients most often have a history of unsuccessful allopathic treatment, years of suffering and disappointing experiences with Western modes of treatment, they turn to alternate healing systems. Not knowing the holistic approach of Tibetan medical treatment, many patients expect a miraculous cure; exchanging their allopathic tablets with Tibetan herbal pills without making any diet or lifestyle modifications.
Tibetan health treatment requires the person to participate, to take responsibility for their life force and make the necessary diet and behavior modifications needed. Not wanting to take such responsibilities for one's health may lead to further disappointment and misinterpretation of the Tibetan medical culture.
More and more people from different cultures world wide are seeking appointments with Tibetan trained health care professionals and Tibetan trained physicians. Consultations usually last 30 to 50 minutes. To help prepare for a visit to a Tibetan clinic the following recommendations have been outlined.
GENERAL PREPARATIONS
1. If possible read about the principles of Tibetan medicine prior to your consultation. These are well explained in introductory literature widely available. Having a basic idea will help you to understand the nature of your imbalance and why certain changes in food and habits are being advised. (e.g.: CLIFFORD, TERRY. Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry: The Diamond Healing. 1977. S. Weiser, York Beach, Me. 1984.)
2. Be clear about your expectations and know that Tibetan holistic healing treats the root causes and the symptoms, and requires the person to participate in their healing process. It is a truly well thought out 'Three Phase System' of compassionate healing.
PREPARATIONS ON THE DAY BEFORE YOUR CONSULTATION
1. Beginning at least one day before the consultation, cultivate a peaceful frame of mind; do Tai Chi and yoga. Stay with a moderate diet, avoid alcohol, meat, strong tea or coffee, excessive sexual activity, lack of sleep, over-exertion, heavy sports, traveling, etc., as they will change the quality of your pulse and urine, diverting from the actual problem you want the doctor to perceive clearly and treat correctly. This is to avoid causing major imbalances in the elements and humours that would affect the pulse and urine diagnosis.
2. When brushing your teeth the morning of the appointment do not brush your tongue. Do not consume any liquid or food that will stain the tongue or take vitamins as they will colour the tongue and the urine.
3. If you are a practitioner, you may prepare yourself through the practice of the Medicine Buddha. In the Tibetan medical texts it is said that the patient should visualize the doctor as the Medicine Buddha. The doctor will do the same while attending to you. The consultation should be held in an atmosphere of meditation and a peaceful state of concentrated mind.
PREPARATIONS ON THE DAY OF YOUR PHYSICAL CONSULTATION
- Avoid a hot shower in the morning as the subtle channels and the pulse will be affected.
- Collect about 100 ml of the middle part of your morning urine in a clean glass vessel.
- If the consultation is before 10 AM, skip breakfast. Light tea or any drink with balancing effect is advisable. Again, balance should be kept. Clients coming in on an empty stomach, waiting for two hours, being under-sugared by the time they reach the consultation room will have signs of weakness and low blood pressure in their pulse.
- Do not rush to the clinic. Take your time to sit relaxed for at least ten minutes before the pulse diagnosis. The vibrations of a long and exhausting travel can be felt in the pulse even one day after your arrival.
- Inform the health care coach about your present intake of Western medication, especially if you are under hormone treatment or other medications that have to be taken regularly. Tibetan medicine and Western medicine, including homeopathy, can often be combined with a few hours of difference between the medications.
- Make notes and ask if there should be a regular check-up either physically or by phone/email, every four weeks or so. The Tibetan pill supplement formulas can affect and change the humoural imbalance and deficient organ function after a few weeks and, in chronic disorders, the medication may continue for several months. In each of the three phases of treatment there are two to four sets of Tibetan pill supplements used depending on the client and the disorder.
- The intake of the Tibetan pills may be supported by reciting the Medicine Buddha Mantra. Buddhist teachings explain how to look at the medicines as being precious jewels. These have been offered to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas turning them into the nectar of life, filling the body and mind with the power of healing. This practice can be applied with any drugs, also allopathic medication. There are various versions of such a practice of blessing the Tibetan pills. (For example: "A concise Sadhana of the Medicine Guru and his entourage and the way to bless the medicines" published in: "Transformation into the exalted State", Opuscula Tibetana Fasc. 18. by CAROL SAVVAS and LODRO TULKU, Rikon, Switzerland 1987.)
- Keep a diary noting effects and changes occurring during your path to restoration and healing. This documented feedback can be of help to you and to the health care coach or physician.
All information herein provided is for educational use only and not meant to substitute for the advice of your family Doctor. ©1975-2007 by The Tanaduk Institute, L.L.C. No part of this email information, images or attachments may be used in any way or posted on commercial sites without written permission from The Tanaduk Botanical Research Institute.