Glossary ཚིག་
Every Tibetan term the app uses, in one searchable place — the three nyépa and their fifteen subtypes, the constituents, the four treatments, the therapies, and the full materia medica.
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68 of 68 terms
- Sowa Rigpaགསོ་བ་རིག་པ་gso ba rig paCore
'The science of healing' — the traditional medicine of Tibet and the Himalaya. See it in the app →
- Gyüshiརྒྱུད་བཞི་rgyud bzhiCore
The Four Tantras — the root text of Sowa Rigpa, traditionally taught through the allegorical Trees. See it in the app →
- Nyépaཉེས་པ་nyes paCore
The three dynamic principles (humors) — Loong, Tripa, Baekan — whose balance is health. See it in the app →
- Menpaསྨན་པ་sman paCore
A physician of Sowa Rigpa.
- Rang bzhinརང་བཞིན་rang bzhinCore
Constitution — the innate blend of the three nyépa a person is born with. See it in the app →
- Ro drugརོ་དྲུག་ro drugCore
The six tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, astringent — the pharmacological alphabet of food and medicine. See it in the app →
- Lüzung dünལུས་ཟུངས་བདུན་lus zungs bdunCore
The seven bodily constituents, refined stage by stage from food. See it in the app →
- Chö zhiབཅོས་བཞི་bcos bzhiCore
The four treatments — diet, behavior, medicine, external therapy — applied gentlest first. See it in the app →
- Tsaརྩ་rtsaCore
The channels of the subtle body — and also 'pulse', read at the radial artery in diagnosis. See it in the app →
- Mé drodམེ་དྲོད་me drodCore
The digestive fire — the transforming heat guarded above all in diet and treatment. See it in the app →
- Baekanབད་ཀན་bad kanNyépa
Phlegm — structure, cohesion & the body's still waters. Element: Earth + Water. See it in the app →
- Tenchérten byedSubtype
Supporting Phlegm — a subtype of Baekan. Supporting — the basis of the other four. Seat: The chest — root of the five. See it in the app →
- Nyakchémyag byedSubtype
Decomposing Phlegm — a subtype of Baekan. Decomposing — breaks down food in the stomach. Seat: The upper stomach. See it in the app →
- Nyongchémyong byedSubtype
Experiencing Phlegm — a subtype of Baekan. Experiencing — the sense of taste. Seat: The tongue. See it in the app →
- Tsimchétshim byedSubtype
Satisfying Phlegm — a subtype of Baekan. Satisfying — contentment of the senses. Seat: The head. See it in the app →
- Jorché'byor byedSubtype
Connecting Phlegm — a subtype of Baekan. Connecting — joins and lubricates the joints. Seat: The joints. See it in the app →
- Tripaམཁྲིས་པ་mkhris paNyépa
Bile — heat, metabolism & the fire of transformation. Element: Fire. See it in the app →
- Juché'ju byedSubtype
Digestive Bile — a subtype of Tripa. Digestive — ripens food into nutriment. Seat: Stomach–small-intestine junction. See it in the app →
- Dangyurmdangs sgyurSubtype
Colour-transforming Bile — a subtype of Tripa. Colour-transforming — the lustre of the tissues. Seat: The liver. See it in the app →
- Drupchésgrub byedSubtype
Accomplishing Bile — a subtype of Tripa. Accomplishing — resolve and ambition. Seat: The heart. See it in the app →
- Tongchémthong byedSubtype
Sight-giving Bile — a subtype of Tripa. Sight-giving — clarity of the eyes. Seat: The eyes. See it in the app →
- Dogselmdog gsalSubtype
Complexion-clearing Bile — a subtype of Tripa. Complexion-clearing — brightness of the skin. Seat: The skin. See it in the app →
- Loongརླུང་rlungNyépa
Wind — movement, breath & the vital current. Element: Air. See it in the app →
- Sokdzinsrog 'dzinSubtype
Life-sustaining Wind — a subtype of Loong. Life-sustaining — holds the life-force. Seat: The crown of the head. See it in the app →
- Gyengyugyen rgyuSubtype
Ascending Wind — a subtype of Loong. Ascending — speech, vigour, memory. Seat: The chest & throat. See it in the app →
- Khyabchékhyab byedSubtype
Pervasive Wind — a subtype of Loong. Pervasive — movement of the whole body. Seat: The heart (pervades all). See it in the app →
- Menyamme mnyamSubtype
Fire-accompanying Wind — a subtype of Loong. Fire-accompanying — fans the digestive fire. Seat: The stomach. See it in the app →
- Turselthur selSubtype
Descending Wind — a subtype of Loong. Downward-clearing — elimination & reproduction. Seat: The rectum & pelvis. See it in the app →
- Dangmaདྭངས་མ་dwangs maConstituent
Nutritional essence (chyle) — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Trakཁྲག་khragConstituent
Blood — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Shaཤ་shaConstituent
Flesh (muscle) — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Tsilཚིལ་tshilConstituent
Fat — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Rüpaརུས་པ་rus paConstituent
Bone — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Kangརྐང་rkangConstituent
Bone marrow — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Khuwaཁུ་བ་khu baConstituent
Regenerative fluid — one of the seven bodily constituents. See it in the app →
- Shangwaབཤང་བ་bshang baConstituent
Faeces — one of the three excretions. See it in the app →
- Chinགཅིན་gcinConstituent
Urine — one of the three excretions. See it in the app →
- Ngülརྔུལ་rngulConstituent
Sweat — one of the three excretions. See it in the app →
- Dietཟས་zasTreatment
The first medicine is food — most early imbalances are corrected here alone. See it in the app →
- Behavior & lifestyleསྤྱོད་ལམ་spyod lamTreatment
If diet is not enough, the way of living is adjusted — still no medicine. See it in the app →
- Medicineསྨན་smanTreatment
Only when food and conduct fail does medicine proper begin. See it in the app →
- External therapyདཔྱད་dpyadTreatment
The last resort — applied to the body from outside when inner means are insufficient. See it in the app →
- Moxibustionམེ་བཙའ་me btsa'Therapy
External therapy (metsa) — see its points on the body. See it in the app →
- Venesectionགཏར་ག་gtar gaTherapy
External therapy (targa) — see its points on the body. See it in the app →
- Golden needleགསེར་ཁབ་gser khabTherapy
External therapy (serkhab) — see its points on the body. See it in the app →
- Aruraཨ་རུ་ར་a ru raSubstance
Chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula) — dried fruit; pacifies Loong, Tripa, Baekan. See it in the app →
- Baruraབ་རུ་ར་ba ru raSubstance
Belleric myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica) — dried fruit; pacifies Baekan. See it in the app →
- Kyururaསྐྱུ་རུ་ར་skyu ru raSubstance
Indian gooseberry (amla) (Phyllanthus emblica) — dried fruit; pacifies Tripa. See it in the app →
- Gurgumགུར་གུམ་gur gumSubstance
Saffron (Crocus sativus) — dried stigma threads; pacifies Tripa. See it in the app →
- Lishiལི་ཤི་li shiSubstance
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) — dried flower bud; pacifies Loong, Baekan. See it in the app →
- Dzatiཛ་ཏི་dza tiSubstance
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) — dried seed; pacifies Loong. See it in the app →
- Tsendan Karpoཙན་དན་དཀར་པོ་tsan dan dkar poSubstance
White sandalwood (Santalum album) — heartwood; pacifies Tripa. See it in the app →
- Tsendan Marpoཙན་དན་དམར་པོ་tsan dan dmar poSubstance
Red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus) — heartwood; pacifies Tripa. See it in the app →
- Agaruཨ་ག་རུ་a ga ruSubstance
Agarwood (Aquilaria spp.) — resin-infused heartwood; pacifies Loong. See it in the app →
- Tsugangཙུ་གང་cu gangSubstance
Bamboo pith / concretion (Bambusa spp.) — siliceous concretion formed within some bamboo stems; pacifies Tripa, Baekan. See it in the app →
- Sendruསེ་འབྲུ་se 'bruSubstance
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) — dried seed/aril; pacifies Baekan. See it in the app →
- Gakyaསྒ་སྐྱ་sga skyaSubstance
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) — fresh or dried rhizome; pacifies Baekan, Loong. See it in the app →
- Pipilingཔི་པི་ལིང་pi pi lingSubstance
Long pepper (Piper longum) — dried fruit spike; pacifies Baekan. See it in the app →
- Gokkyaསྒོག་སྐྱ་sgog skyaSubstance
Garlic (Allium sativum) — bulb; pacifies Loong. See it in the app →
- Shingtsaཤིང་ཙྭ་shing tshaSubstance
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.) — dried inner bark; pacifies Loong, Baekan. See it in the app →
- Kakolaཀ་ཀོ་ལ་ka ko laSubstance
Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) — dried seed pod; pacifies Baekan. See it in the app →
- Dungདུང་dungSubstance
Conch shell (calcined) (Turbinella pyrum) — shell, burnt to a fine ash (calx); pacifies Tripa. See it in the app →
- Drebu Sum Thangའབྲས་བུ་གསུམ་ཐང་'bras bu gsum thangFormula
Three-fruit decoction — a decoction; mild, general fevers. See it in the app →
- Agar Gyépaཨ་གར་བརྒྱད་པ་a gar brgyad paFormula
Agar Eight — a powder; wind disorders of the heart and mind — anxiety, insomnia, palpitations. See it in the app →
- Sendru Nyerngaསེ་འབྲུ་ཉེར་ལྔ་se 'bru nyer lngaFormula
Pomegranate-25 — a pill; weak or 'cold' digestive fire. See it in the app →
- Warming spice electuaryFormula
Warming spice electuary — a paste; cold in the stomach. See it in the app →
- Gokkya Menmarསྒོག་སྐྱ་སྨན་མར་sgog skya sman marFormula
Garlic medicated butter — a butter; wind disorders — joint stiffness, nerve pain. See it in the app →
- Dungtalདུང་ཐལ་dung thalFormula
Calcined conch-shell ash — a ash; eye conditions with heat/inflammation. See it in the app →