Inside Ngamring Tibetan Hospital in SW China
Staff study before working in the Ngamring Tibetan Hospital, in Ngamring County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2016. Tibetan medicine has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. It uses herbs, minerals and sometimes insects and animal parts. (Xinhua/Liu Dongjun)
A doctor treats a patient with hot compress therapy using a woolen bag of salts in the Ngamring Tibetan Hospital, in Ngamring County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2016. Tibetan medicine has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. It uses herbs, minerals and sometimes insects and animal parts. (Xinhua/Liu Dongjun)
A doctor treats a patient with fire moxibustion on a knee in the Ngamring Tibetan Hospital, in Ngamring County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2016. Tibetan medicine has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. It uses herbs, minerals and sometimes insects and animal parts. (Xinhua/Liu Dongjun)
A doctor treats a patient with hot compress therapy in the Ngamring Tibetan Hospital, in Ngamring County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2016. Tibetan medicine has absorbed the influences of traditional Chinese, Indian and Arab medicine and is mainly practiced in Tibet and the Himalayan region. It uses herbs, minerals and sometimes insects and animal parts. (Xinhua/Liu Dongjun)