Medical Synergy

In the Bhutanese medical and healing traditions, medicinal substances including herbs, minerals, cereals, vegetables, seeds, fruits, tubers and animal products are used. Ingredients are often mixed to create the most effective compound through a specific process. In the Sowa Rigpa tradition, the ingredients are properly prepared, processed and mixed to be turned into pills, powder or some other forms and then administered with specific dosage. In the informal healing practices, the ingredients are sometimes mixed in specific proportions but they often consumed fresh or raw without being processed. The knowledge of their concoction and mixture is passed down informally and orally through exposure and apprenticeship.