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Origin “Sowa-Rigpa”, commonly known as Tibetan or Amchi medicine, is the traditional medicine of many parts of the Himalayan region. Sowa-Rigpa means ‘science of healing’ and the practitioners of this medicine are known as Amchi (superior to all).
In India, this system of medicine has been popularly practiced in Ladakh and Paddar-Pangay regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Darjeeling-Kalingpong (WB) and now in Tibetan settlements all over India and abroad. Sowa-Rigpa originated from India.
The fundamental text book “Chatush-Tantra” of this medicine was delivered by Bhagwan Buddha 2500 years ago, and it was further developed by eminent Indian scholars like Jivaka, Nagarjuna, Vaghbhatt and Chandranandan etc. Chatush-Tantra (rGud-bZi) was translated into the Tibetan language around the 8th century AD by Kashmiri Acharya Chandranandan and Tibetan Translator Verochana, but before introducing this medicine in Tibet
It was amended and enriched with other medical traditions like Chinese, Persian and Tibetan folk medicine to make it most effective and more suitable to the socio-climatic conditions of Tibet. From Tibet, the impact of Sowa-Rigpa along with Buddhism and other Tibetan art and sciences spread to the neighboring Himalayan regions like Mongolia, Bhutan, Nepal, China and some parts of former Soviet Union etc. and to this day, Sowa-Rigpa is very popular in these regions. Besides Chatush-Tantra, around two dozen Indian Medical texts are translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit, followed by thousands of commentaries and texts written by Tibetan scholars.
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