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Tibetan medicine conference in Brasil

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A file photo of a Tibetan doctor showing a medicinal plant at the Tibetan Medical Institute in Dharamshala. Tibet Sun/Lobsang Wangyal/India

The conference — International Symposium on Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices — is organised by The Federal University of Sao Paulo’s School of Medicine (UNIFESP) and the Palas Athena Association based in Sao Paulo.

Contemplative practices have been an object of scientific research for several decades, and are recently under the media spotlight, mainly due to their effectiveness in countering modern life stress and conditions such as anxiety and depression.

There is also emerging evidence that traditional medicine can contribute to prevention and treatment of many diseases, especially those considered of chronic nature such as rheumatic and inflammatory conditions, high cholesterol, asthma, diabetes, cancer, and digestive diseases, among others.

Over the two days, the conference will evaluate the scientific evidence for the benefits of traditional medicine; discuss the treatment of chronic diseases and other conditions by traditional medicine; discuss the role of contemplative practices for mental and physical health; and also methods of dealing with destructive emotions and training in compassion.

This symposium is organised as part of a joint initiative by the Office of Tibet in New York, UNIFESP and Palas Athena to promote collaborative working between the Federal University of Sao Paulo’s School of Medicine and the Tibetan Medical Institute (Men-Tsee-Khang) in Dharamshala, India.

The conference will be addressed by Dr. Pema Dorjee, a senior physician at the Men-Tsee-Khang; Dr B Nanjundaiah Gangadhar, professor of psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Shirley Anne Telles, a senior researcher at the Swami Vivekananda Yogananda Yoga Foundation based in Bangalore and also researcher associated with the Indian Council of Medical Research; and more than ten eminent Brazilian researchers and professors including Dr. Luiz Eugenio Mello, a leading Brazilian neuroscientist and president of the Federation of Brazilian of Experimental Biology Societies.

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