Mentsikhang (Tibetan Medicine Institute)
Institute of Tibetan Medicine and Astrology
Institute of Tibetan Medicine and Astrology was first established in 1916 by Dr. Khyenrab Norbu in a two-storey building. The present multi-storey building is bit to east. It functions as outpatients’ department and the offices of Tibetan Medical and Astrological research. Tibetan medicine has a history of more than 2300 years, assimilated with local knowledge and beliefs and with traditional medicine of the Chinese and Indian Homeopathy.
Near Mentsikhang (Tibetan Medicine Institute)
More to see around Lhasa.
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Barkhor
Barkhor is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Temple in the old part of Lhasa.
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Chagpo Ri
Opposite of Potala to the south east is the 3,725m Chakpori, believed sacred to Vajrapani, the bodhisattva of Energy and Power.
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Drak Lhalupuk
Next door to Drubthub Nunnery is Drak Lhalupuk cave temple, said to be the meditation retreat of King Songtsen Gampo in 7th century, which has relief rock carvings.
