Good health is based on balance. When the systems in our body get
out of balance, the result is sickness. To restore health, it is necessary
to bring these systems back into balance.
There are many different methods to heal sickness and restore
balance in the body, including Western medicine, Tibetan medicine,
herbal medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, meditation, aromatherapy,
massage and physical therapy, nutrition, exercise, and so forth.
Each of these methods can be effective, however there is also a
danger in "over-treating" an illness. When therapies or medicines
are overused, they can become a new cause of sickness.
For example, some people treat medicines like food, taking pills
every day, at every meal. Such over-reliance on medicines can become
quite problematic over time. I believe that medicine should be used
to restore balance, not maintain balance. Once a person restores
health in his or her life, that balance should be maintained by
living a healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle, in turn, requires
that people live their lives in balance, taking care of themselves
without overdoing things.
Restoring Balance
Over the course of the past 20 years I have helped thousands
of patients to restore balance in their body and heal many types of
illnesses. At the Tibet Medical Institute, where I practiced medicine
for over eleven years, it is common practice to integrate methods
of Western medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each system
has effective means of healing. Chinese and Tibetan medicine in particular
have numerous methods such as acupuncture, acupressure, moxabustion,
aromatherapy, and herbal formulas,
which can effectively restore balance in the body.
