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Tibetan
Dietary Behavior Recommendations |
"The humors will not follow the wrong paths, the digestive heat will flourish, the body will become light, the appetite will be healthy, the sense organs will become clear, one's strength will increase and stool, urine and gas will be expelled without difficulty: all these advantages will arise from having adhered to a balanced diet." (The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine, Tr. Barry Clark)
As in Chinese medicine, the most fundamental type of treatment in Tibetan medicine is the modification of the behavior and diet. It always is the first to be relied upon.
Since Tibetan medicine is a "nomadic type" of medicine, that is, since the doctor traveled around the country on a yak to treat patients, he was only able to come around once every six months to a year. So, not only is dietary regulation a less intrusive form of treatment, but also the patient could adhere to these instructions without constant supervision from the doctor. Tibetan doctors also believe, as do Chinese doctors, that modification of behavior and diet will not only prevent internal disease from forming, but also will eliminate a large percentage of the sick persons signs and symptoms.
According to Tibetan medicine, inadequate, excessive, or inappropriate diet will result in disease. Inadequate would be considered not enough quantity of food and liquids to sustain one, i.e. under eating or inappropriate fasting or not enough of the proper foods. Excessive means eating too much at one time or over the course of the day. Intake of food while there is still an undigested meal present will lead to problems. Buddha stated that stagnant food (in the stomach) is the original cause of most disease. To avoid stagnant food, it is recommended that the stomach only be filled to 3/4 full. One half should be food and one quarter liquid.
Inappropriate diet is one in which unwholesome foods, foods that one is not accustomed to, foods that are not appropriate to ones disease are eaten and the practice of untimely dining. Unwholesome foods are foods that are not fresh, whole foods. This includes any "junk foods" and highly processed foods. Untimely dining refers to eating the wrong foods during a particular season of the year. |
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| Normal Diet |
Food types in Tibetan medicine are classified as grain, meat, oil, vegetables (cooked), prepared foods (congee, cooked rice, soups, stew) and liquids.
Grain: two types - without pods and podded.
Non-podded: rice, millet and barley.
Podded: beans
Meat: flesh of land animals and fowl.
Oils: butter, grain oils, marrow and fats.
Vegetables: assorted, cooked
Liquids: milk, water, beer, and others |
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