Description: Homepage for Ladakh Yuthog Medical Clinic of Amchi Tsewang Smanla
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Clinic for Traditional Tibetan Medicine in Leh, Ladakh with Amchi Tsewang Smanla.
The Ladakh Yuthog Medicinal clinic is run by Amchi Tsewang Smanla. Tsewang Smanla is from the village of Nurla which is situated eighty-six kilometres west of Leh along the Indus valley. He comes from a family medical lineage which goes back six generations. He started his training with his father when he was very young. He remembers that people in his village would encourage him by calling him "little amchi". His study followed a standard apprenticeship pattern. It involved memorising the main medical text
Along with his father he has studied with numerous prominent Tibetan doctors including, Dr Pasang Yonten, a past principal of the Men Tsee Khang in Dharamasala, Dr Trogawa Rinpoche, the founder of the Chagpori Tibetan Medical Institute in Darjeeling, and other experienced Ladakhi amchi.