Dr. Yeshi Dhonden
Dr. Yeshi Dhonden was born in the Tibetan year of the Fire Rabbit on June 15,1927,to a prosperous farming family in the village of Yamdro in a district called Hlo-go, close to Lhasa, in Tibet.
Dr.Yeshi Dhonden, Personal Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1960-1980), is a renowned traditional Tibetan Medical doctor and one of the worlds foremost living authorities on Tibetan Medicine. At age six his parents sent him to a small monastery comprised of approximately 400 monks. Because of his exceptional abilities in memorization, at age eleven he was sent to Men Tsee Khang the Medical Collage in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. While there, he memorized the four Medical Tantras and then entered into formal training under the director of the college, Venerable Dr. Kyen-rab Nor-bu (b 1883-1962), who served as personal physician to both H.H. the 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas.
Dr. Dhonden began his medical practice in 1951, returning to his home district and developing a high reputation for his great skill. When His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled from the Chinese Communists in 1959, Dr. Dhonden also decided to leave Tibet for India where he began treating Tibetan Refugees.
In 1960, at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. Dhonden was appointed to be his personal physician and he moved to Dharamsala. There he also took on the challenge of founding Men Tsee Khang, the Tibetan Medical College. He was both Director and principal teacher until 1979.
Over the last 50 years, Dr. Dhonden has successfully treated patients with all kinds of maladies.
One of his Specialties is Cancer. He has treated thousands of cancer patients from all over the world, including women with breast cancer The rate of survival for people treated with ancient Tibetan herbal therapies with or without adjunct Western cancer treatments appears to be much higher than those receiving allopathic cancer treatments alone.
Other diseases those are successfully cure are AIDS, Brain Tumors, Multiple Sclerosis, Hepatitis, Leukemia, Stroke, Stomach Cancer.
Tibetan Medical System
The Tibetan medical system is one of the world’s oldest known medical traditions. It is an integral part of Tibetan culture and has been developed through many centuries. The origin of the Tibetan medical tradition is as old as civilization itself.
Dr. Yeshi Dhonden at Dharamshala Clinic
Dharamsala has acquired a name for its beautiful and scenic locale, the spiritual rehabilitation and the knack for undertaking adventurous sports among the valleys and slopes of Kangra. However, apart from all these the place receives about as much visitors for Tibetan medicine and treatment by Tibetan doctors. Among all others, still surviving and a legend is Dr. Yeshi Dhonden. He is the personal physician for the 14th Dalai Lama and had come down to settle at Dharamsala as an exile.
Cancer Treatment at Dhonden’s in Dharamshala
Dr. Yeshi Dhonden has been famous for treating his patients with better results than any other stream of medical science available today. However, the most noticeable achievement has been in treating cancer. The doctor has been successful in treating thousands of patients from all over the world who are affected with various kinds of cancer. He prescribes Tibetan herbal therapies for his patients which are far more effective in many cases. The therapies are prescribed with or without the addition of the Western or modern allopathic treatment processes.
The rate of success has been seen within women mostly suffering from breast cancer. Leukemia and stomach cancers are also treated at Yeshi Dhonden’s Cancer Treatment Center in Dharamsala.
Diagnosis
The doctor, or “amchi,” will observe the patient, observe the quality of the urine, read the 12 pulses which act as messenger between doctor and patient, and ask questions to discover as much as possible about the patient’s current medical condition.
Career Achievements
In 1959, Yeshi Dhonden was One of the Three Tibetan Physicians, along with Lobsang Dolma Khangkar and Trogawa Rinpoche, to escape Tibet and was requested by the Dalia Lama to reinstall the Tibetan Institute of Medicine and Astrology in Exlile.
In Dharamshala, India, He refounded the Tibetan Institute of Medicine and Astrology in 1961 and served as its Director till 1966. He resigned from the Institute and established a Private Clinic in 1969. He traveled to the West to present Lectures on Tibetan Medicine and Practices, and Renowned for his contribution to Cancer Treatment. He was a foremost expert and proponent of Sowa Rigpa, which is a Traditional Tibetan Medicine System created as a Combination of the Ancient healing Systems of India and China.
From 1960 to 1980, he was the Personal Physician of the Dalai Lama.
On 1st April 2019, he retired from Medical Practice due to Declining Health.
