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The Knowledge of Healing

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This film should have been subtitled "A cure for cancer?" - i only wish I had seen this film when my friend was dying from a tumor and from the AMA treatment of it. This is a really powerful film with great science and information in it. I'm buying one for my doctor today. *Editing comment in 2011* Apologies for not being more specific. Five years ago when I posted this comment, I assumed hundreds of others would appear. My wife got this film through Netflix, I'm a fan of Tibetan medicine, as I've studied it a bit and met the Dalai Lama's doctor, Yeshe Donden. He said "we didn't have much cancer in Tibet until recently, but we've had some success in treating it." In this documentary, the filmmaker takes the time to show the Tibetan healing practices, focusing on a Tibetan Doctor in Mongolia where he cures a Russian man - If memory serves me he was given 3 months to live. Mind you, this is Mongolia - middle of nowhere, the Doctor is working with herbs and ancient tradition - but it's amazing to watch (and kudos to the filmmaker for showing the process). I can't recommend anyone suffering from cancer to travel to Mongolia for treatment (unless you can, of course), but I highly recommend viewing this film to get a sense of "holistic" treatment. Not everyone is well versed in it. Certainly medical science has taken leaps and bounds - but this kind of healing, based on centuries of knowledge of plants and how they affect the body, and the toxins that affect it - combined perhaps with a good mental attitude - can produce startling results. I think there are 3 patients covered in all - each with different doctors, each healed through the traditional Tibetan method. That being said it's very hard to find traditional Tibetan medicine in the US - there's a Tibetan psychologist at UCLA, via Tibet House in NYC you can find herbal medicines being grown at their retreat in Menla. I've spent years reading and studying - this film shows direct results. It's not for everyone - the Tibetan doctor will taste a patient's urine, for example, to examine it for clarity, pollutants, toxicity etc. That's pretty startling in itself - unless you think about the logic of it - if you're testing clarity of water coming through a plant, it makes sense to examine the end product. But these Doctors can read a person's health merely by feeling their pulse. Thank god for the internet, as one could never learn about these things before, and thank this filmmaker for taking the time to make a film that really gets into the heart of the medicine used. It's empowering for a patient to be able to say "Have you seen this?" and "I'd like to try something like this" and not be laughed out of an office. My dear departed friend did as much research as she could, tried as much alternative methods before cancer took her in 96 - and I wish I'd seen this before - we would have had fun drinking tibetan chai and churning yak butter in Mongolia. Funny, she sent me on a journey AFTER her passing. It's resulted in my book "Flipside" which is here at Amazon. I mention it because you never know where the message for you to follow your path might come from - and we all need to be more open to it. If you have a friend or know someone suffering from this disease, it makes sense to share this film with your loved one.RichMartini

The amazing part of "The Knowledge of Healing" is when the scientist says that he saw waves of light from the tibetan herbs. This video should be given as a gift for everyone in the health fild, because it shows, scientifically, that the herbs are the way of healing. Jose Joacir dos Santo, O.M.D.

An unexpected, informative, and charming film. These are gifted and inspiring teachers and healers, from a long and profound tradition. And the film does them justice.

This documentary follows the Dalai Lama's personal physician and the art of Tibetan medicine. This is an eye opening view into how they diagnose and treat every disease or deficiency known to humankind.

This film shows how Tibetan medicine works (in a nutshell), from diagnosing through a patients pulse to the medicine made by the good doctor himself. The knowledge that exhibited about the body and its interactions with the herbs, plants and minerals that he turns into medicine is astounding.

This is a documentary and are alot of subtitles, and the english that is spoken sometimes is hard to understand, however a glimpse into this world is well worth the purchase. The information alone will make you want to seek out a Tibetan physician. Hopefully one day we will all have availability to such knowledge.

I watched this movie on two sessions,.
It was worth the money spent, and more. The scientific knowledge the Tibetan medicine is introducing here is vast.

There are also Western professionals who confirm the miraculous healing properties of the plant extracts described.
His Holiness Dalai Lama gives a plenty of correct and precise information, which is easy to remember and understand.

This very high class document is the top of my movies. hmm, I've got four of them:D

The information presented in this documentary was not only interesting it has improved my health! I started reading up on Padma 28, one of the treatments mentioned, and found a lot of western research done in the US and Europe showing good results in removing arterial plague build up, lowering blood pressure, improving circulation, reducing inflammation, etc. I bought the Padma Basic here on Amazon and immediately my blood pressure lowered to normal with no side effects. There's a lot of important information regarding health and healthcare presented in this documentary. Definitely a DVD to keep and share with friends and family members.

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."

- Thomas Jefferson

This DVD is a real eye-opener as to what has been lost in
transition from Eastern to Western medicine!
For your health, try to find a way to watch this DVD.

My husband is an ND and an African Traditional Healer so I bought him this video for his birthday. He enjoyed it, for me it was a little long and mundane I thought it was more on spirituality. Yet and still, the birthday man was very happy. Anyone in the healing or medical field will enjoy the DVD. It does talk scientifically about how and why the herbs work. I learned new ideas about Tibetan Healing Techniques that are similar to African Traditional Healing. That was helpful for me because I do all the writing for his company and it gave me a new perspective.

In conclusion if your interest is in the field this video is helpful.

This is an awesome film about Tibetan healing and them manufacturing their medicines. Was great to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama being diagnosed. The film is beautifully shot and has so many interesting aspects about it, I cannot mention them all. I would recommend this to ANYONE and especially ANYONE interested in the Tibetan culture and alternate healing methods!