Adapting Lums Techniques for Female Disorders and Postpartum

མོ་ནད་དང་ཕྲུ་གུ་བཙས་རྗེས་ལུམས་ཀྱི་གོམས་འདྲིས་དང་བཟོ་ཐབས།

The rGyud bZhi eloquently explains how to deal with various disorders using herbal vapor bath treatments (lums) and praises this method for its effects on skin and tissue disorders. As the ancient and special lineage of Sowa Rigpa migrates into the global consciousness and becomes practiced worldwide, our traditionally trained physicians should remain true to the thousands of traditions while also adapting treatments to serve modern conditions and patient needs.  Women’s disorders have long been known to require special attention to the unique organ structure and function. Postnatal healing, infections, inflammatory conditions, and symptoms arising in peri/post-menopausal conditions can all benefit from adapting herbal vapor bath treatment principles. Practicing in the United States for several decades has required flexibility in expanding traditional treatments outlined in the Four Medical Tantras and adapting how they are utilized without adulterating the lineage and fundamental principles—protocols for the last stages of pregnancy with Ku nye therapies naturally developed and included postnatal mother recovery. Through adapting lums treatment, it was discovered that such herbal vapor treatment readily serves a variety of modern conditions that women face. Using traditional Himalayan herbs we know from the rGyud bZhi and locally sourced herbs, we based formula construction on pharmacy principles within the traditional text. This method of vaginal lums, though not traditional, has shown to be of enormous benefit to women treated in the USA and could easily be used in all countries practicing Sowa Rigpa

Conference Presentation: 2nd National Sorig Conference, Bhutan

You can find a link to the slides on both on Academia and on Research Gate: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32729.02407