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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ng Han Guan

Tibetan medicine remains part of healthcare in the high-altitude region, in photos

China Tibetan Medicine Photo Gallery - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In the high-altitude region of Tibet, people continue to turn to a centuries-old medical system to treat some ailments, often alongside conventional medicine.

At the Xizang Autonomous Region Hospital of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, the autonomous region’s capital, doctors practice both approaches.

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