Bhutan - Traditional Medicine

When I visited the center for traditional medicine it was early on a Monday morning. There was a sizeable crowd waitng to see the doctor or at the window where they would receive the document for their appointment.

Several people were fingering their prayer beads and others were turning the massive prayer wheels. Prayer beads and turning the prayer wheels, however, are not neccessarily related to illness or medical treatment but rather part of daily life for many Bhutanese. Wherever you are if there is a wheel you turn it, if you have your beads, you use them.