Tsewang Demba, director of the out-patient department of Tibet Tibetan Medicine Hospital, introduces Tibetan medicine in Berlin, capital of Germany on June 25, 2012. [Photo/CRI Online]

A seminar was held to introduce Tibetan medicine during a Tibetan delegation's visit in Berlin, capital of Germany on June 25.

Tsewang Demba, director of the out-patient department of Tibet Tibetan Medicine Hospital, briefed Tibetan medicine's origin, development, theory and therapy at the seminar.

The attendant Germans showed great interest in the presentation and raised various questions on Tibetan medicine, such as its healing effects, acupuncture treatment, health care, difference and similarity between Tibetan medicine and Chinese medicine.

Tsewang Demba patiently answered their questions, making the seminar a highly interactive event.

The delegation will exchange with German politicians, scholars, media and the public on Tibet's religion, politics, life, culture, tourism and education, including some acute issues, stated Jigme Wangtso, head of the delegation and secretary-general of the Tibet International Culture Association.

Tsewang Demba, director of the out-patient department of Tibet Tibetan Medicine Hospital, introduces Tibetan medicine in Berlin, capital of Germany on June 25, 2012. [Photo/CRI Online]

Germans pay much attention to Tibet and hope to learn more about it, said Doctor Peljor, deputy chairman of the minority research center under the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences.

As a first-line researcher, Doctor Peljor will give an account of Tibet's various aspects through his own experience.

On June, the delegation is scheduled to visit Fitz, deputy director of the East Asia division of the Germany Foreign Department, have lunch with the Sino-Germany panel of the Germany Congress, exchange with editors and journalists from the German Daily News.

Previously, the delegation visited Munich and Homburg in Germany after their tour to Austria, and later, it will start their visit to South Africa.