This book has sought to address two salient issues: first, the impact of social inequalities on health in the Tibetan settlements; and, secondly, Tibetan traditional medicine’s role in maintaining public health in exile communities. Drawing on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork among Tibetans in India, I have shown how the Mentsikhang, the Tibetans’ primary traditional medical institution in exile, has adapted its practice to the needs of the exile population. Tibetan physicians have become particularly apt at diagnosing disorders associated with exile (for example increases inlung), and disorders linked to changes in climate and diet. Moreover, Mentsikhang physicians have