Next month I'll be flying into to Leh, Ladakh, which is 3524 meters above sea-level. While I've never experienced altitude sickness before, this time it is a concern just because I am flying rather than driving into a high altitude location and will be remaining there for awhile.
In TB are there are precautions one can take? Also, is there any way of dealing with mild high altitude sickness symptoms?
High altitude symptoms
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Re: High altitude symptoms
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Re: High altitude symptoms
A common medicine people take if they are having problems with altitude is "Dali Chudrug". It is very effective, if a bit diuretic.Huseng wrote:Next month I'll be flying into to Leh, Ladakh, which is 3524 meters above sea-level. While I've never experienced altitude sickness before, this time it is a concern just because I am flying rather than driving into a high altitude location and will be remaining there for awhile.
In TB are there are precautions one can take? Also, is there any way of dealing with mild high altitude sickness symptoms?
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Buddhahood in This Life
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[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
Re: High altitude symptoms
I imagine I could purchase this in Ladakh pretty easily?Namdrol wrote:A common medicine people take if they are having problems with altitude is "Dali Chudrug". It is very effective, if a bit diuretic.Huseng wrote:Next month I'll be flying into to Leh, Ladakh, which is 3524 meters above sea-level. While I've never experienced altitude sickness before, this time it is a concern just because I am flying rather than driving into a high altitude location and will be remaining there for awhile.
In TB are there are precautions one can take? Also, is there any way of dealing with mild high altitude sickness symptoms?
N
Re: High altitude symptoms
Very easily. You probably won't have much trouble if you relax for a few days. I never had any trouble in Lhasa, etc.Huseng wrote:I imagine I could purchase this in Ladakh pretty easily?Namdrol wrote:A common medicine people take if they are having problems with altitude is "Dali Chudrug". It is very effective, if a bit diuretic.Huseng wrote:Next month I'll be flying into to Leh, Ladakh, which is 3524 meters above sea-level. While I've never experienced altitude sickness before, this time it is a concern just because I am flying rather than driving into a high altitude location and will be remaining there for awhile.
In TB are there are precautions one can take? Also, is there any way of dealing with mild high altitude sickness symptoms?
N
Buddhahood in This Life
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
Re: High altitude symptoms
Oh good. Yeah, I've heard the same. It is just a matter of taking it easy the first few days and not doing anything physically strenuous.Namdrol wrote: Very easily. You probably won't have much trouble if you relax for a few days. I never had any trouble in Lhasa, etc.
If I have any health problems I'll be able to consult with Tibetan docs up there. I'll be there for about five months.
Re: High altitude symptoms
Like Chaz said, being well hydrated is important. Don't drink much alchohol, it goes to your head faster at altitude. Don't try to push yourself. That being said, I have climbed up 14,500 foot mountains with a 101 temperature without any ill effect.Huseng wrote:Oh good. Yeah, I've heard the same. It is just a matter of taking it easy the first few days and not doing anything physically strenuous.Namdrol wrote: Very easily. You probably won't have much trouble if you relax for a few days. I never had any trouble in Lhasa, etc.
If I have any health problems I'll be able to consult with Tibetan docs up there. I'll be there for about five months.
Buddhahood in This Life
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
[A]nything at all that is well spoken is the word of the Buddha.
-- Ārya-adhyāśaya-sañcodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
The different sūtras in accord with the emptiness
taught by the Sugata are definitive in meaning;
One can understand that all of those Dharmas in
which a sentient being, individual, or person are taught are provisional in meaning.
-- Samadhirāja Sūtra
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Nicholas Weeks
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Re: High altitude symptoms
Hope your video travel diary will be shared here.Huseng: I'll be there for about five months.
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Re: High altitude symptoms
I'll be in meditation retreat, so might not have so much to share.Will wrote:Hope your video travel diary will be shared here.Huseng: I'll be there for about five months.
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