Bhutan Sorig Journal

Online first - 2026 May issue - Perspective

Integrating Altruism in Ayurveda Clinical Practice: A Framework for Empathetic and Evidence-Based Care

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0029070204

Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/156

Online first - 2026 May issue - Images in Traditional Traditional Medicine

Gold Needle Therapy in Bhutanese Traditional Traditional Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0028070215

Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/169

The Bhutan Sorig Journal (BSJ) Author and Reviewer Training (16–22 March 2026) concludes today after an enriching 7-day journey of learning and collaboration. Organized by National Centre for Traditional Medicine Servicesin collaboration with Faculty of Traditional Medicine support by Bhutan Foundation.

The BSJ, managed by the Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, promotes research in Sorig (traditional Bhutanese medicine) and allied health sciences. It provides a platform for scholars to share evidence-based findings, engage in scholarly dialogue, and contribute to the preservation and advancement of Bhutan’s traditional medical knowledge.

This workshop strengthened skills in scientific writing, research methodology, and peer review processes equipping participants to produce high-quality manuscripts and conduct structured peer reviews following international standards such as the EQUATOR Network

We sincerely thank all facilitators, participants, and organizers for their dedication.
Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan

Online first - 2026 May issue - Research Article

Physicochemical, phytochemical and pharmacognostical profile of Phyllanthus niruri Linn. (Phyllanthaceae) used in Ayurveda and Traditional Medicinal Systems in Sri Lanka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0027071204
Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/145

Online first - 2026 May issue - Commentary

An overview of context and conflicts in principles of ethics in healthcare settings in Bhutan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0026061006
Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/139

Bhutan Sorig Journal – Journal of Traditional Medicine joins the nation in celebrating the 118th National Day of Bhutan.

Bhutan Sorig Journal is an official publication of the Faculty of Traditional Medicine, launched on 17 December 2023. The journal is successfully indexed with Crossref for DOI, and in the coming years, the journal management team aspires to obtain additional indexing certifications.

As we join the joyous National Day celebrations, we offer our heartfelt prayers for peace, prosperity, happiness, and the long life of His Majesty the King.

Tashi Delek! 🇧🇹

འབྲུག་གསོ་རིག་དུས་དེབ་འདི་ OpenAlex ཟེར་བའི་ ཡོངས་གྲགས་ཡོད་པའི་ སྤྱིར་འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་གི་ཞིབ་འཚོལ་མཁས་མཆོག་དང་ ཞིབ་འཚོལ་རྩོམ་རིགས་ རྩོམ་བྲིས་པ་ གཙུག་ལག་ཚུ་འབྲེལ་གཏུགས་འབད་སའི་གནས་སྡུད་གཞི་མཛོད་ནང་ ངོས་ལེན་འབད་དོ་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན།
འདི་ནང་ངོས་ལེན་གྲུབ་མི་འདི་གིས་ འབྲུག་གསོ་རིག་དུས་དེབ་ནང་ལུ་ཞིབ་འཚོལ་འབད་ཡོད་པའི་རྩོམ་རིགས་ཚུ་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་མ་དོ་བར་ སྤྱིར་འཛམ་གླིང་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་མཐོང་སྟེ་ལྷག་ཚུ་ནི་ཨིནམ་ལས་ གསོ་བ་རིག་པའི་སྐོར་ལས་ཤེས་ཚུགས་ནི་གི་ཁེས་ཕན་སྦོམ་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན།
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Bhutan Sorig Journal is now indexed in OpenAlex!
OpenAlex is a global, open-access scholarly database that maps the world of academic knowledge—connecting authors, institutions, publications, and research outputs from around the world.

Being indexed in OpenAlex greatly enhances the visibility, credibility, and accessibility of our journal, allowing researchers, scholars, and practitioners worldwide to discover and cite Bhutanese traditional medicine research more easily. This is a significant milestone for the Faculty of Traditional Medicine and a proud moment for everyone contributing to the growth of Sowa Rigpa scholarship in Bhutan.

Let us continue to promote high-quality research and strengthen the academic presence of Bhutan Sorig Journal on the global stage.

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Bhutan Sorig Journal published its November 2025 issue

Bhutan Sorjig Journal is the official publication of the Faculty of Traditional Medicine. It publishes two issues in a year (in May and November). The second issue for 2025 was launched coinciding with the 70th birth anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo. The event included a prayer ceremony followed by the launch event.
Our journal is open-access and accepts submissions from across the world. For details, please visit our website.

Online first - 2025 November issue - Images in Traditional Medicine

Meconopsis gakyidiana: Bhutan’s National Flower and a Symbol of Happiness
Phuentsho

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0025060807
Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/138

Online first - 2025 November issue - Letter to Editor

Interventional Studies require Contextualised Controls: Hot Herbal Compression (Chingdug) compared to pure or mixed Diclofenac gel?

Christopher Macindoe, Jangchhup Peljor

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47811/bsj.0024060701
Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/136

This letter is in reference to the original article titled “Efficacy of Hot Herbal Compression (Chingdug) compared to Diclofenac gel in the management of nonspecific low back pain in Bhutan: a randomized non-inferiority trial” by Dorji et al., published in the Bhutan Sorig Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1.
Link: https://www.bsj.com.bt/index.php/bsj/article/view/84