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Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine
Sienna R. Craig
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Description for Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine
Paperback. Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. This title explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456. Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine. 344 pages, illustrations. Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. This title explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; MB. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight: 456.
Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. On the one hand it must retain a sense of cultural authenticity and a connection to Tibetan Buddhism; on the other it must prove efficacious and safe according to biomedical standards. Recently, Tibetan medicine has found a place within the multibillion-dollar market for complementary, traditional, and herbal medicines as people around the world seek alternative paths to wellness. "Healing Elements" explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills. ... Read more
Tibetan medicine has come to represent multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. On the one hand it must retain a sense of cultural authenticity and a connection to Tibetan Buddhism; on the other it must prove efficacious and safe according to biomedical standards. Recently, Tibetan medicine has found a place within the multibillion-dollar market for complementary, traditional, and herbal medicines as people around the world seek alternative paths to wellness. "Healing Elements" explores how Tibetan medicine circulates through diverse settings in Nepal, China, and beyond as commercial goods and gifts, and as target therapies and panacea for biophysical and psychosocial ills. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
455g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520273245
SKU
V9780520273245
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Ref
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About Sienna R. Craig
Sienna Craig is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalaya and coeditor of Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds.
Reviews for Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine
"An outstanding, long-overdue book that will doubtlessly serve as the standard monograph on Tibetan medicine for years to come."
Stephan Kloos Somatosphere "A deeply moving account... A valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary issues pertaining to Tibetan medicine... Highly Recommended."
J. Saxton, Bastyr University Choice
Stephan Kloos Somatosphere "A deeply moving account... A valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary issues pertaining to Tibetan medicine... Highly Recommended."
J. Saxton, Bastyr University Choice