Tibetan Medicine: The Healing Science of Tibet
Dharamsala: Drungtso Publications, 2004.
Paperback. 8" X 5 1/2". xxvi, 524pp. Rubbing, toning, and sunning to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing and soiling to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
For millennia Tibetans have practiced the secret techniques of healing in Tibet. This amazing healing science still continues to be held in high esteem today.
This book introduces the principles of the ancient Tibetan healing science previously unavailable to the English readers. It is a journey into the healing methods of the Roof of the World and captures the essence of its medical system. It offers the readers an in-depth analysis of Tibetan medical history, both Buddhist and Pre-Buddhist eras, contents of rGyud bZhi (The Four Tantras), fundamental aspects of Tibetan medicine, concepts of health and diseases, diets and behaviour, pulse and urine diagnosis. The book clearly expounds the undeniable relationship between the Tibetan medicine, Buddhist philosophy and Astrology in a simple, yet interesting, way.
The book will not only help the patients of Tibetan medicine but also be of immense resource for scholars, researchers and students of Tibetan medicine. Dr. Drungtso precisely explains the concepts and practice of the great healing methods. This is one of the most authentic and comprehensive books on Tibetan medicine, which can be easily understood by all.(Publisher). Good. Item #12908
ISBN: 8190139517
Price: $20.00