| 书目名称 | Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas | | 编辑 | Pankaj Gupta,Vijay Kumar Sharma,Sushma Sharma | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Provides an exclusive account of the notion of disease and of indigenous ways of treating different diseases.Focuses on concepts of indigenous curative techniques, curative foods, metaphysical healing | | 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book discusses the perception of disease, healing concepts and the evolution of traditional systems of healing in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India. The chapters cover a diverse range issues: people and knowledge systems, healing in ancient scriptures, concept of sacredness and faith healing, food as medicament, presumptions about disease, ethno-botanical aspects of medicinal plants, collection and processing of herbs, traditional therapeutic procedures, indigenous. Materia medica, .etc. The book also discusses the diverse therapeutic procedures followed by Himalayan healers and their significance in the socio-cultural life of Himalayan societies..The World Health Organization defines traditional medicine as wisdom, skills, and practices based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness and maintenance of health. In some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for primary health care. However, the knowledge of these conventional healing techniques and traditions associated with conveying this knowledge are slo | | 出版日期 | Book 2014 | | 关键词 | Alternative healing practices; Alternative healthcare in India; Alternative medicine in India; Ethno-ph | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1925-5 | | isbn_softcover | 978-81-322-1924-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-81-322-1925-5Series ISSN 2191-5547 Series E-ISSN 2191-5555 | | issn_series | 2191-5547 | | copyright | The Author(s) 2014 |
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