Cargando…
Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas
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 hea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Autor Corporativo: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New Delhi :
Springer India : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
|
| Edición: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Colección: | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a22000005i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 978-81-322-1925-5 | ||
| 003 | DE-He213 | ||
| 005 | 20220117230912.0 | ||
| 007 | cr nn 008mamaa | ||
| 008 | 150519s2014 ii | s |||| 0|eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9788132219255 |9 978-81-322-1925-5 | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1007/978-81-322-1925-5 |2 doi | |
| 050 | 4 | |a RA1-1270 | |
| 072 | 7 | |a MBN |2 bicssc | |
| 072 | 7 | |a MED078000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a MBN |2 thema | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 613 |2 23 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 614 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Gupta, Pankaj. |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas |h [electronic resource] / |c by Pankaj Gupta, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Sushma Sharma. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. 2014. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New Delhi : |b Springer India : |b Imprint: Springer, |c 2014. | |
| 300 | |a XXII, 149 p. 6 illus. in color. |b online resource. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | |a text file |b PDF |2 rda | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, |x 2191-5555 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Chapter 1. The Bountiful Himalayas -- Chapter 2. Health and Folk Medicine -- Chapter 3. Ethnic Food as Medicament -- Chapter 4. Mystic Healers -- Chapter 5. Traditional Herbalists -- Chapter 6. Indigenous Materia Medica -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a 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 slowly disappearing. The authors highlight the importance of safeguarding this indigenous knowledge in the cultural milieu of the Himachal Himalayas. This book will be an important resource for researchers in medical anthropology, biology, ethno-biology, ecology, community health, health behavior, psychotherapy, and Himalayan studies. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Public health. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Anthropology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ethnology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Culture. | |
| 650 | 1 | 4 | |a Public Health. |
| 650 | 2 | 4 | |a Anthropology. |
| 650 | 2 | 4 | |a Regional Cultural Studies. |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sharma, Vijay Kumar. |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sharma, Sushma. |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
| 710 | 2 | |a SpringerLink (Online service) | |
| 773 | 0 | |t Springer Nature eBook | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Printed edition: |z 9788132219262 |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Printed edition: |z 9788132219248 |
| 830 | 0 | |a SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, |x 2191-5555 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.uam.elogim.com/10.1007/978-81-322-1925-5 |z Texto Completo |
| 912 | |a ZDB-2-EES | ||
| 912 | |a ZDB-2-SXEE | ||
| 950 | |a Earth and Environmental Science (SpringerNature-11646) | ||
| 950 | |a Earth and Environmental Science (R0) (SpringerNature-43711) | ||