Healing from the Source The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine

Name: Healing from the Source The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine
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ISBN: 9781559391481

ISBN-10: 1559391480

ISBN-13: 9781559391481

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Authors: Yeshi Dhonden, B. Alan Wallace

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Dr. Yeshi Donden, the long-time personal physician of HH the Dali Lama, draws from over fifty years of practicing and teaching this ancient tradition of healing.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/27/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990

B. Alan Wallace teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara.



Author's Acknowledgments


Translator's Preface


Introduction A Brief History of Tibetan Medicine



The Constituents of the Body in Good Health



The Digestive Process



The Humors



An Overview



The Distant Causes of Illness



The Accumulation, Arousal, and Pacification of Humoral Disorders



Conditions Contributing to Illness



The Manners of Entrance of Illnesses



The Characteristics of Humoral Imbalances



Classifications of Diseases



On Being a Tibetan Physician



A Tibetan Medical View of Aids



A Tibetan Medical View of Cancer



Benign and Malignant Tumors



Wholesome Behavior



The Potencies of Tastes



Wholesome Diet


English-Tibetan-Sanskrit Medical Glossary


Tibetan-English-Sanskrit Medical Glossary


Glossary of Names


Glossary of Texts


Bibliography


Index