Healing traditions of the northwestern Himalayas /

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Author / Creator:Gupta, Pankaj, author.
Imprint:New Delhi ; New York : Springer, [2014]
Description:1 online resource : color illustrations.
Language:English
Series:SpringerBriefs in environmental science, 2191-5555
SpringerBriefs in environmental science.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11086227
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Other authors / contributors:Sharma, Vijay Kumar (Sociologist), author.
Sharma, Sushma, author.
ISBN:9788132219255
8132219252
9788132219248
8132219244
9788132219248
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 9, 2014).
Summary: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 thei.
Other form:Print version: 9788132219248

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