Download or read book Tibetan Botanical Materia Medica written by Mia Touw and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Clear Mirror of Tibetan Medicinal Plants written by Zla-ba (Sman-rams-pa) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essentials of Tibetan Traditional Medicine written by Thinley Gyatso and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan medicine is a rarified field with few publications in English; it is also one of the most comprehensive of alternative therapies, addressing body, mind, and spirit. Written for intermediate-level practitioners, Essentials of Tibetan Traditional Medicine brings this important healing tradition to Western practitioners. The book begins by summarizing the basics behind Tibetan medical theory and its methods of diagnosis. The second part of the book presents the core concepts of wind, bile, phlegm, dark phlegm, epidemic fever, heat, and cold, along with their corresponding nosologies, differential diagnoses, and treatments. The third section covers therapeutics, with an emphasis on medicinals—the mainstay of contemporary practice. A chapter on therapeutic strategies discusses unclear diagnosis and other challenging clinical situations. Other chapters explore the crucial components of lifestyle and diet. Each herb and animal product used in Tibetan medicine is profiled on its own page, with its Tibetan, common, and botanical names; its key properties and clinical uses; its known pharmacological properties; and a simple illustration. This useful handbook concludes with a description and indepth analysis of some 60 frequently used formulas.
Download or read book Tibetan Medicinal Plants written by Christa Kletter and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, modern medicine relies on so called traditional or ancient medical knowledge. Holistic practices such as adhering to proper diet, observing rules for appropriate behavior, and administering medical preparations are coupled with the latest technology and methods to treat the whole patient. In light of this trend, there is much to be gained from understanding of one of the oldest medical systems still in existence. Tibetan Medicinal Plants provides you a detailed analysis of how Tibetan plants are used in this centuries old system. The book opens with a summary of Tibetan medicine and covers the various habitats in which the plants are found. The main part of this volume encompasses 60 monographs listed by the Tibetan plant name. Each monograph consists of several chapters addressing different topics related either to the Tibetan or the Western approach. Most of the monographs contain a description of the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the used plant parts, and anatomical features of 76 plants are provided. Each monograph presents an overview of the known chemical constituents and pharmacological properties of each plant and describes their use in Tibetan medicine. In contrast to other publications on Tibetan medicine, where translations of the Tibetan terms are given in other languages, this book treats the Tibetan word as a technical term, keeps the Tibetan term and explains its meaning, lessening confusion by reducing the number of translations. Traditional Tibetan medicine has been in existence for centuries. Curative practices existed in the prebuddistic era, and the art of healing developed more than 2500 years ago. Tibetan Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive overview of all plant types, thus making it easier to grasp the Tibetan concept. It gives you a comprehensive look at this centuries old science.
Download or read book Materia Medica of Tibetan Medicine written by Bhagwan Dash and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Myriad Herbs Medicinal Herbs in Tibetan Medical Tradition Men Tsee Khang written by Dr. Tsering Norbu and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2016-06-19 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For beings pervading the limits of the sky, May I engage in as befitting a service. That I may duly accomplish my extensive prayer, O master Yuthok, may I become as great as you were! PREFACE Natural medicinal substances are indispensable sources for treating diseases as well as benefiting the physical health of human society. As early as the period around the 3rd century A.D., the use of natural medicinal substances in treating diseases like bleeding, wounds, etc. became widespread. Gradually, innumerable scholars came into being, out of which emerged Yuthok Nyingma Yonten Gonpo (706-832 AD), who is regarded as Tibet’s greatest physician. He had served as the personal physician to the king Choegyal-Me-Ook-Tsom, and compiled and wrote rGyud-bzhi or The Four Tantras (the fundamental texts of Tibetan medicine) around the 8th century AD. In the second tantra, The Explanatory Tantra, medicinal substances are revealed in the chapter, ‘The efficacy of Medicinal Substances.’ The period of 1654 to 1705 saw Tibetan medicine vividly illustrated through means of traditional Tibetan paintings by one of the greatest physicians cum astrologers, Desi-Sangey-Gyatso. The paintings also depicted how to correctly identify Tibetan medicinal substances; today it continues to serve as an important source of reference for both students and researchers. A total of 79 medicinal paintings were composed, creating a history through which the art of traditional Tibetan paintings are kept alive which has been a great accomplishment. Within the field of Materia-Medica, the study, collection, and process of turning natural recources into medicines, a major historical figure is the great scholar Deu-Mar-Geshe-Tenzin Phuntsok, born in 1673. He wrote extensively on the classifications, potencies and synonyms of more than 900 medicinal substances, which have more than one thousand subcategories or varieties, in a book called Shel Gong Shel Phreng. Not only did his book receive much admiration from scholars residing inside and outside of Tibet (for which we all Tibetans take pride in), his book has been considered one of the most important text that sets the standards for materia-medica. In the year 1883, the great scholar Khenrab Norbu was born, who was the personal physician to His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama and was highly learned in both Tibetan medicine as well as astrology. He wrote and compiled two concise books on herbs and Khrog sman (raw and dry medicinal substances like herbs, minerals, etc., which makes a distinct sound “Khrog” when they are hit against each other), in which he included many new medicinal substances. Both books didn’t mention medicinal substances’ tastes, potencies, etc. However, referring to the teachings of some masters, there seemed to exist an elaborate book on medicinal substances where detailed explanations were indeed given on those subjects. That said, the book somehow got lost at some point and could not be retrieved. In brief, the identification and research on traditional Tibetan medicinal substances gained foothold to a great extent after 708 AD. All the works before then were made available in the commentaries written by the grateful and highly learned scholars whose names are aforementioned. For example, their commentaries, while based upon their own points of view, not only included the taste, potency and uses of medicinal substances of the high altitude regions of Tibet, various regions of India, China and neighbouring countries they also had mentions of numerous medicinal substances which have no habitat or resources in Tibet. The science of Tibetan Materia-Medica is so vast that all the potencies of specific medicinal substances were already finalized long before the dawn of the highly sophisticated scientific devices of the modern period. The Tibetan medical system explains that various factors like taste and potency of medicinal substances, and the nature of elements are involved in the formation of any substance. Besides this, the formation of taste and potency as well as how the potency of certain medicinal substances is able to cure the specific nature of diseases are explained, forming a scholarly documentation. While the scientists came to discover the potency of turmeric only recently, Tibetan medicine had already mentioned its potency hundreds of years ago. Hence, the potency of specific medicinal substances and their Medicinal uses for specific diseases mentioned in the Materia-Medica of the Tibetan medical system not only proves this as a standard treatise, but this knowledge of medicinal compounding which is now almost three thousand years old has evidence to show its ability to be greater in curing numerous chronic diseases as compared to other medical systems. In modern times, there has been widespread growing interest in natural medicinal substances. Many countries in the West have benefited greatly from Tibetan medicine for growing numbers of disorders like rlung disorder, nerve disorder and various gynaecological disorders. But the lack of awareness between scientists and practitioners of traditional Eastern medicine and the ban on natural medicinal substances being imposed by international laws has hampered the practice and growth of Tibetan medicine. Therefore, we need to find a solution to these obstacles from both sides of the debate: scientists and Tibetan medical experts. It is important that the potency of specific Tibetan medicinal substances be proven through scientific methods so that some medicinal substances could be approved for widespread use under international law. Creating awareness between the Tibetan medical community and scientists will not only bring advantages; the patient will also face less difficulty in choosing the system of medicine that would best suit their needs. In brief, my primary aim for writing this book is to introduce herbs without any faults to practitioners of Tibetan medicine from Tibet, the Himalayan regions and particularly to those who work in compounding medicinal substances. I also wrote this book to introduce correct identifications of herbs to fulfill the needs of researchers working on Tibetan Materia-Medica. All the medicinal substances growing in high altitudes mentioned in this book have been introduced to me by highly learned masters while I was studying Tibetan medicine at the medical college in Tibet. Based upon those masters’ teachings, I analyzed all the medicinal herbs which were successfully explored in and around the Himalayan mountains, which I have introduced here. Likewise, all the low altitude growing medicinal substances which have been identified in Tibetan medicine were successfully found in respected regions in the presence of an Ayurvedic doctor. Hence, putting aside all my strengths, talents and analysis, I have humbly tried my best to introduce the medicinal substances present in Tibetan medicine, along with their pictures. Moreover, I have tried my best to write down the differing tastes and potencies from various standard medical treatises, keeping in mind that this book, Encyclopedia of Myriad Herbs, may be used as a basis for analysis for others while identifying herbs.
Download or read book Illustrated Materia Medica of Indo Tibetan Medicine written by Bhagwan Dash and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Sman-dpyad Yan-lag brgyad-pai sñin-poi grel-pa-las sman-gyi min-gi rnam-grans, and Madanadinighantu, medieval Ayurvedic texts, by Candranandana.
Download or read book Tibetan Materia Medica written by Palatino Press and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete Tibetan manuscript in 44 full page color plates Gyu Shi (The Four Tantras) is a 12th century Tibetan medical text which is still today a cornerstone of Tibetan medicine. It expounds the theory of the three bodily humors (wind rlung, bile mkhris pa, and phlegm bad kan) and identifies their imbalances as the source of disease. The text also discusses various other topics such as anatomy, physiology, psychopathology and embryology, and details a range of diagnostic techniques and practical treatments. The present manuscript is based on these teachings and depicts a selection of therapeutic plants, animals and minerals used for the production of medicine. It is currently held by the Wellcome Library, London.
Download or read book Tibetan Medicinal Plants written by Tsewang J. Tsarong and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tibetan Medicinal Plants written by Christa Kletter and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Myriad Herbs written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medicinal Plants of Dolpo written by Yeshi Choden Lama and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dr K M Nadkarni s Indian Materia Medica written by K. M. Nadkarni and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tibetan Medicine written by Rechung Rinpoche and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mardzong Manuscripts written by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Mardzong Manuscripts Agnieszka Helman-Ważny and Charles Ramble recount the discovery of a cache of Bön and Buddhist manuscripts, some over seven centuries old, in the remote Mardzong caves in Mustang, Nepal, and subsequent research on the collection.
Download or read book Medicinal Orchids of Asia written by Eng Soon Teoh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal medicines, and how traditional Asian medicine differs from Western, “scientific” medicine. The different Asian medical traditions are described, as well as their modes of preparing herbal remedies. The core of the book presents individual medicinal orchid species arranged by genera. Each species is identified by its official botanical name, synonyms, and local names. Its distribution, habitat and flowering season, uses and pharmacology are described. An overview sums up the research findings on all species within each genus. Clinical observations are discussed whenever available, and possible therapeutic applications are highlighted. The book closes with chapters on the conservation of medicinal orchids and on the role of randomized clinical trials.
Download or read book Tibet written by Michel Peissel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate homage to Tibet in words and pictures by one of the last great explorers who brings the geographical, spiritual, and intellectual heart of the country to life. 250 photos.
