TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gupta,Pankaj
AU  - Sharma,Vijay Kumar
AU  - Sharma,Sushma
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
SN  - 9788132219255
AV  - RA1-1270 
U1  - 613 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Springer India, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Culture
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Public health
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Medicine & Public Health
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Regional and Cultural Studies
N1  - 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.�������������������������
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1925-5
ER  -