Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas

• Main Authors: Gupta, Pankaj (Author), Sharma, Vijay Kumar (Author), Sharma, Sushma (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Public health.; Anthropology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.