Books on Tibetan Medicine

[Matthew Capowski]

This thread will be used to discuss books on Tibetan medicine.

The main text of Tibetan medicine is the rGyud bzi.

 

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Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine

Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine

"Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine" published on 17 Jun 2019 by Brill.

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From the publisher:

Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine is a collection of ten essays in which a team of international scholars describe and interpret Tibetan medical knowledge. With subjects ranging from the relationship between Tibetan and Greco-Arab conceptions of the bodily humors, to the rebranding of Tibetan precious pills for cross-cultural consumption in the People’s Republic of China, each chapter explores representations and transformations of medical concepts across different historical, cultural, and/or intellectual contexts. Taken together this volume offers new perspectives on both well-known Tibetan medical texts and previously unstudied sources, blazing new trails and expanding the scope of the academic study of Tibetan medicine.