Tibetan Buddhist Medicine And Psychiatry

Author : Terry Clifford
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120812050
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry written by Terry Clifford and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan medicine is a unique and holistic system of healing. It has been continuously practised for over a thousand years but has still take its place in the history of medicine as we know it in the West. This volume presents for the first time a comprehensive introduction to the arcane Tibetan art of healing. The author has provided a well-documented, original and detailed study of Tibetan psychiatry, the world's oldest system of medical psychiatry. Translated here--for the first time in English--are three fascinating chapters about mental illness from the rGyud-bzhi, the ancient and most important Tibetan medical work. Reproductions of the rare Tibetan texts are also included. Supplementing these translations are extensive explanations of Tibetan psychiatric theory and treatment drawn from the author's research and interviews with Tibetan refugee doctors in India and Nepal. Great care has been taken to identify over 90 pharmacological substances used in Tibetan psychiatric medicines, and these are listed in an appendix along with their English and Latin botanical names. Deeply researched and clearly written, this work will be of interest to both scholars and general readers in the fields of Buddhist studies, holistic healing, Oriental medicine, transpersonal psychology, ethnopsychiatry and medical anthropology.

Author : Terry Clifford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850304060
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Buddhist Medicine and Psychiatry written by Terry Clifford and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Clifford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781852740467
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diamond Healing written by Terry Clifford and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susannah Deane
Publisher : Carolina Academic Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781531001407
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism and Psychiatry written by Susannah Deane and published by Carolina Academic Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research based on two six-month periods of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling during 2011 and 2012. It utilizes four case studies to illustrate lay perceptions of different mental health conditions and their causes and treatments, juxtaposed with Tibetan textual and biomedical explanations. These expanations combine with background interviews of lay Tibetans, as well as monastic practitioners, Tibetan amchi, and biomedical doctors, to help draw out the complexities of the situation for individuals affected by different experiences of mental illness.

Author : Tsewang Dolkar Khangkar
Publisher : Heian International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Medicine written by Tsewang Dolkar Khangkar and published by Heian International. This book was released on 1998 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating system linking ill health with the state of th mind. Legendary scroll paintings used to teach medicine adorn this basic study of the Buddhist way of healing.

Author : Miriam E. Cameron
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538135027
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Medicine and You written by Miriam E. Cameron and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of us want to be happy and avoid suffering. So why are many of us anxious, angry, depressed? We suffer from pain, hypertension, inflammation, indigestion, insomnia, and addictions. Yet, too often we make choices that sabotage us rather than reverse what’s wrong. Tibetan medicine, Tibet’s ancient, comprehensive science of healing, offers effective tools for transforming suffering into health and happiness. Tibetan medicine teaches that the purpose of life is to be happy, and that after our basic needs are met, happiness results primarily from our own thinking. When challenges arise, we can wallow in negativity and get sick - or even sicker - in mind and body. Or we can decide to create health and happiness. Making positive choices won’t solve every problem but will produce better results than poor or thoughtless decisions do. This unique book explains in everyday English how to use Tibetan medicine for self-care and as a complement to modern medicine. Tibetan medicine sheds light on the intricate relationship between mind and body. Each of us is born with a unique combination of energies called our constitution. Understanding our constitution empowers us to make conscious, informed decisions about our thoughts, diet, and behavior to keep our energies in balance. We learn to reduce stress, create health, prepare for death, and be happy.

Author : Dr. Pema Dorjee
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780284659
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heal Your Spirit, Heal Yourself written by Dr. Pema Dorjee and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collaboration between a Tibetan doctor and two Westerners, introducing Tibetan medicine to a Western audience. With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Author : Rechung Rinpoche
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520023130
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : Janet Gyatso
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231538324
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being Human in a Buddhist World written by Janet Gyatso and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically exploring medical thought in a cultural milieu with no discernible influence from the European Enlightenment, Being Human in a Buddhist World reveals an otherwise unnoticed intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious values in traditional Tibetan medicine. It further studies the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns and suggests important dimensions of Buddhism's role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human adds a crucial chapter in the larger historiography of science and religion. The book opens with the bold achievements in Tibetan medical illustration, commentary, and institution building during the period of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a strategically astute dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex and the moral character of the physician, who had to serve both the patient's and the practitioner's well-being. Being Human in a Buddhist World ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal systems and absolutes, instead embracing the imperfectability of the human condition.

Author : Tamdin Sither Bradley
Publisher : Singing Dragon
ISBN 13 : 0857011146
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Tibetan Medicine written by Tamdin Sither Bradley and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As people increasingly seek alternatives to modern medicine, interest is growing in the ancient system of Tibetan medicine, which has been practised for over 2,500 years. Known as 'gSo-ba-Rig-pa', or 'the science of healing', it is based on Buddhist philosophical principles, astrology and the close relationship between body and mind. This concise introduction presents all the essential information on Tibetan medicine. It covers the basic theoretical principles, practice and history of this traditional system, as well as methods of diagnosis and treatments such as urine analysis, golden needle therapy and cupping. It includes a chapter on case histories and provides information on what to expect from a practising physician based on compassion. With a comprehensive resources section, this book provides everything there is to know about Tibetan medicine at an introductory level. This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about Tibetan medicine, as well as anyone looking to find out more about Tibetan thought, Tibetan Buddhism, traditional medicine, comparative religion or Eastern spirituality.