What is a national medicine? What does it mean for a medicine to be traditional and scientific at the same time? How could a specifically Vietnamese medicine emerge out of the medical practices and treatments that have flourished and waned during key socio-cultural encounters in Vietnam? This book answers these questions by examining the making of Vietnamese medicine from a his...(展开全部)

The Ultimate Medicine is not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students searching for awareness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981) lived and taught in a small apartment in the slums of Bombay. A realized master of the Tantric Nath lineage, he supported himself and his family by selling cheap goods in a small booth on the streets outside his...(展开全部)

The Ultimate Medicine is not for those who like their spirituality watered down, but for serious students searching for awareness. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981) lived and taught in a small apartment in the slums of Bombay. A realized master of the Tantric Nath lineage, he supported himself and his family by selling cheap goods in a small booth on the streets outside his...(展开全部)

In the West ideas about Chinese medicine are commonly associated with traditional therapies and ancient practices which have survived, unchanging, since time immemorial. Originally published in 2001, this volume, edited by Elizabeth Hsu, demonstrates that this is far from the reality. In a series of pioneering case-studies, twelve contributors, from a range of disciplines, expl...(展开全部)

本书为威廉·拜纳姆和海伦·拜纳姆（William&Helen Bynum ）合著。 威廉·拜纳姆是耶鲁大学医学硕士，剑桥大学医学博士，现是伦敦皇家医师学院的研究员，伦敦大学学院名誉教授，研究医学史已超过35年。海伦·拜纳姆在伦敦大学学院学习人类学和医学，后在利物浦大学教授医学史，现在是一个自由编辑，作家和讲师。在本书之前，二人合著的《医学传记辞典》屡获殊荣。

In the West ideas about Chinese medicine are commonly associated with traditional therapies and ancient practices which have survived, unchanging, since time immemorial. Originally published in 2001, this volume, edited by Elizabeth Hsu, demonstrates that this is far from the reality. In a series of pioneering case-studies, twelve contributors, from a range of disciplines, expl...(展开全部)

本书为威廉·拜纳姆和海伦·拜纳姆（William&Helen Bynum ）合著。 威廉·拜纳姆是耶鲁大学医学硕士，剑桥大学医学博士，现是伦敦皇家医师学院的研究员，伦敦大学学院名誉教授，研究医学史已超过35年。海伦·拜纳姆在伦敦大学学院学习人类学和医学，后在利物浦大学教授医学史，现在是一个自由编辑，作家和讲师。在本书之前，二人合著的《医学传记辞典》屡获殊荣。

In the West ideas about Chinese medicine are commonly associated with traditional therapies and ancient practices which have survived, unchanging, since time immemorial. Originally published in 2001, this volume, edited by Elizabeth Hsu, demonstrates that this is far from the reality. In a series of pioneering case-studies, twelve contributors, from a range of disciplines, expl...(展开全部)

The colorful adventure story of an American practitioner of Chinese medicine who travels to Kathmandu in search of medical and spiritual knowledge. In 1987 David Crow journeyed to Nepal in search of teachings in Tibetan medicine and Buddhist meditation. For the next ten years, he studied with many teachers. Using his newfound knowledge, Crow opened a clinic in Kathmandu and an...(展开全部)