Tibetan 'wind' and 'wind' illnesses: Towards a multicultural approach to health and illness

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-324

  Yoeli Tlalim, Ronit ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Culture bound syndromes; Four Tantras; Humours; Mind body; Rlung; Tibetan medicine; Wind

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; SYNDROME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WIND;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; QI; SYNDROME; TIBET; WIND;

EID: 78649521360     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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