LEADER 04321nam 22006975 450 001 9910298387503321 005 20200702001212.0 010 $a81-322-1925-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-81-322-1925-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000143986 035 $a(EBL)1783714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001327988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11860807 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001327988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11282819 035 $a(PQKB)10270554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1783714 035 $a(DE-He213)978-81-322-1925-5 035 $a(PPN)186027281 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000143986 100 $a20150519d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas$b[electronic resource] /$fby Pankaj Gupta, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Sushma Sharma 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cSpringer India :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,$x2191-5547 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-17391-5 311 $a81-322-1924-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aPrologue -- 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. 330 $aThis book discusses the perception of disease, healing concepts and the evolution of traditional systems of healing in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India. The chapters cover a diverse range issues: people and knowledge systems, healing in ancient scriptures, concept of sacredness and faith healing, food as medicament, presumptions about disease, ethno-botanical aspects of medicinal plants, collection and processing of herbs, traditional therapeutic procedures, indigenous Materia medica, etc. The book also discusses the diverse therapeutic procedures followed by Himalayan healers and their significance in the socio-cultural life of Himalayan societies.    The World Health Organization defines traditional medicine as wisdom, skills, and practices based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness and maintenance of health. In some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for primary health care. However, the knowledge of these conventional healing techniques and traditions associated with conveying this knowledge are slowly disappearing. The authors highlight the importance of safeguarding this indigenous knowledge in the cultural milieu of the Himachal Himalayas. This book will be an important resource for researchers in medical anthropology, biology, ethno-biology, ecology, community health, health behavior, psychotherapy, and Himalayan studies. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,$x2191-5547 606 $aPublic health 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aCulture?Study and teaching 606 $aPublic Health$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H27002 606 $aAnthropology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X12000 606 $aRegional and Cultural Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411000 615 0$aPublic health. 615 0$aAnthropology. 615 0$aCulture?Study and teaching. 615 14$aPublic Health. 615 24$aAnthropology. 615 24$aRegional and Cultural Studies. 676 $a615.882 700 $aGupta$b Pankaj$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0732693 702 $aSharma$b Vijay Kumar$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aSharma$b Sushma$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298387503321 996 $aHealing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas$92507981 997 $aUNINA