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| Traditional Thai Medicine: Buddhism, Animism, Ayurveda |  | Author: C. Pierce Salguero
Publisher: Hohm Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 354,926
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 142
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1890772674
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.8809593
EAN: 9781890772673
ASIN: 1890772674
Publication Date: July 15, 2007
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Product Description
The first overview of the tradition, including the origins and modern practice. A broad-brush history from the 3rd millennium BC to the present day, including contemporary practice of this fascinating art. The culmination of 8 years of field study and academic research on traditional Thai Medicine, this book traces a rich cultural heritage from its origins in Buddhism, animism and Ayurveda to the formation of a unique syncretic healing tradition which continues to be practiced today in both rural and urban Thailand. Thai medicine has been influenced by Vedic India, Khmer mysticism, Chinese medical theory and the indigenous beliefs in spirits and ghosts, a fascinating time capsule of practices and beliefs from many historical eras.
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excellent August 4, 2007
N. Jacobsen (Oregon)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have a bookshelf full of esoteric books on Thai healing, culture and spirituality. Most of them are written in the language of academia to such an extent as to render fascinating subject matter into brain numbing boredom. Pierce Salguero successfully manges to be an adademic without losing his passion for his subject, and without forgetting that someone might actually want to enjoy reading about it.
a keeper August 8, 2007
S. Lorenz
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I refer to this book often, as I have a great interest in the subject of Traditional Thai Medicine. It is well written and ultimately gives the reader a sense of the true depth of history behind the medicine that preceded Western culture in Thailand. The tradition that shaped medicine in Thailand exists today and this book opens the reader's eyes to its history, culture, and spirituality. That is what makes Thailand and its traditional medicine so unique.
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