Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing & Chinese Medicine
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pict paper covers, xxxvi, 283 pages : illustrations, a fine copy,CONTENTS: Human relation with the cosmos in Mayan and Chinese medicine -- The human body -- Causality and illness -- Diagnostics --...
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pict paper covers, xxxvi, 283 pages : illustrations, a fine copy,CONTENTS: Human relation with the cosmos in Mayan and Chinese medicine -- The human body -- Causality and illness -- Diagnostics -- Therapeutics -- Traditional health workers -- The evolution of traditional medicine and its relation with the West -- Conclusions -- Disease classification.
From Publisher:
Wind in the Blood is a detailed look at Mayan medicine on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and its similarities to Chinese traditional medicine. It was originally published in Spanish as a manual for health workers in Mayan areas to bridge the gulf between Western medcal technique and Mayan medical knowledge. Mexican physicians Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra, and Hiberto Balam discovered that the similarities between Mayan medicine and traditional Chinese medcine were profound and helpful in their medical work.Product Info
ISBN: 1556433042
ISBN-13: 9781556433047
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Year: 1999
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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