How Tibetan Medicine in Exile Became a “Medical System”
How Tibetan Medicine in Exile Became a “Medical System”
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Taipei: Duke University Press
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English
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Taipei: Duke University Press
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Tibetan medicine or Sowa Rigpa was largely ignored in classic publications on “Asian medical systems.” This article contends that one important reason for this oversight was that Tibetan medicine had not yet managed to establish itself as a recognizable medical system at that time. This has changed only recently with ongoing political and economic...
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How Tibetan Medicine in Exile Became a “Medical System”
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1641424264
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1641424264
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1875-2160
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1875-2152
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10.1215/18752160-2333653
