C Pierce Salguero

Traditional Thai Medicine

Buddhism, Animism, Ayurveda

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Thailand, traditional folk medicine competes successfully with Western hospital-based medicine, and represents a popular approach to healing even in modern cities such as Bangkok. This book offers a broad-brush history of medicine in Thailand from the 3rd millennium BC onwards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hohm Press
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781890772673
• ISBN-10: 1890772674
• Artikelnr.: 22537390

Autorenporträt

Salguero is a interdisciplinary scholar specializing in the history of Buddhist medicine. Salguero teaches East Asian History, Chinese Religion & Philosophy, Buddhism, and History of Medicine at Penn State's Abington College. Salguero has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from University of Virginia. Salguero is also a practitioner and teacher of Traditional Thai Medicine, the author of many books for TTM clinicians, and has long been active in the introduction of Thai healing traditions to the U.S.