Materia Medica of Tibetan Medicine (with Illustrations)
Dash, Vaidya Bhagwan
Price :
US$ 125.00
PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 2456
ISBN-10 : 81-7030-387-7 / 8170303877
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7030-387-9 / 9788170303879
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
1994
Edition : (First Edition)
Langauage : English
xxii, 694p., Illus., Index, 29 cm. (Indian Medical Science Series No. 18)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. Drugs belonging to 33 groups (ganas) described in the sutra section (15th chapter of Astanga hrdaya). 2. Supplementary plants. 3. Food and drinks. 4. Animals and animal-products. 5. Tree and its parts. 6. Synonyms and Homonyms.
Indices: 1. Tibetan names of drugs etc., with their Sanskrit and Botanical/English equivalents. 2. Sanskrit names of drugs etc., with their Tibetan and Botanical/English equivalents. 3. Botanical/English names of drugs etc., with their Tibetan and Sanskrit equivalents. 4. Therapeutic indications of drugs.
DESCRIPTION
The present work is divided into six sections. Section I deals with drugs belonging to 33 groups (ganas) described in Astanga hrdaya.; Section II deals with other drugs collected from different other sources, which included plants, metals, minerals, gems, jewels and some animal products.; Section III deals with ingredients of food and drinks; Section IV: It deal with animals and animal-products; Section V deals with tree etc., their parts and some technical terms used in medicine; and Section VI deals with synonyms and homonyms of the drugs. At the end, four indices dealing with Tibetan, Sanskrit as well as Botanical/English names of drugs and their therapeutic properties are provided.
