Healing from the Source: The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine
by Yeshi Dhonden
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Author: Yeshi DhondenEdition: Paperback
Audio: Tibetan (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05-25
ISBN: 1559391480
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Book Review: A somewhat arcane intro to Tibetan medicine
Summary: 2 Stars
With utmost respect for Tibet's medical tradition, I found this book to be somewhat lacking. The book is a mix somewhere between textbook and narrative, owing to the fact that some of it was directly derived from talks the author gave. While the question/response portions of the book that come from these talks were definitely interesting, to say the least, I found the author's reliance on Tibetan terminology, without concurrent translation, an impediment to better understanding of Tibetan medicine. While the book might be a good primer for a Westerner with a foundation of knowledge about Tibetan medicine, I found it difficult to penetrate the author's technical descriptions of bodily functioning according to the Tibetan understanding.
For example, the author references several categories and subsets of bodily humors (bile, phlegm, wind), but never describes these substances or analogizes them. He does talk about how they function within the body (this increases, that decreases, etc.), but it is otherwise difficult to comprehend what the author means by these rather obtuse terms, and consequently it is difficult to interrelate them with a Western understanding of the body.
Dondhen's writing on the nature of being a physician I found enlightening; I felt like this chapter fulfilled the author's intent as named in the title. Otherwise, at least for a novitiate to Eastern medicine, I might choose another text with which to start.
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