Studies in Tibetan Medicine, by Dr. Elisabeth Finckh

Softcover, 73 pages, Ithaca 1988, new

This scholarly collection of papers on specialized topics in Tibetan medicine deals with various aspects of the medical system including comparisons with the Chinese system. It presents the Tibetan medical tree and diagrams all its parts.

Dr. Elisabeth Finckh, a medical doctor in West Germany, was one of the first Western physicians to study (and integrate into practice) the Tibetan medical system with considerable success. She has the distinction of having studied in the Tibetan Medical Institute in Dharamsala under the expert guidance of Tibetan doctors. With the help of these doctors she has translated and elucidated the main texts of Tibetan medicine.
 
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