Beschreibung:
This book will be an important resource for researchers in medical anthropology, biology, ethno-biology, ecology, community health, health behavior, psychotherapy, and Himalayan studies..
Prologue.- Chapter 1. The Bountiful Himalayas.- Chapter 2. Health and Folk Medicine.- Chapter 3. Ethnic Food as Medicament.- Chapter 4. Mystic Healers.- Chapter 5. Traditional Herbalists.- Chapter 6. Indigenous Materia Medica.- Epilogue.