Taming the Poisonous : : Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practice / / Barbara Gerke.

• Superior document: Heidelberg studies on transculturality
• VerfasserIn: Gerke, Barbara,
• Place / Publishing House: Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2021.
• Yayın Tarihi: 2021
• Dil: English
• Seri Bilgileri: Heidelberg studies on transculturality.
• Fiziksel Özellikler: 1 online resource (v, 379 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits.

This rich ethnographic and socio-historical account uncovers how toxicity and safety are expressed transculturally in a globalizing world. For the first time, it unpacks the "pharmaceutical nexus" of mercury in Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) where, since the thirteenth century, it has mainl...