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

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (388 pages)
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