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

• VerfasserIn: Gerke, Barbara, 1966-
• Place / Publishing House: Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2021.
• प्रकाशन का वर्ष : 2021
• भाषा: English
• भौतिक वर्णन: 1 online resource (388 pages)

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...