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Donden, the Dalai Lama's personal physician for some 20 years, fled to India during the 1959 Chinese invasion of his homeland and founded the Tibetan Medical Center at Dharmsala. There, and in private practice, he has built a reputation for successfully treating Indians of all ranks with a holistic system of medicine derived from ancient Buddhist principles. Although that system, detailed in these accessible Univ. of Virginia lectures, emphasizes the integrative treatment certain Western physicians are rediscovering, its tenets on the preordained spiritual aspects of disease remain foreign to our culture. Nonetheless, Donden intriguingly fits together parts of the complex puzzle called health.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"I think this book is the best work on Tibetan medicine ever to appear in English." --Dr. Barry Clark
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as applicable as it seems,
By micah thorne (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine (Paperback)
If you are truly planning on pursuing the study of Tibetan medicine as a vocation, this book is for you. If you are hoping to glean a few practical tidbits to apply toward a healthy life, it is possible...however, few is the key word. Chapter 11 was the most informative chapter in the book, talking about behavior. It's a great book explaining Tibetan medicine, not applying it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book, but glad to be done with it...,
This review is from: Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine (Paperback)
This book is a compilation of lectures given by Dr. Donden at the University of Virginia to I'm sure audiences made up of other doctors. I really can't imagine any other crowd staying still for it.This book is very interesting at times -- not so much other times. Pretty exhaustive lists of how to diagnose different illnesses in patients, which I'm sure is intensely interesting for doctors, but not for me. The translator and editor is Dr. Hopkins of Virginia, who is renknown for his good work. Dr. Donden was the Dalai Lama's personal physician. The personnel is there, which is why I can't go any lower than four stars, but I'm glad to be done with this book. Probably a better title for serious (very, very serious) students of medicine.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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great basics,
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when I was iving in kathmandu and studying tibetan medicine, the first book my amchi (doctor) recommended was this one... and you know, it really is a great book for introducing the subject... fantastic overview and great layout...
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