edited by Christa Kletter
and Monika Kriechbaum

Features:

• Provides a comprehensive overview of all plant types
• Contains descriptions of the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the parts of the plants featured
• Presents anatomical features of 76 plants
• Treats the Tibetan word as a technical term, keeps the Tibetan term and explains its actual meaning
• Includes a foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama

Tibetan Medicinal Plants provides a detailed analysis of how Tibetan plants are used in this centuries old system. It provides a comprehensive overview of all plant types, thus making it easier to grasp the Tibetan concept. It gives a comprehensive look at this centuries old science.

The book opens with a summary of Tibetan medicine and covers the various habitats in which the plants are found. The main part of this volume encompasses 60 monographs listed by the Tibetan plant name. Each monograph consists of several chapters addressing different topics related either to the Tibetan or the Western approach. Most of the monographs contain a description of the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the used plant parts, and anatomical features of 76 plants are provided.

Each monograph presents an overview of the known chemical constituents and pharmacological properties of each plant and describes their use in Tibetan medicine. In contrast to other publications on Tibetan medicine, where translations of the Tibetan terms are given in other languages, this book treats the Tibetan word as a technical term, keeps the Tibetan term and explains its meaning, lessening confusion by reducing the number of translations.

Contents

Tibetan Medicine

• History of Tibetan Medicine
• Tibetan Medicine in Exile
• The Fundamental Treatise rygud bzhi
• The Three Humours
• Diet
• Behaviour
• Tibetan Materia Medica
• Properties of Plants
• Plant Collecting and Storing
• Formulations

Habitats of Tibetan Medicinal Plants

• Cold Steppes
• Pastoral Semideserts
• Giant Kobresia Bogs
• Pigmy Kobresia Turf
• Alpine Cushion Vegetation
• Conifer Forests
• Birch Forests
• Subalpine Herb Meadows
• (Sub)alpine Humid Pastures
• Dwarf Scrub
• Species-Rich Shrubberies
• Montane Caragana-Artemisia Steppes
• Subalpine Tussok Grass Steppes
• Subalpine Pastoral Semideserts

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