Taming the Poisonous Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practice

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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Huvudskapare: Gerke, Barbara (auth)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Heidelberg Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP) 2021
Serie:Heidelberg Studies on Transculturality 7
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