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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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP)
2021
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| Series: | Heidelberg Studies on Transculturality
7 |
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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