Wisdom Books
 

Contact Us

For any sales queries please contact us on
+44 (0)20 8553 5020
Full contact details
The Robert Beer Online Galleries
Buddhism Books, Buddhist, Meditation, martial arts
 Search Wisdom Books click for advanced search 
Search For All words Any words
Browse Subjects | Browse Authors | Sitemap | A-Z Index | Email club
Ask the expert | Customer Help | Contact Wisdom | Wisdom Shop
Your Account
Your basket is currently empty
Bestsellers | New Releases | Forthcoming | Special Offers | Extracts
You are here : Home > Books > Land and Culture > Tibet: Land and Culture

Mirror of Beryl

A Historical Introduction to Tibetan Medical Science
Mirror of Beryl

Author(s) : Sangye Gyatso, Desi and translated by Gavin Kilty
Publishers Price : £45.00
Wisdom Price : £45.00
Availability : Usually available in 7 day(s)
ISBN : 0861714679
EAN : 9780861714674
Cover : Hardback
Pages : 662
Size : 234 x 160mm
Publisher : Wisdom Publications
Published : 2009
Category : Tibet: Land and Culture
Category 2 : Tibetan Medicine
Synopsis:
A general overview of the Tibetan medical system and its history, written by one of the greatest authorities on Tibetan medicine, Desi Sangye Gyatso, prolific author and regent of the Fifth Dalai Lama.

Unlike his other well-known medical work, the Blue Beryl, whih is a detailed commentary on the Four Tantras, this work is a self-standing volume. The treatise presents the Tibetan understanding of human physiology and anatomy, the various methods of diagnosis, such as pulse reading and urinalysis, and the typologies of disease and their corresponding remedies, including surgical treatments.

Desi's work provides an insight into the synthetic nature of the Tibetan medical system, wherein the essentials of Indian Ayurveda and Persian medical theory and practice are incorporated into an indigenous Tibetan practice, including its pharmacology based primarily upon herbal and mineral remedies. To this day Desi's medical writings are used as textbooks in the Tibetan medical colleges both inside and outside of Tibet.
  • Email details of this title to a friend

  • The following related titles are recommended :
    White Beryl White Beryl
    Gyurme Dorje and Sangye Gyatso, Desi and Lochen Dharmasri
    Price £200.10
    Save 42%
    Mind Training Mind Training
    Geshe Thubten Jinpa and compiled by Shonu Gyalchok and Konchok Gyaltsen
    Price £28.00
    Save 20%
    Ornament of Stainless Light Ornament of Stainless Light
    Khedrup Norsang Gyatso and translated by Gavin Kilty
    Price £35.00
    Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems
    Thuken Losang Chokyi Nyima and translated by Geshe Lhundub Sopa
    Price £31.50
    Save 30%
    Book of Kadam Book of Kadam
    Geshe Thubten Jinpa
    Price £38.25
    Save 15%

    Customers that purchased Mirror of Beryl also bought :
    Padma Padma
    Feyerer, Gabriele
    Price £6.99
    Tibetan Medicine and Your Health Tibetan Medicine and Your Health
    Langemyr Larsen, Tove
    Price £11.99
     

    Other Tibet: Land and Culture Titles :
    New Releases
    Sources of Tibetan Tradition
    Tibet Wild
    Tibetan History Reader
    View all New releases...
    Bestsellers
    Blue Annals
    Plant Hunter in Tibet
    Stranger in Nepal and Tibet
    View all Bestsellers...
      

    Recently Viewed Items :
    You Are Not Here - £8.70
    Kachtick, Keith

    Tricycle 32 Summer 1999 - £4.55


    Smile of the Buddha - £28.76
    Baas, Jacquelynn

    ^^Top | Home | Books | DVD & Video | Audio | Cards | Posters | Products | Statues | Sitemap | A to Z | Advanced Search
    Privacy | Terms & Conditions | Customer Help | Contact Us | About Wisdom | Wisdom Shop | Arura Tibetan Medicine
    All contents © Wisdom Books 2001-2013

    FacebookJoin us on Facebook | TwitterFollow us on Twitter | Read our Blog