About the Book
The book deals with the fundamental knowledge of human physiology and medication by traditional as well as modern methods. The chapter on dharmic physiology explains and illustrates the teachings of the Buddha and it goes into the deeper aspects of mind and the insignificance of the body and its response to various curative applications and its true nature of physiology.
Of great importance is the listing of rare 493 herbs formulations and their therapeutic value. This surely will come handy as a "ready-made" presentation of medicinal formulations and curative applications.
The chapter on the names of Tibetan medicines with their Romanised versions and their translation into Latin / English shows that the author has taken great pains to make the book appealing both for the domestic as well as international readers. One surely can claim that the book offers a synthesis of the Eastern and the Western values of medicinal systems. The pictorial illustrations of herbal medicines add to the visual value and hence to the significance of the book as a valuable reference source.
In short the book shows the mastery of the author on Tibetan medicine and functional system of health. The correlation of many aspects of Tibetan and modern medicinal applications gives us a clearer concept of the human physiology and its functional and curative systems.
About The Author
Dr. Smanla T. Phuntsog popularly known as Dr. Smanla was born in a Amchi lineage family in a remote village of Tingmosgang. Ladakh. He received his early education in a small school of his village Tingmosgam and studied upto matric standard in High school. Leh. He did his pre-university course from the university of Jammu and Kashmir and obtained his medical graduation (M.B.B.S. degree) from the university of Assam. He received a gold medal during his academic career and enjoys the distinction of being the first medical graduate in the history of Ladakh region.
While in service he did his postgraduate course in Ophthalmology (M.S.) from the university of Punjab. Thereafter he served in the state medical department as a senior opthalmic consultant and administrator The government of Jammu and Kashmir conferred upon him a prestigious award of Gold Medal in recognition of his sincere honest efficient and dedicated service.
Dr. Smanla is also a qualified Physician in traditional system of medicine (Tibetan Medicine) and contributed a lot to its development. He is the author of several books. His book on Amchi Pharmaco-Therapeutic is popular amongst the Amchi practitioners.
He is a multifaceted personality and has visited the whole of Europe the Scandinavian countries U.S.S.R. Southeast Asian countries and Mongolia in connection with goodwill missions seminars conferences and lecture series in different disciplines.
He is an ardent social worker and a Budhist scholar who is now the Director of Mahabodhi Karuna Charitable Hospital Devachan Leh Ladakh (J & K State)
ISBN-10 : 818623053X
ISBN-13 : 978-8186230534