COPPER VESSEL, MAGIC AND DISEASE

The use of a copper vessel as a magic and a medical aid in South Indian Folkmedicine is described. The authors discuss its relation to the neglected external treatments of Siddha Medicine and the use of cupping glasses in West Germany. With this article they want to rise the interest in a comparativ...

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Autores principales: Richter, Franz–Helmut, Thoss, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557555
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spelling pubmed-33314042012-04-27 COPPER VESSEL, MAGIC AND DISEASE Richter, Franz–Helmut Thoss, Gabriele Anc Sci Life Original Article The use of a copper vessel as a magic and a medical aid in South Indian Folkmedicine is described. The authors discuss its relation to the neglected external treatments of Siddha Medicine and the use of cupping glasses in West Germany. With this article they want to rise the interest in a comparative study of the different medical systems and to emphasize the use of the external treatments in Siddha Medicine, which are rarely practiced today. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1986 /pmc/articles/PMC3331404/ /pubmed/22557555 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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COPPER VESSEL, MAGIC AND DISEASE
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