Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing & Chinese Medicine
Book Details
PublisherNorth Atlantic Books
ISBN / ASIN1556433042
ISBN-139781556433047
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Sales Rank563,763
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Wind in the Blood is a detailed look at Mayan medicine on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and its similarities to Chinese traditional medicine. It was originally published in Spanish as a manual for health workers in Mayan areas to bridge the gulf between Western medcal technique and Mayan medical knowledge. Mexican physicians Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra, and Hiberto Balam discovered that the similarities between Mayan medicine and traditional Chinese medcine were profound and helpful in their medical work.
