1. Cauterization, the application of heat, is a recognized form of treatment for certain mental disorders under the Tibetan system of medicine, which draws on both Ayurveda and Chinese traditional healing Subject(s): PatientsMental DisordersPhysiciansMedicine, TraditionalWorld Health Organization
2. A Malaysian bomoh prepares a herbal offering to ward off evil spirits Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalReligion and MedicineWorld Health Organization
3. Dr. A. Subasingha, of Galle, Sri Lanka, as well as being a prominent practisying ayurvedic doctor, is a manufacturer of ayurvedic herbal medicines. Here he is stirring the massive pure copper pots in which the medicines are prepared Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalWorld Health Organization
4. A basis of practical knowledge underlies the spiritual healer's rulings on when to eat certain fruits or when they are forbidde, Taboo Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalWorld Health Organization
5. Before applying the healing power of his hands, the bomoh tells his patients to breathe deeply and then puts them into a trance Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalPatientsWorld Health Organization
6. A patient undergoing Thirummal treatment, in which his body is covered with medicated oil and massaged delicately by hand or foot: one of the accepted techniques of Ayurveda Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalWorld Health Organization
7. From the era of witch doctors to the era of physicians Publication: 1959 Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalPharmaciesPharmacistsWorld Health Organization
8. Trained Ayurvedic practitioners treating a girl with rheumatoid arthritis. Medical ethics today has ceased to be a matter for physicians alone,but is rather the concern of the whole community Subject(s): Medicine, TraditionalChildWorld Health Organization
