A study of the practices, beliefs, and influences on traditional medicine in Southeast Asia.
Author(s): Donn V. Hart
Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Department of Asian Studies
Year: 1969
Language: English
Pages: 96
City: Ithaca, New York
Tags: Traditional, Meidicine, Southeast Asia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Islamic Culture, Indian Culture, Spanish Culture
Cover......Page 1
Half-title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Title Page......Page 5
Colophon......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Table of Contents......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
Humoral Pathology: Classical and Latin American......Page 15
The Philippine Literature......Page 21
Bisayan Folk Medicine......Page 25
Bisayan Humoral Pathology......Page 30
Indigenous Southeast Asian Hot-Cold Syndrome......Page 41
Ayurveda: Indian Humoral Pathology......Page 45
Burma......Page 47
Thailand......Page 50
Arabs, Islam, and Malay Humoral Pathology......Page 57
Humoral Pathology in Telok Kumbar, Penang......Page 59
Moslem Filipinos of Mindanao and Sulu......Page 61
Chinese and Vietnamese Medicine......Page 69
Purpose......Page 73
Indian Influence in the Bisayas......Page 74
Islamic Influence Among the Moslem Filipinos......Page 75
Chinese Influence in the Bisayas......Page 76
Indigenous Influences Among Borean and Philippine Primitive Societies......Page 77
Parallels Between the Bisayas and Latin America......Page 78
Future Research Needs......Page 85
Appendix......Page 89
Key for Interpretation of Tables 1-3......Page 91
Table 1, Bisayan (and Tagalog) Classification of Foods by Hot-Cold Principle......Page 92
Table 2, Classification of Ocean Fish bythe Hot-Cold Priniple, Frequency of Catch, and Class in Caticugan and Siaton......Page 95
Table 3, Bisayan Classification of Medicinal Flora by Hot-Cold Principle......Page 96
Table 4, Bisayan and Tagalog Hot-Cold Classification of Illnesses......Page 98
Table 5, Malay (Telok Kumbar, Penang) Classification of Foods by the Hot-Cold-Regular Principle, Angin and Bisa......Page 99
Table 6, Hot and Cold Sicknesses in Telok Kumbar, Penang......Page 101
A, B, C......Page 103
D, E, F......Page 104
G, H, I, J, K, L......Page 105
M, N, O, P......Page 106
R, S......Page 107
T, U, V, W, Y, Z......Page 108
