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Traditional Medicine And Health Care in North East India - Practices And Beliefs Among The Tangkhul Nagas

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The present book interrogates the belief- systems of illness aetiology and its medical practices thereby providing baseline data on knowledge to allopathic doctors and medicines for the evaluation of health programme. Allopathic practitioners are always laced with problems while providing health services to the poor in rural areas. The problems ranged from distrust among allopathic doctors because of their way of approach lacking social references, cultural component such as language barrier and also the belief in supernatural entities. While supernatural entities has been playing significant role especially in illness and fortune among the Tangkhuls, they are fiercely opposed by scientific communities considering as superstitious, irrational and obscured. This book focused on traditional folk medicine among the Tangkhuls.

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ISBN 13	9788183246408
Book Language	English
Binding	Hardcover
Total Pages	172
Edition	2016
Author	R.K. Jeermison
GAIN	H4V2G974QN0
Product Dimensions	22.5 cm x 14.5 cm
Publishers	MITTAL PUBLICATIONS
Category	Indian Classics Books
Weight	420.00 g

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ISBN 13	9788183246408
Book Language	English
Binding	Hardcover
Total Pages	172
Edition	2016
Author	R.K. Jeermison
GAIN	H4V2G974QN0
Product Dimensions	22.5 cm x 14.5 cm
Publishers	MITTAL PUBLICATIONS
Category	Indian Classics Books
Weight	420.00 g