Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine
Source : Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine, Volume 4, Barkhuis, Netherlands, p.11–33 (2011)
Url : http://rjh.ub.rug.nl/eJIM/article/view/24739
Keywords : Ayurveda, Kerala, Psychiatry, traditional Indian medicine
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Ayurveda
Department : Ayurveda
Year : 2011
Abstract : This article presents an English translation of interview with a doctor of traditional Indian medicine (Āyurveda), Nī*** Nampūtiri (1945~2006) in Kerala, India. The interviewee’s specialized field is traditional psychiatry (bhūtavidyā) in Āyurveda. The contents of the interview are: 1. Background and History of the Family; 2. The Four limbs of Treatment and the Society; 3. Textual Tradition; 4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Diseases; 5. ‘Wandering Lunatics’; 6. The body and the Mind; 7. Understanding of the Mind.
Cite this Research Publication : Y. Tsutomu and Ram Manohar P., “Memoirs of Vaidyas. The Lives and Practices of Traditional Medical Doctors in Kerala, India (5)”, Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine, vol. 4, pp. 11–33, 2011
