Health and Beauty from the Rainforest

Health and Beauty from the Rainforest

Author: Gerard Bodeker

Publisher: Biotropics Ramuan

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9789814217910

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Health and Beauty from the Rainforest will reveal Malaysian health and beauty traditions, founded upon the country's immense wealth of bio-resources. Malaysia's rainforests are among the oldest in the world, and within them Malaysia's peoples have discove


Making Heritage in Malaysia

Making Heritage in Malaysia

Author: Sharmani Patricia Gabriel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-02-26

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9811514941

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This book offers a scholarly perspective on heritage as a discourse, concept and lived experience in Malaysia. It argues that heritage is not a received narrative but a construct in the making. Starting with alternative ways of “museumising” heritage, the book then addresses a broad range of issues involving multicultural and folklore heritage, the small town, nostalgia and the environment, and transnationalism and cosmopolitanism. In so doing it delivers an intervention in received ways of talking about and “doing” heritage in academic as well as state and public discourse in Malaysia, which are largely dominated by perspectives that do not sufficiently engage with the cultural complexities and sociopolitical implications of heritage. The book also critically explores the politics and dynamics of heritage production in Malaysia to contest “Malaysian heritage” as a stable narrative, exploring both its cogency and contingency, and builds on a deep engagement with a non-western society in the service of “provincialising” critical heritage studies, with the broader goal of contributing to Malaysian studies.​


Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy

Author: Roberta Wilson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-06-03

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 110166262X

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Aromatherapy, the centuries-old practice of using botanical scents and oils for physical and psychic benefit, reached its peak of popularity in the early 2000s. Roberta Wilson's essential resource for aromatherapy offers hundreds of healing recipes for compresses, baths, inhalants, air fresheners, and skin-care products specifically designed to assuage common disorders and complaints. Organized in a handy A-to-Z format, Aromatherapy is the most trusted sourcebook for this gentle healing art. First published in 1995, Wilson’s guide is here revised and expanded to cover a wider selection of essential oils, more health conditions, and more ways of incorporating aromatherapy into your life.


Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author: Christoph Antons

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-12-06

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1317500539

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Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage examines various notions of property in relation to intangible cultural heritage and discusses how these ideas are employed in rights discourses by governments and indigenous and local communities around the world. There is a strong historical dimension to the book’s exploration of the interconnection between intellectual and cultural property, intangible cultural heritage and indigenous rights discourses. UNESCO conventions, discussions in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Convention on Biological Diversity and the recent emphasis on intangible cultural heritage have provided various discourses and models. The volume explores these developments, as well as recent cases of conflicts and cross-border disputes about heritage, using case studies from Asia, Europe and Australia to scrutinize the key issues. Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage will be essential reading for scholars and students engaged in the study of heritage, law, history, anthropology and cultural studies.


A Thai Herbal

A Thai Herbal

Author: C. Pierce Salguero

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-09

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1458787745

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This practical guide to the traditional herbalism of Thailand contains an overview of the history, theory, and spirituality of traditional Thai medicine, with a focus on the application to modern Western life....


Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy and Supplements

Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy and Supplements

Author: Merrily A. Kuhn

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2012-03-28

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 1451161034

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The Second Edition of this pocket guide presents the essentials of herbal therapy and nutritional supplements, combining the traditional and scientific worlds. Dr. Kuhn has a PhD in physiology and is author of two pharmacology textbooks; Mr. Winston is a traditional herbalist in practice with a native American heritage. The book covers 115 herbs that are commonly available in the United States and Canada and 15 nutritional supplements. Coverage of each herb includes traditional and current uses, dangers and toxicities, and a bibliography. This edition includes 15 new herbs.