nemfrog: Front View. Blue Beryl. 1687-1703. One of a series of illustrations for a Tibetan medi

nemfrog:

Front View. Blue Beryl. 1687-1703. One of a series of illustrations for a Tibetan medical book.

“While Western medicine counts only 206 bones in human adults, 360 distinct bones are precisely enumerated in the front and back views of the human skeleton. Bones and their articulations are important in Tibetan medicine not just for their role in structuring the body but also because they form part of the pathway through which life essence flows.”

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