Asian Medical Industries: Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals
In: Needham Research Institute Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: Asian medical industries -- PART I: East Asian medical industries -- 1. Discovering new drugs in "Traditional" Chinese Medicine: Inside Guangzhou Huahai pharmaceuticals -- 2. Cultivation and paternalism in the service of the market: Medical industry and ethnicity in Southwest China -- 3. The development of the Kampo medicines industry: "Good Practices" and health policy making in Japan -- 4. The pharmaceutical industry of Toyama prefecture, Japan: Haichi household medicines, intersectoral collaboration, and industrial clustering -- PART II: South Asian medical industries -- 5. Globalising Ayurveda, branding India: Implications for the Ayurvedic pharmaceutical industry -- 6. Industry dynamics and clustering in Ayurvedic pharmaceutical production in South India: The case of CARe Keralam -- 7. Untangling the web of raw material supply for Ayurvedic industry: The complex geography of plant circulations -- PART III: Sowa Rigpa industries -- 8. "Sourcery": Losing track of Tibetan medicinal plants between commerce and conservation in Northern India -- 9. Making Tibetan medicine in Nepal: Industrial aspirations, cooperative relations, and precarious production -- 10. The emergence of the Traditional Mongolian Medicine industry: Communism, continuity, and reassemblage -- 11. Conclusion: Assembling Asian pharmaceuticals -- Index.