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Alamelu's Illness : Indian Medicine
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Wind, water, and fire-three essential elements of the body, according to practitioners of India's ancient Siddha medical tradition. This program follows a young Indian woman as she undergoes treatm...
Wind, water, and fire-three essential elements of the body, according to practitioners of India's ancient Siddha medical tradition. This program follows a young Indian woman as she undergoes treatment by a Siddha doctor for premature arthritis. Sidetracked at first by an ineffective local healer and unmoved by subsequent warnings of a mitral valve defect, Alamelu enters into an intensive 40-day Siddha regimen at a free hospital in Madras. Herbal medicines, oil baths, and complex massage techniques are applied in an effort to restore harmony to her body. After 32 days she feels healthy again and checks herself out of the treatment program-a testament to the value of the Siddha approach-but the film's final moments make known Alamelu's tragic death five months later due to heart failure.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c1986
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn828744213
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on November 10, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Portions with English subtitles.
- Daily Suffering (3:25) -- Alamelu Seeks Treatment (4:12) -- A Second Opinion for Alamelu (3:19) -- A Siddha Doctor (2:18) -- A General Disturbance of Water (3:40) -- Siddha Medicine Rooted in Indian Culture (3:46) -- "The Science of Life" (3:13) -- Water Disharmony (3:22) -- Poison or Medicine? (1:35) -- Healing the Whole Body (2:05) -- Medicine to Reduce Inflammation (4:11) -- Healing Massage (3:54) -- "Child Wind" (1:56) -- A Second Course (2:00) -- Appealing to Cosmopolitan and Traditional Values (1:42) -- Feeling Fit (3:41) -- Summary and Credits: Alamelu’s Illness: Indian Medicine - The Healing Arts (0:39)