Varmakkalai: Traditional System of Medicine (Vol. XII)
Alternative
CVI-BETA_1495-BC
Medium
Betacam
ExtentOriginal
00:36:28
Spatial
Kerala
Temporal
Documentary
Created
02.12.2001
Condition
Good
Relation
12 of 13
Rights
Cinema Vision India
Descriptive
Subject
Traditional Medicine
Keywords
Varmakkalai-Medicine Film
Description
The video contains a documentation of Varma tradition of medicine practised in South India. The film explores the unique world of the traditional healer and his knowledge. This tradition of medicine is not well known within the country like the classical traditions of Ayurveda, Siddha etc. The number of practitioners is decreasing and this has a lot to do with the imposition of western medicine and now even eastern classical streams. These aspects are studied in this film involving traditional and modern practitioners and examples of treatment that are a revelation to contemporary medicine.
Type
Betacam ( BC )
Technical
Codec Name
H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
Data Rate
641.538000 Kbit/s
Frame Rate
25.0
Sampling
4:2:0
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Duration
0:36:28.640000
Dimension
640*480
Notes
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