To taste 100 herbs: gods, ancestors and medicine (TEFC)

United States, 1985

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Episode number 3 of Series “Long Bow Trilogy”.
A rich portrait of a traditional Chinese doctor and his special role in the community. The doctor discusses his Catholic religion, medical ethics, rural health services, handed-down knowledge of herbal treatments and Western medical practices. The warmth, closeness and traditions of family life in China are wonderfully captured in scenes of prayer, play, chores and celebrations.

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Credits

co-producers/directors

Carma Hinton

Richard Gordon

production company

Long Bow Productions

Duration

00:58:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1985

Appears in

Long Bow Trilogy

Group of items

Long Bow Trilogy

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300849

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Herbs

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → China - Social conditions

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alternative medicine

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Herbs

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Chinese

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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